The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-06-14

terial difference In favor of the
$4,000 bid. Yet Mr.. Meads comes
out in the daily papers. pats himself
ton of the facts attempts to delude
the public into the belief that he
has saved the city considerabl BILE
money and that the heavier tax
paying printers OF Tacoma are O
very bad lot.
Mr.. Meads is not a printer; he
to explain the difference between a
printing press and a press for maxi
ing cider; yet he stands up and I'M
blushingly asserts with all the We
hemence of certainty that the price
quoted on a piece or printing by
devoted to study of the problem of
the cost of manufacturing printed
waterfalls too high. We're he
to give even a little thought to the
financial condition of the men
whose prices please him because
they are low-too low in most in
stances to cover the bare cost of
manufacture-he would pay a high
er compliment to his intelligence by
coming out in the open with the
low.
There are some printers in Taco
ma (among whom may be numbered
those who have fallen under Mr..
Meads' displeasurel who pride them
not operating their businesses on a
basis that will ultimately land
themselves and their families in the
poorhouse; men who discount their
bills, employ skilled workmen at
good wages, use first-class materi-
ais, take a pardonable pride in the
work they produce and are recog-
nized as factors in the commercial
and civic affairs of the city; there
are others who are never heard of
except as price cutters" who know
as little about their manufacturing
costs as Mr.. Meads does, whose
printing" in most instances is a
disgrace to the printing art, who
take no interest in the progress of
their city, are members of no COM
mercial organizations, who are
obliged to pay cash on delivery for
their raw materials and who year by
year exc out a bare hand to mouth
existence for themselves and those
dependent on them, with nothing in
the future to look forward to.
We will ask the unbiased reader
which of these two classes is the
more desirable or of most value to
the city, and will add that none of
the latter class are mem bers of the
Printers Board of Trade of Tacoma.
The men who indite this letter
are helping to build Tacoma through
the establishment of their own BUSH
Ness vi d SOllu anu SuDSIdnIlal
basis. The interests of the City of
Tacoma are their interests, and no
incumbent of any political office can
claim greater fealty to its welfare
than they. They aim to be fair and
above board in their dealings with
their fellow citizens, and deeply de-
plore the fact that an apparent utter
lack of like consideration for them
has forced upon them the necessity
to thus publicly take issue with Mr..
Meads.
With only the interests of the
city and it's taxpayers at heart and
with no desire to indulge in coun-
tter-criticism, we might suggest in
conclusion that the ends of justice
would perhaps be better served and
Mr.. Meads come nearer the goal he
claims to be aiming for IL more of
that gentleman's dynamic energy
could be directed toward looking
after the details of Issuing
in his office and less to an attempt
to establish a claim of special abil-
ity in fields of endeavor for which
he has no natural or acquired apti-
tude,
THE PRINTERS BOARD OF
TRADE OF TACOMA.
A. M. WHITE, Auditor.
407 California Bldg.