Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-10-22

1 NOT he u canGldate Tor fe.eiectlOn.
Here is another instance in which
the write, has personal grievance
to air: For number of years the
| Record has furnished the election
ballots for Emmons county as the
result of a proposition which the for
mer editor of the Record made the
commissioners sumo years ago. The
Record agreed to secure all the nee.
essary equipment to handle the bal
lots and keep it on hand in return
for which the Record would print
the ballots from year to year, the
price for same to be based upon the
figures obtained from the auditor of
some other county. Such course
has been pursued from year to year,
and the auditor Of kidter county
| has been asked each time Tor the
price paid for ballots and the bill
rendered Einmdns county according
ly. This spring the writer one day
mentioned 10 Mr. Snyder something
about the new absent voter ballot.
Mr.. S said nothing at the time but
went to his office and wrote the Rec.
ord note stating that he had al
ready let the work to the Dakota
Printing & Stationery Company at
Bismarck, His excuse for doing so
was that he was getting cheaper
rate than formerly. However, the
Record had taken the work at pre-
vaiIlng prices IN former years and
he might have been willing to let US
have the refusal of it at the new
figures. But for some reason he
didn't propose to let the Record in
on the deal at all.
Now here is the peculiar part of
the deals In explaining his action
of sending the work out Of the coun-
ty without giving the local printer a
chance. he showed the Record man
an estimate signed by represent
alive of the company at Bismarck
II called for total Of some $50 for
all the ballots. After election and
after the bills had been allowed at
the July meeting. the writer asked
to see the amount allowed the Bis
marck concern. Imagine our sur
prise to find that they had been paid
some $l45, or about sixty more than
the supposed price. the amount paid
being about the amount tho Record
had received for the work formerly
and which it would have been most
pleased to secure again. Mr.. Sny-
der's explanation of the matter was
that they had slipped one oyer"
And. although Mr.. Snyder admits
that the Bismarck firm Slipped
one over" he doesn't seem to be a
bit afraid of dealing with them on
that account for he has only recent.
~ seen fit to give them work of his
own.
The Record had not refused to
meet the price Of the Dakota Print
ing & Stationery Company 1.-THE one
some sixth dollars lower than they
really received) for the good and
sufficient reason that Mr.. Snyder
never gave US chance to refuse the
same. Most certainly as a tax.pay-
ing institution in the county all
fair-minded men will admit that it
should have been favored over out.
side concerns where the price the
county paid could have been made
the same. The fact is the Record
would have taken the work at the
reduced price rather than see it 20
out of the county and then the coun.
ty would have actually paid what
they bargained to instead of some
sixty dollars more.
Nv ldll DallULS were printed at
the Record office for the reason that
the Record man was prepared for
; such possibility and kept on the
auditors trail. We have had to
print the ballots at much cheaper
price than the work is entitled to
but that is result of the fact that
it is work that the big printing
houses are after and the trade war
on between them in the state has
been responsible. Prices will re.
turn to the normal again and it will
not he necessary to take them at a
low figure. But the price is beside
; the question. In order to be fair to
all the people of the county, Mr..
Snyder had right to give the Re...
ord chance at the ballot work in
: the spring. If it could be done at 9
like figure to that paid by outside
concerns.
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