Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-30
PlA'" THE STATE PRINTING.
Continued from Page SiX.)

~ Bowler made the slight mis-
~ sl560O on the item of stock
alone, still he was evidently deter
,, not TO let little matter like that
r.,.nt him from showing that the an
,,,,.l report of the Labor Bureau could
,,., haen printed at the Bethel News
office sl.3S cheaper than at the kenne-
Iournal office in Augusta! For the
;neormation Of the printers of Maine we
will say that this report was printed
ian 90 pound Quaker Finish book
r rrnm Tileston & Livermore, 1o3
coneress street, Boston. The market
rico was GI. cents pound; but, Bur-
,o;rh & Flynt were able to secure it at
en cents pound, at which price it was
killed to the State. The discrepancy
,,,,ob appears between the figures on
tbis report as figured above, and as fig
,,rea nv the Governor and Councils ex-
,.rt is chiefly due to the fact that, in
the absence Oh uellIlite hilo"icuSc VII
the matter, this expert figured the
s,ock at 20 pound weight, and at )
cents Il pound.
m order that there may be no occa-
.on for further mistakes on this inn
nortant matter of stock we Will say
that we have been ready at any time to
furnish Mr.. Bowler or amy other citizen
Of Maine, the weight, quality and cost
of any paper used by us in the publica-
tioo of state reports, also the name and
address cf the firm from which we pur-
chased il. Mr.. Bowler never asked us
for this information regarding the
stock used in the report of the Labor
easily have saved himself the $l5G.00
error in This l.lrt Of his figures. If MIR.
Bowler figured 50 pound stock-the
weight actually used i'm the Report of
the Labor Bureau-then he must have
figured L at less than 81 cents 4
pound!
If Mr.. Bowler will kindly inform us
lust where he can buy S0-pound book
paper of this quality at less than 81.
cents n pound we shall be glad to pub
ish the address in large letters on this
page. We will further agree to pur-
chase all of our stock of this character
there in the future, and so, we are con-
fdent. will all the other printers in
Maine. Certainly if Mr.. Bowler knows
where to secure such an astounding
bargain in book paper it is only right
that he should share such valua BILE
Maine.
Put why should Mr.. Bowler desire to
low its actual cost in figuring this re-
port OF the Labor Bureau? If our
readers will glance at the comparative
statements of the bids submitted by
Burleigh &; Flynt ana the Bethel News
Co. rs published above, (See Table
A. page @ they may discover a
reason for this. They will OBJ
serve that Mr.. Bowler's bid calls for an
extra stock allowance of 10 per cent.
while that of Burleish & Flynt calls for
N CT
cert. 1t was evident that Mr.. Bowler
had planned. in submitting his bid to
Inc Governor and Council, to recoup for
the low figure he had made on COM
position by securing 4 good percentage
on stock 1t is evident, therefore. that
the more the stock cost that entered
into his figures the higher they would
De as compared with those of Burleigh
Fiynt. He. therefore, neglected to
meet the situation honestly ana give
the price Of the stock that was actually
used in the publication of the report
he was figuring, for if he had done so.
~ "'hlu not nave been able to show
mat his price would have been s1.3S
lower than that Of Rurleigh q Flvnt.
We 90 not care to characterize this
piece Of palpable trickery. The mere
statement Of facts is, perhaps. All the
Characterization that is necessary. Mr..
Bowler had made some very sweepine
'rlt1cisns of the Governor ana Council.
IN order to sustain them it seemed
quite necessary to him that his figures
should bear him out 1t was also i'm
peratively necessary to his contention
mat he should prove that the work
could have been done s1.3S cheaper in
hethel than it could in Augusta.
IL IS a singular fact that in all Mr.
boWler's published Interviews and edi-
"riais, which have certainly been
'oiunihous enough, he nowhere men,
luis me very important fact that his
DID called for an extra stock allowance
VI III per cent. while that of Burleigf
flynt only called for an extra stocl
a'ow"nce of per cent. In othe,
words the cost of stock TO tho Stat,
'uiu De per cent more by Mr.