Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1908-10-15
APPEAL FOR FAIRNESS
A Few Facts We Desire to Place Be-
fore the Voters Showing How
County Funds are Handled

cism that we present this matter to
the tax payers of Audubon county at
this time, but because of the many
complaints that have come to US in
the past few months coupled with q
request to publish the facts in regard
to the action of the Board of Super
visors in awarding the supplies for
the county to OUTSIDE CONCERNS.
We were informed in January last
that the Board desired bids for fur
nishing the county supplies. Never
having been favored with county
plum" of such large dimensions, we
ments of the Board so interviewed one
of the Supervisors and was promptly
referred to the Auditors office At
that office we met Mr. Cousins and he
Informed us there Was no list made
out but there probably would be.
Later we met Auditor Train and Ben
claimed to know nothing about what
the Board wanted, 80 we felt we were
in the dark with no opportunity for
the shedding of the light. We then
sent our foreman, Mr. Brinkerhoff, to
try to figure with Mr. Train as to the
needs of the county or the material on
which we We're to BID and he, too,
failed to get any satisfaction.
The day came eventually On which
we We're to submit "bid for supplies
for the court house for 1908. We
sent this bid: "The Journal will fur
nish all supplies Qess leather bound
books and lithographing) at is per
cent less than was paid for like ma
terial in 1907 and take 1907 bills now
on file in Auditors office to settle
from" In process of time we were
informed that the supplies were given
to the Carroll County Printing Com
pany at 40 per cent off OF McClurg's
list We then set about to learn what
THE MCCLURG LIST WAS las we had
never seen one nor the Board hadn't
either, when we found it was a cata.
logue issued to the trade in Chicago
with prices of stationary, etc, therein.
We forthwith sentfor McClurg list
(the first we ever saw, mind you) and
found that their discount to the trade
was 80 per cent off of their list. The
Carroll company was awarded the
furnishing at 40 per cent off of this
McClurg list or 10 per cent above the
list not figuring the discount. Hence
We claim that our offer to furnish the
supplies (Which would be precisely the
same as furnished 10y the Carroll COM
pany) at Is per cent lees than 1907
would be q saving to the county of
many dollars and THAT BID should
have fairly and rightfully secured the
bid from our Board
January lst the Board passed this
resolutions: 1.-The bid of the Carroll
Blank Book Company for supplies is
accepted" Neither Mr.. Ross nor
Mr.. Spencer filed bids) la April the
Board passed this resolution: "AH
A. G. NcCiurg catalogue shall be pur-
chased OF the Carroll Book Company
at 40 per cent discount from list and q
copy of all orders shall be recorded in
the order book in County Auditors
office stating prices, etc Any bills
filed that do not comply with this
resolution will be rejected
Since January lst, in spite of and
regardless of these resolutions we find
the following bills paid:
w. M. Welch Co, supplies, 10 bills
amounting to 1926 SO
Boone Blank Book Co, bills
amounting to 27.55
LeMars Printing Go, s bills amount
pp 10 s76.6G.
Fidlar & Chambers, bills amount
ing to 227 05
Acres, Blsckmar d Co, bills
amounting to Sl.lO.
Matt Parrott, 3 bills amounting
to 375.25.
Hammond Stephens, | bill amount
ing to 10 90.
Messenger Printing Co, bill
amounting 10 D. 10.
Goodyear Marshall Co, / bill
amounting to 7.2o.
Carroll Blank Book Co, bills
Amounting to 465.2l.
i. Audubon Republican, bills
amounting to 4S6.20.
2 Audubon Advocate, bills
amounting to 72,05.
3. Extra Journal, | bill amounting
to 1900.
See the fairness ia the last three
items.
It's very unpleasant to be compelled
to make such showing as this for we
despise strifeibut the record has been
called for. We cannot think as some
do that it is not the Journal the Board
desires to suppress but rather they
have three Supervisors in the north
half that makes all county business
lop-sfded
We invite every voter in Audubon
county to look up the record and see
if this is not fair statement of facts
as they exist and,as they are shown
on the county records.