The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-31
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Burlington W., June 27. 1904
he Waterman Co..
Montpelier, VI

he Waterman Co.,
Montpelier. VI.
Dear Sir. Enclosed find COPY OF
agreement entered into by the follow
ing printers al meeting held i'm Mont
pelier June goth: futile Co.. Free
Press Association; ST. Adams Mes
senger; Waterman Co: Argus &
Patriot Co.; II. b Parker; The Gale
DOMAIN
1t is agreed that none of these print
ers will bid except on the items as
signed to himself. and that IN no case
will he bid at higher scale than 90
cts for plain and so cts. for double
price composition; $3.50 for the FIRST
| thousand of los with $l00 for each
additional thousand impressions: nor
will he increase the scale of binding
from prices on his bid of two years
/ previous, except that the rate for oX-
ira signatures Il any. shall be "A
cent; but he will in all cases figure
the price of paper to the state az 3
cts. per pound for No. ] machine hn-
ish, and 5& cts. per pound for the
grade Of paper which the state itself
has been furnishing for the last four
years half tone cuts. Is cts a square
inch, authors changes 40 cts an
hour
1t is further agreed that on House
and Senate bills that the Waterman
and Argus will not bid more than Is
cts. a page and that all printers secur
ing state printing under this agree
ment, including the Waterman and
Argus, will be assessed pro rata IN
proportion 10 work done 10 make up
the difference between - and % cts
a page on House and Senate bills
The Messenger Co. will also be as
| sessed on the Il. r. Com report which
IL is now working on, and IL Is under
stood that during the next TWO years
the other printers will not compete
with the Messenger for this work
The work will be assigned as fol.
lows: The Waterman, Senate bills
and Legislative Manual
Argus 4 Patriot House bills state
geologist report.
II. h. Parker inventory blanks
supt. of education report Parker to-
pay Ropes 10 cts for plain and 20 cts.
for tabular on ed reportl
The Caledonian. library com report
and insurance com
The Messenger House and Senate
journals, r. r. Com. report Crhcy to
pay Atkins $15 In addition to assess.
ment on H. and s. bills)
The Free Press. session laws and
agricultural reports
The futile Co. state officers re-
ports. school registers and grand list
Yours very truly
(Signed w. b. Howe, Secretary.
While this paper r't,rs to 1904, It Is
claimed there was o. similar under
standing In 1906. am, tie printers as.
I scrt il was to proteC 7'hor than for
| the purpose of iniuriug the State. and
/ that straw bids were submitted on
/ printing because no one state Office
could handle all the state work and
get It out on time On the other
/ hand there rs this TO say: The Tut.
tie Co. which charged S6,35315 for
/ printing the public documents In 1906
did the same work In 1905 for Si,360.
| %. or almost q third less.
Failing to secure a settlement from
/ the auditor. the printers affected have
now taken their case TO the lcgisla.
lure.
Observers about the state house
imagined yesterday that the senates
refusal to hasten the passage of The
house bill permitting members of the
Legislature and state oitidhrs to vote
for presidential electors at the state
house. was not entirely disassociated
from the failure of the house to adopt
the senate Joint resolution providing
for an adjournment over election. The
elections committee held a session ai
the noon recess aud obtained the opIn
ion of the attorney general In the
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