Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-17

printed III the cross section as he men.
toned. which cost a great deal of mon
ey the printing had been arranged to
so the other way and could be done
! much cheaper The thing is arranged
by the needs of the people and not by
the needs of the State auditor. Take
the State Assessors report. which l
have picked up at random and I find
there the value of live stock carried out
in five or six columns as it has to be
Those things arrange themselves. and
the State auditor or the superintendent
of printing doesn't order it. The heads
of the different departments order that
printing, and it is ordered in accordance
with the requirements of the different de-
partments. Take the highway commits
sionerS report, the State assessors re-
port or the railroad commissioners re-
port. and it is the same, Whoever prints
them has to print them in accordance
with their order and by page in accord
ance with their bid
OF course it might be necessary for
the Governor and Council to consult
printers from time to time with regard
to their bids and perhaps in regard to
some other matters. although not Of
ten and not at great expense. Nobody
ever conceived that it would be neces-
sary if a responsible concern had bid
on printing a book of a certain kind and
| quality and with everything arranged
in the specifications. to employ man at
an annual salary to overseer that work
especially or in any other line of bust
ness, when doing business in a business
L.
ness is contracting in Il business way.
just one more point. The committee
We're impressed with the idea that the
matter of constructive printing. evident
~ from the remarks of the gentleman
from Berwick tMr. SMITH. that is. to
set up books and leave the type and
when you print it the second time to
charge for it again. That is not so
That was done away with because of the
investigation after it was found out
that the State had paid out considerable
money that way. The first contract
which was made stated that there
should be nothing allowed for construc-
tive printing. Those things have been
accomplished by the competitive sys-
tenn. My idea is that if YOU should
pass this. which | don't think
YOU should, that YOU ought to leave il
III the simple form in which it was
instead Of celebrating it into q bureau
and which will add an cXpcnsN. There
Is no requirement for the apple alton
of this measure. In the committee
both Democrats and Republicans vot-
ca against it and a good maly of til"
representatives sympathized with my
position in the matter | cOn4,lltn1
with the members of the Governors
Council here men who are familiar
with the matter. and | don't think it
would b" proper for me to nlmc them
here, and in their absence I Will not
do 50, but | consulted with rCSpon-
shIc members of the last "o,s,ci and
with several Of tn" members of the
present Council. and they Ncrr ius.
as firmly of the opinion that tins thing
was an unnecessary movement II.
am. | have gone into the matter pref
ty carefully. ! don't know hu. Whn,
Auditor Hatch may have statcd--and
if the gentleman from Portland (Mr.
MarshalD says he so stated to him of
course | should know it was the truth
i don't know but he may have stat
cd this work could not be done cheap
cf but II nc so stated | THINK he IL
| acting under a misrepresentation too,
and | should question it. for | have
talked over the matter carefully witt,
various men who know a good deal
| about State affairs. and h1N" so Ear
heard but one opinion from men who
| know about this mattcr--and nay talk
| has been wholly with Republicans be
cause no Democrat has had anything
| to do with State government for \
good many years and perhaps never
will again--and 7 have heard but one
| opinion expressed by the men familiar
with the matter, and that is thac the
! office is entirely and absolutely
unnecessary, and that the Governor
and Council are able to handle the
matter in their own way with the OPP
| portunity of going outside when the.'
need to and seeking the advice Of
practical printers and pay them for
| their services.
Mr.. MARSHALL of Portland: -Ir.
| Speaker if | recall correctly, Mr..