The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1902-03-01
AN INDEPENDENT DAILY
PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.
What Should Be Done With the
State Printing Officer


90 ccoRDINGto figures printed this paper the total
III propraops printing and binding for four
ending With 1902 $780, 4e5sl not including deficits
that may appear at the end of this period.
Besides this there other printing bills and estimated ex-
penses for e light snd contingent amounting
S6s2 This would make an annual expense Of Fs84Oo for this
purpose.
The expense state printing Shading constantly in
include for printing and
blank the deps ments Of the state govern
ment.
state printer by the constitution aud the
printer elected at coming election for the next four
years. His compensation fKed by the Legislature and it pro-
ded that shall be raised lowered during the period for
which he is elected.
always prevent any change in the
pay this oer the computed under old law that
passed when hand in and printing was counted
by the token
the most lucrative printers have
ubet the printing for 40 the proceeds and got rich
out of the proceeds.
Atpreeen the printing owned by Frank Baker the
eTrtSte kept rent free in the state house. Whoever
elected printer will have thent Mr. Baker and
pay him proceeds for the Of the
Secretary custodian the state house and
pervises printing binding buying The print
ing house until Mr. Baker
elected printer.
Under business administration of the state printing and
binding by the could in the opinion
of competent judgee, be done $4,000 1000
printing sold for old junk and the ce in conducted
standpoint swelling the volume business TO the
needed.
active printer thousand do
each session of the Legislature, because the Office one of
fees instead Of fixed salary.
The printing office the state house in other
than financially The presses shake the wells and the large stores
paper saturated with oil and ink Of fire
danger.
The printer be put salary and tho office
should be removed tie house At $500
could be secured the peopeno candidate would
refuse the office,
Then there would be several large printing establishments in
the city of Salem employing labor and paying and The
Office would corrupt politics and influence the
legislature
At present printers from all the and with
little political pull employed during the Legislature aud become
part tho lobby that extends its perncous influence to ali de-
partments Of state.
The printer and the exsstS printer and the prospective
prnters always at Salem when the legislature in session
and oppose all efforts TO put this Office a salary.
There in the state will tell tho people the
truth and the whole truth about this graft the Of the ant
presSrvstve.
There great the Inventions connected with
printing presses type setting machinery, seeotypng
processes benefit from these inventions
There particle doubt that the state lie paying twice as
paid printing Labor not getting this
compensation. goes maintain corrupt and unjust system
This system should be changed and just and business
plan adopted county and conventions should de-
putting printer salary and the amount
should accept nomination written agesmont
to take salary legislature should the
constitution will be relied prevent this but the
the printer they have the first right through their
representatives say what he shall receive,
No citizen has vested right in condition Of things which has
colossal abuse and which be corrected other
way.