The Caucasian., 1913-08-17
THE CITY PRINTING
A Lame Attempt at Refutation of
a Fact The Record Is the Proof
Undeniable.

In its issue of Thursday, The Jour
nal in its attempt at a refutation
;, Of a fact has INDUCED in a glitter
ing reference to The Caucasian anC
to the law applying to official print
ing. o
1t would seem that The Journals
purpose is to confuse by giving
prominence to matters irrelevant to
the issue involved, which is: Has
The Caucasian received fair treat
i ment at the hands of the majority of
i the Council, Mayor ]. II. Eastman
and Commissioners Rives and Nc
Cullough?
The fact charged is deliberate and
! irrefutable. In brief, the fact is
that Hon j. H. Eastman, mayor, in
vited The Caucasian to submit a
bid for the City printing. The in
vitation was typewritten, on an Of
ficial letterhead of the City. The
invitation for bid was based on the
Act of 1912, in which is specified
that one hundred words is required
to constitute a square.
In the Act Of 1910, the word inch
is mentioned instead of square, but
as in the Act Of 1912, one hundred
words Of the type used in the print
ing is required as the measurement
for legal inch.
On the opening of the bids, The
Times hid fifty cents for the first
insertions and twenty-five cents for
the second insertions of one hundred
words to the inch.
The Caucasian bid thirty cents
for first insertions and tWenty-four
cents for the second insertions. It
was specified by a notation that a
legal inch was to be Of one hundred
words of the type used in the print
ing.
No statement could have been
more explicit, direct and precise. No
evasion Of intent was possible as the
inch was fixed specifically at one
hundred words.
The Journal bid reads: Thirty
cents for first and twenty cents for
all subsequent Insertions" The
words legal inches, were erased,
leaving the bid at the flat inch rate,
of which two flat inches are essen
tial to constitute a legal inch or
square Of a hundred words Of the
type used in the printing. The
Journals bid, then, as presented
and, summarized, and as has been
charged is S1.0O against The Times
seventy-five cents and The Caucas-
ian's fifty-four cents, and therefore
when the bid was awarded to the
Journal, the highest bidder, there
was perpetrated the rankest of par
tiality and fayoritism, which neither
Mayor Eastman nor Commissioners
Rives and Mccullough can explain
successfully.
Against such awards were the
protests of Commissioners Fulliove
and Epple, who favored The Gau-
casian because its bid was the low
est.
IN this contention, The Caucasian
comedies, candidly, that it entertains
no ill-will or feeling against The
Journal, and is as Shakespere's
shepherd-free from envy; it is con-
tent and satisfied with its lot, nor
issthere anything of The Journals
material possessions it would have,
but it must insist on The Journal
keeping the record straight
In its deliverance Of Thursday,
The Journal, in its beWailment de-
clares: Again, The Caucasian was
recently elected the Official organ
of the Parish of Gaddo, neither of
the daily papers being aware of the
letting Of the contract To say the
least, this statement is as others, in
its illumination, which is disproved
pointedly by the publication of the
usual notice, a copy Of which, as
printed repeatedly and conspicuous
~ in The Caucasian reads:
Notice.
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