The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-01-20
ONCE MORE, THE PRINTING.

ONCE MORE, THE PRINTING.
It was not our intention to again al
Jude to the subject Of the county print
ing but the holier than thou attitude
of the editor of the Milaca Times calls
for further comment.
Does Mr.. Cravcns think the people
in Mile Laos county are so ignorant
and stupid they can be continually
hoodwinked and deceived by misrep-
RESERVATIONS and false statements {?
His paragraph on tl,2 bids for the
county job printing would seem to
convey the impression that the Times
contract for this work was saving the
county considerable amount Of
money. AS a matter of fact the
Times submitted the highest bid for
this work, the Unions was next low
or and the Milaca Tribune's was the
lowest of all. The commissioners
voted to accept the Times bid, the
highest bid submitted, and still Mr..
Cravens has the effrontcry to pretend
that the Times contract for this work
effects the saving of a vast sum of
money for tie county.
Let us look little more closely at
the virtuous Mr.. Croven's record in
regard to the county printing and see
how consistent he is in his burning
desire to save the county money. Two
years ago the Milaca Times bid was
As cents and the Unions rs cents per
folio. Moreover both bids were SUBJ
mitted without any specifications con-
corning extra circulation or supple
ments for other papers. Mr.. Cravens
did not seem to be at all disturbed
about the burdens Of the taxpayers
he did everything in his power to have
the highest bid accepted.
A year ago the Unions bid was rs
cents per folio and the Times As
cents. However the Union submitted
it's bid with the agreement to furnish
five other papers in the county with
supplements Of the printed matter.
This nccessitatcd considerable ex-
pense, but the county received good
service and all publications were well
circulated.
During the past year there has
been some criticism of the expense Of
publishing the county printing in this
manner. The Union therefore this
year submitted low bid with no
agreement for extra circulation.
The Times bid of As cents per folio
was accepted in preference to the
Unions bid of 20 cents, we suppose,
because the Times had agreed to fur
nish the printed matter to all the tax
payers in the county. While this ar
rangemcnt will be somewhat less OK
pcnsive than the method employed
last year, we doubt whether it will
be as satisfactory. The arrangement
of having one paper attempt to reach
all the taxpayers has been found very
unsatisfactory" other counties. Mr..
Cravens asserts that the Union during
the past As years has received ap-
proximately 100000 for the county
printing. This is slight 90 exag-
geration, but about as close as he ever
comes. to the truth. During the first
80 years the Union received approx
mately $500 year. The population
of the county has increased and dur.
ing the latter years it has seemed only
fair to provide for the publication Of
some of the printed matter in othc1
papers in the county, so the expense
has necessarily increased. The Unio1
has sometimes done the work below
cost. One year it did all the printing
except the job printing for the sum O.
one dollar,
Judging from the exchanges w
receive all the nonpartisan papers il
the state have been practicing tn
same tactics as the Times. In justic
to the taxpayers, they insist that thei
bids be accepted, be they higher o
lower than. those Of the Independent
papers. We understand that the non
partisan paper in 1santi county pre-
tends to have saved the taxpayer
considerable money by having pre-
vailed upon the commissioners to az
cept it's bid of al cents in preferenc
to thte rs cent bid of the independer
paper, the North Star.
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an institute Of politics at William
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