Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-15
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called tissue ballots which We're prom
mently mentioned in the congressional
campaign in the Seventh district, in
1904. we believe it proper. that we
should make a plain statement OF facts
as to how these ballots We're ordered,
who selected the paper stock used in
printing them and why The paper actu-
ally used was selected.
During the primaries of that year. in
which Hon. j. \. T. HULL and Hon.
$. II. Prouty We're candidates for con-
gresS, our company secured an order
for the election supplies. from the com
mttee having the matter in charge.
At no time before or during the
placing of the order. the delivery of
the copy or the printing of the tickets,
was the subject OF the quality. weight,
Transparency, or thickness of the paper
To be used in the ballots even men
toned by any representative of the
committee. or of either Of the candi-
dates. except that we We're informed
that they preferred a paper that could
not be duplicated. 50 rs To prevent the
unauthorized printing of the official
ballot for improper purposes.
| told the committee that ! had 4
paper which | thought | could use on
the job and which WAS sure could
not be duplicated in Dcs Mones. or
even in Chicago. as it was manufac-
tured expressly for a large customer
of ours. 1t SO happened that we had
on hand a special grade of book paper
from a carload of the Iowa Seed Com
pany. Az this paper was made to or
rl,y nd of Sion nd waiyht
it was my opinion. that it would an.
swer the committees purpose as being
proof against duplication. This paper.
by the way, has been used by the Iowa
Seed Company for fifteen years. and is
still used by them in printing their
catalogs. 1t is light in weight. lighter
than is usually used for catalog pur-
poses. but firm and strong in texture
and very Opaque. as the catalogs are
printed on both sides of the paper, with
heavy cuts. and the work would be
spoiled. if the cuts or text showed
thru the paper. 1t was not a paper
having any of the characteristics of
tissue or any resemblance to it: as
will be seen by any unprecedented per-
son who will examine the catalog of
the Iowa Seed Company for that year,
or any issue of it for the past fifteen
years, 1908 included.
I called up Mr.. Charles N. Page.
manager of the iowa Seed Company,
and secured his consent that the paper
be used in printing the ballots: so that
the paper used was not selected by the
committee or it's representative. or by
any candidate, or by a representative,
but by our company and of course
without any Interior purpose whatso-
ever. Very truly yours,
IOWA PRINTING co.
BY James A. Hall, PIT.
have read the foregoing statement
Of the Iowa Printing Company, and
so far as they relate to the Iowa Seed
Company or me- they are correct.
remember that Mr.. Hall asked our
consent to use some of our catalog
paper for that primary and | consented
and 1t was used. 1t was not a tissue
paper. but a paper that we have used
in our regular catalogs for fifteen
years and is thus printed on both
sides
CHARLES N. PAGE.
The Times Republican knows moth
ing dDoul illt lfltIllS VI .lIle TISSUE pdl-
lot controversy except that it Is known
that Judge Prouty bears a good name
among his neighbors at home and
many a Des Moines man has insisted
that the tissue ballot was largely a
fiction of Lafe Young's Imagination.
The sample of paper stock pinned to
Mr.. Halls letter, being a page torn
from the Iowa Seed Company's cat
alog, is of a strong texture. light in
weight, as most mail order houses use
in their cataogs. but of an excellent
quality and perfectly legitimate for
use as a ballot. If the quality of the
paper is the only basis for charging
corruption. Judge Prouty and his
friends have been maigned.