Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-22

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Mr.. SEWALL. What do Won mean
having the business az nrh,i.h;r-
paper: A. Yes, sir. having sona,h;,''
INA. VIII Keep a force all the time On
VI 'he prerequisites is to have an intel.
hs'ht lorce. You can get printers. h,,
you cannot get good printers alw,vs
ana "neh you have 4 business whereby
you can Keep good force of workman
you are enabled to 10 d rush b,1sina.
such as this. and do it as il should ho
| done. - 'e
Mr.. HEsELTON Is Is FER cent too
nish OF 100 low per cent. to cover
| me interest, freight. storage. and
| waste: Witness. 1t is Il fair percentage
| l should say. In many cases printer
say they ought to have 20 Der cent
| and in very large orders 10 per conf
The orders which this State furnishes
are small; the quantity of printing as
we Judge it in our State-a very small
amount. Our printing is five or six
| times what il is hero.
| Judge FOSTER. What is your I,,v
as To the election of State printer
The State printer in siassa chusetts is
selected by Resolve introduced into
the Legislature. appointing a commits
sion which shall act under certain con-
ditlons which are Il par. of the Resolve
| That commission is aprointed--calIs n
| meeting, elects clerk ana chairman
and calls for bids, and q contract Is
\ made.
Q. How long has that law been in
| force? A. / think for sixty years.
q. Is that done every year,
E:ery five years.
| ,. Then there ara competitive bi6s
| once Ii: five years in your Stateo A.
Yes. sir.
G. You are on what year Of thar
competitive bid: A. We are on the IS
years out of the 40.
| Q. OF the five years. l means? A..
The third year.
| Q. In two years the law as it now
exists in Massachusetts gives COMPETE
tive bids to any printer in Massachu-
sctts. A. 1t does.
Q. You have got to take your
| chances with the rest. a. Yes. sir
Q. Do you know that is not the law
| in Maine? A. do understand in
Maine ii is by statute.
Q. You say YOU pay $3.50 TO good
| and bad? A. Yes. sir.
Q. Poor and otherwise? A. Yes.
| sir.
Q. Did you hear Mr.. Flynt say that
lie could hire women for from 81. TO
SO. week? A. did.
.. That would be about half the
price you pay? A. Yes. sir.
q. Your expenses there in Massa
| chuSettS are somewhat mere than in
Augusta? a. In proportion.
Q. Except from hotel bills? A.
| don't know about that. | have not
paid mine yet.
Q. What does your Governor gat in
your state? What does he get for Il
salary? A. $4,000.
q. We pay $1,000 here A. un-
derstand you have a very fine quality
| OF governor. too.
q. Are you acquainted with the
| laws of New Hampshire in regard to
state printing? A. | have been more
| or less familiar with it.
Q. How does that exist today. A.
| understand today that they have
| changed from the former method of
| eiecting Il public printer.
@. That is what am asking about.
A. Ii is by means of Il commission.
| Q. How is the commission APP
! pointed? \. | do not know how the
commission is appointed.
Q. Don't you know the Commission
can and does let out all the different
Department printing, If they SEE. fit.
| one to one. and another to another
a. | understand its so; l don't know
it.
Q. You do understand it? A.
Simply from hearsay. | am. in fact,
| Il resident of New Hampshire myself:
| | live there in the summer.
q. DO you know what it costs the
| State of New Hampshire for it's print
| ing? A. No, sir; | don't know the
| total. | know il cannot be very mach.
| They have Very little printing.
Q. But you know that Il commission
| is appointed" A. You have explained
| how it is. so that I know.
Q. You know it is not any one
| printer that does AL the printing. A.
YES, sir.
Q. How is it in Massachusetts? A.
| one printer does the whole.
Q. For five years? a. Yes. sir.
Mr.. BAKER. And then gets con-
| tract for another i've years.
| JUDGE FOSTER. This law has
been in existence ten years as it exists.
today. compulsory upon the election of
| the State printer, t,.t your law makes
| it once in five years That has existed
| for how many years" \. For sixty
years to my nOuledse. of course
| that law varies in he terms Of the re-
| solve according to the condition. For
| instance in changing the hours. or a
| change of wages. or something or that
| sort; but the essential features Of the
| law are as stated.
q. In Other words. they put in a re-
! solve once in five ye.trS as to the mat
ter OF clecting State printer: a.
| Yes sir.
| JUDGE FOSTER. We have hsd II
| ten.
| Palmyra Grange.
Palmyra Grange held an interesting
meeting Saturday evening under the