The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-07-19
HOWLS OF BIDDERS
HAVING NO EFFECT
Kernan's Bid for Printing
Money Orders to Stand
RIVALS WANT REVENGE
Patronage of Paper Buyers Is Being
withdrawn From Successful Bid
der and Herman Is Attacked
BY the Typothaeta.

Washington, July 1s.-(special.) 1.-The
source pursued by Acting Postmaster
General wynne and the other officials of
the postoffice department, who are asso-
ciated with him, in the handling Of the
proposed contract for the printing Of
money order blanks. shows that they do
not intend to take cognizance Of bowls
from disappointed bidders, merely be-
cause the unsuccessful bidders failed to
secure the contract, but that they will be
guided entirely by their opinion as to
whether or not the contentious that Paul
Herman should not be awarded the con-
tract are tenable or not. On the other
hand Yynne does not propose that Her
man shall merely use the department to
satisfy a grudge against his old employer
BY cutting them out Of the contract for
printing these blanks. At present Mr..
wynne is in the position of the man who.
with a companion, being pursued by
bear, climbed the only tree IN sight and
when his friend swung around the tree
holding ON TO the bears tail, sung out:
Go 1t, Bill! Go it bearl May the best man
win"
Herman's Action Injurious.
1t is charged that Hermans action in
making up an estimate for his former
employers to bid on this contract and
then resigning his position and submitting
q bid which he had every reason to be-
lieve would be lower than the one which
they would put in is destructive to the
''norae" of the establishments of ali
government contractors and on this
ground the United Typothtae recently
submitted a protest to the postmaster
general against the awarding of the con-
tract to Herman as 1t would tend to en-
courage employees to bid against their
employers. In view Of the recent revela-
tions concerning the excessive prices paid
under many existing contracts, however
the postoffice department is apparently
more concerned over the prospects of
saving $4,000 during the coming four
years than 1t is with discouraging en-
ployees to submit bids in competition
with employers
The members Of the United Typothetae,
on the other hand do not propose to let
the case rest here, so 1t is said, and while
st would be impractlcable and unwise for
them to take action in the case In a body,
further than they have already, a num-
Der of members of the organization have
expressed their individual intention of
purchasr-( their paper in the future else
where than from the paper manufactur-
CT, WnO IL Is charged, Is supplying i1eI-
man with funds to establish himself in
business for the purpose of handling the
contract for printing the money order
blanks.
Denies the Report.
When Herman was at the departm ent
on wednesday he denied that the manu-
facturer of so-called safety paper was
his financial hacker, but as he did not
support his denial by submitting the name
of the moneyed man connected with him,
the members of the United Typothetae do
not believe that he Is acting In good faith
and II Is reported from New York that
several of the heaviest patrons of the es-
Enlistment propose to buy their paper
from some other concern in the future.
As to the difference in the cost to the
department between so-called safety
paper and the ordinary bond paper is
R54 400, according to Herman's bid, while
the actual difference in the market cost
IS said to be $25, 000 the decision of Acting
Postmaster General Wynne that bond"
paper shall be used will be disappointing
to the manufacturer of safety" paper in
case he is putting up the money for Her
man. and If, in addition he should lose a
number of his heaviest patrons who are
members of the United Typothetae 1t will
be hard to figure out profit on the whole
transaction
Acting Postmaster General Wynne is
proceeding with the greatest caution in
the case and in order that he may kaye
the best legal advice on the subject he
has submitted to Assistant Attorney Gen
sral Robb several points in this connec-
ion which have been recently raised