The Greeley tribune., 1906-06-14
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:: on that Printing Deal

deal that the county commissioners
and the Greeley Sun gave the tax
payers. Here are a couple:
''Prodded by the Herald and Trib.
une the Greeley Sun has at last
realized that the deal made several
weeks ago between itself, a certain
party chairman and two members Of
the board of commissioners could not
be endured In silence by the con-
spirators. 1t takes up nearly two
columns Of Tuesdays issue (its first
mention of an incident of three
weeks previous) in calling the Trib-
une a CRATER and charging that at
one time the said Tribune was In q
printing combination. 1t asserts
that the SUMS bid on some things
now is lower than ths Tribune's bid
then.
well, but
l. If there was a combination
once the Sun was in it as we'll as
the Tribune.
20. The Tribune's contract two
years ago was lower than the SUMS
bid of the same year.
So. The Tribune's bid this year is
far lower than the Suns bid this
year.
-. If the Sun ever broke any COM
-; ho ho
same to secure contract and to
avoid dividing the profit thereon.
1t never in any way saved the county
dollar on printing.
And
IS. Don't forget US. The Herald
gave notice months ago that it was
prepared for the first time to do the
county printing and would enter a
bid on the same. That bid gave
"the combination, which consists
Of the said Sun, the two partisan
commissioners and the certain party
chairman, something Of scare. 1t
was backed by financial guarantees
that made the two commissioners sit
up and take notice. 1t made the
Suns bid of 81 cents per inch on
commissioners proceedings, ETC..
look altogether too raw and coarse
for taxpayers to swallow. One COM
missioner got weak In the knees and
wobbled for days and it was even
feared that he would join with Com
missioner Bradfeld to do tine right
and honest thing by his constituents;
but no, he compromised. Instead of
giving 81, 800 extra to the Sun, they
had to be content with 1000 or
81, 100. This rebate was arranged on
the side with Fritz Wattenburg and
the faltering DeVinney agreed. If
the county has saved anything it is
because the Herald got into action.
What it loses is not our fault, it is
yours, dear public, in allowing such
man as Wattenburg to represent
you.
AS concrete example Of what we
are talking about take the commits
siohers' proceedings published in the
Sun of last Tuesday. Saying noth-
ing about the date being May S, "a
days behind time. There are 24H
inches Of publication, for which the
Sun receives 81 cents per inch, or
5000 The Herald's offer of 1S
cents per inch is s4.41. Commits
sioners refuse to save on this alone
GIG. 10.
I'VE do not know whether this
class Of printing will come under the
SUMS magnificent compromise or
not, as the contract for same is not
signed and the old rates are still in
force, but II 1t does the price for
the example quoted will be so cents
an inch or total Of sl4. 4.7O-just a
ten dollar bill and 20 pennies gone
to the combination organized for
political purposes. Eaton Herald.
The Greeley Sun devotes lot of
space to an explanation of what good
Judgment the county commissioners
exercised In awarding the contract
for the county printing to It. instead
of the Tribune. AS we understand
the question the Tribune was not
entitled to the contract, but the
Eaton Herald undoubtedly was en-.
titled to tiff the call for bids as
published by the board means any
more than mere politics. The argu-
ment of the Sun is that 1t would be
crime for republican board to
award the contract to a democratic
sheet, regardless of whether all
other things are equal or unequal.
The figures produced by the Sun are
to show how much cheaper 1t is do
ing the work than the Tribune did