Amador ledger., 1909-04-16
Editorial Column,
THAT ADVERTISING LOOT.


week against the payment of certain item in the bill OF the
Amador Dispatch for advertising in the month of January
amounting $780, ignored, and the claim allowed
without any investigation whatever, far as we know Inc
bill for $3.50, including other printing and was
reduced 1854 Whether the reduction made on the
particular item cited in protest. which for advers
ing notice payers from the sheris Office we do not
know All know is that partisan board OF supervisors
with advisers of the political faith and with all
officials concerned in the ordering allowing auditing ana
payment of the claim of like partisan complexion paid no
attention communication which stated that specheo
item plain and outrageous attempt to gouge the
treasury of Amado county for the benefit OF the publishers
of the democratic organ of Aador county The writer has
lived in Amador county for "a years, and has been con-
during the whole period with the acts of the county
managers whether under republican democratic control
But during the entire period have known of such
deliberate wlfu violation of public trust the action
of the board this month in passing by the protest referred to
without investigation by competent authority Let 1t
be remembered that the sheriff who ordered the advertise
ment referred the district attorney who is charged with
guarding the interests of the people against illegal Claims
the clerk who filed and audited the BILL the supervisors who
allowed the same and the who paid the bill all
democrats, only member of the supervisors being
publican while the caimanhe beneficiary Of the treasury
loot-s also Of the democratic persuasion This comb-
nation is suggestive shows beyond cav the danger of
concentrating power solely and exclusively the hands of
any political party After long period of control organ
cation is abuse its power and be governed by desire
entrenc itself authority by dealing out avors to its
members the expense of the taxpayers rather than
unselfsh aim to protect the taxpayers
The most charitable construction place upon the
action of the board paying attention the protest is
that the members did not know what they doing The
remark will perhaps apply other officials concerned
But that affords They ought to know the full
import OF their every 1t made their duty
find from every available information the
status of any demand upon the treasury to be able
act intelligeny especially when this case they
placed upon their guard by written protest.
Now according to promise last week proceed vent
late this subject in simple way that every reader of the
Ledger and payer may understand by the deadly
parallel method In the next adjoining column we pre-
sent the advertisement as it appeared in the Dispatch
exact reproductions tar possible showing the size Of
type used and the exact of space occupied by
notice. The column shows the same advertisements
embracing every word but nonpariel type in the most
compact form possible required by the rules of the
United States government respecting advertising matter
The federal government will allow for any spacing be-
tween the lines of type All paid notices set solid
just show in the compact notice in the adjoining
columns
To make the subject clear the reader VIC must state
em IS meant the square of the body the type used
is called em after the lower m because that letter
is usually made broad the of the typethat is
it is square. Now the ZEN" is fixed quantiv no matter
what sized type used it is fixed the inch in linear
measurement Advertising is paid for much square
space occupied 234 ems being the legal definition in
California for square, In the small type advertisement
IN the parallel columns of the taxpayers notice. there are 26
GEMS" each ne and II lines in ALL so that 26 times 27
gives the number of ems in that notice-viz 7o2 making
exactly squares Of 24 ems each In the adjoining parallel