The sun., 1902-06-22
THE STATE PRINTING RING.
NJ THOD> M % HICH ROy ,
IIGIN tTItT PRINTING.
rne Jolt a. HseeN sd las, wrrk MN rr.,.
~, Death itiow " the state Printing
Hunri ,cts tousistrntB The Ring,
annual Profits About sloO MN

I... DO - th" Albany state Printing
'.N Years agu. The iol, which
G.. ...'g king rocciVei lat week. how
,..r .r Be bids for th" Legislative
,.....E ... ''r neat fiscal year. beginning
g. ".'" 'l"u''i. /, likely TO prove it,
,,r Whether ar not this result
.-,....'.. I"'|rd~ upon tho action of th,
'... iutus Hnart. which comprises,
Secretary 90 state John r McDonough.
su.. '.wItroilcr Nathan L. Miller and
'r r.,t.t', neral Join G. Davies
o.. SAT" CumYtruilcr's printing expert,
VI l.,hrr. has Just compl-,el his tatu.
l'... .' the bids rcccivt,i for executing
@, b. si-'a'IN" printing for the next fl,cal
..r MI QUICKER gives the following
'... .s tie amount of each tod sun.
'.... last W"ck Tho Argus Cumpauv.
J.r, 'he Brandow Printing tom
la s'1,iis -. the !. u Lyon Company.
!.....' r. john \ Mccarthy. sl'7.G;O a..
.., N'l.y TnntS-IEior. Sl7s.SsIlt. and
NIutu-. SlJ6.I ~. Mr. B.ck.r
ave 'r 'Ir irggs Company j. the low
Of .,- hv So y5y ~. that the ibid Is
S-H.' 81 loss than th" hii of the i II Lyon
..rr.,.s ard sS6 .O7 IS less than the hid
..I iyun Company last wear, when
..I.r..Ht va. AWARDED To- tha, company
... ..- l'E -ia'iyc printing fur the pr,-s.ut
',r
...r-rl for the J H. LYON COMPANY.
l.H,.,t usz dlcd brief with tho state
TX board. insisting that all Of the
.. 'N,'pt that of the J Is Lyon Com
i.ag are technically irregular aud tha,
'. ..i'ract can only hc awarded To the
o. l,uE company Upon similar con
'ar.u- m the past the state Print
.. r,ard las nIlel adversely without
....'r,u
I'.-r familiar with the personnel 81
o." Stat" Printing Board look for similar
.f.r A. this juncturr, especially in view
.. i'" fact that the aCCcptanC 81 the Argus
.ugauy'S bid would mean "A saving ~
'.. Stale M "A wear ~ upward uf s75.O0.
..'lCr words where the favored print ing
r'rtrt'r. representing the PRINTING Ring.
..,- Iu th" past secured an annual profit
'.W the Legislative printing Of abnu'
'lDO.0N. 'ur Argus Company. II its bid j.
au,,ptrd. will have a profit under its con.
frlct ui abDut tcu.Uo
Al - the bidders are Albany firms
m. thru. firms which have a plant sufficient
'u do the Legislative printing are the J r.
Lyon Company, the NCet-Par-nns Print
TX Company and IN" Argue Company
They are all Democratic printing firms
~ FAR a. the political faith oi their hackers
80, ~ that there would be uo politics II
the State Printing Board favored either
the j. II Lyon Company OF IA" Argus Com
pany, were IL not for the fact that N. Albany
county Republican leader, William Barnes
Jr. IL credited with having AN interest
in the j. II Lyon Company ON Legislative
printing work.
The Printing Ring had law passed las,
year providing that the contract for l.gi--
lave printing should h. let annually in
stead of every two vear-. THIS was for
'H" purpose 81 making II unlikely that any
pr'utlng firm that was not IN the ring would
I'D for the work. ~ u could not AFFORD to
.r"rd 5000 m increasing it, plant to du
''" WORK without n PROSPECT 81 holding
'." .N.riract for NOR" thdn On" wear Newer
.'''"-s, the bid Of the Argus Company
Vas . -evrr' blow to the ring. from which
Hs members ar" now about recovering
urt "ud"aVuring 20 fore" a lin" II act ION
.' 'h viii result either IN nov bids b"ing
atrcrft-nl for or the maudamuslng Of tho
n't'" Printing BOARD 10 cpmprl n 10 award
'." contract 10 tho J Lyon Company
II m" I-.ople of th" STAT" w"r' familiar
WIN IN" Rlaring scandals which ha," b.-'u
ruu"vtcd with the disposition uf the Stat,
Ir"'lug contracts sin,' l~Pj. ~ D. safe 'p
stN hat them would tsf an uIb"aytl ia the
.....U.d- which ar" r.v pos. lb," under the
',I-'Iug laws. under v lioh ~. State Print
'.s b"art ha- di~cr 10, nary power Ia award
' contract tu tuv bIt,,ri ~ -.r- ~ whether
80 -" highest or 'h" lowest. Every one
members that ~ lse5 th" I.glSiativ"
,nnHls contract Nas awarded 20 John T.
N.rp.brt, 'h" crstwhilc Republican
l.l.isr e New York city. who disposed
.. N.- contract 20 the Nynkour-IIali-u-
NHrN-'nVfnrd Printing Company of New
.r. r,'v. after uu~uc,-,ssful.y having tried
O.. ..'i i' 'u several Of the Albany printing
'r.u- J. was sand AZ the tim. that MIR
.' D.. Hand r'o,'iNci $1,000 !or turning over
..- contract
Inc ~uhl-'uug ~ this contract was cn-
g..,..r'I b Iunfi brake Il New York CITY.
..Y-. i.sr.l, .ty hr r,r.i..i s.oW1 as
Il'.r,-. Il 'h.. pruN'~ # the Niuullaud
. r'iYrt. which ,s... Trr two wears. a. well
.. . >.arv ~ 500 from ,h, Nvnko1p,
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....r y,..r. tl Ir ~,r, did 80. / ,i-Iati,.
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