New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-08-31
TWIN CITY PRINT
SHOPS EXPENSIVE
CHARGE NEARLY FIVE TIMES
MORE THAN STANDARD
PRICE LIST.
ONE FIRM DOES MUCH WORK
FOR BROWN COUNTY.
A HoLDUP.

A matter that is, or should be, of
interest to every taxpayer in Brown
county, and one worthy of careful in
vestigation and consideration by the
county commissioners, was brought to
light rather accidentally, recently,
when the Review printery was request
ed to figure on a certain job of printing
for one of the county officials. We
submitted our estimate, based on the
franklin Price List, the only reliable
standard guide in existence for print
ers, and our prospective Gust omer also
had big Twin City firm, which fur
nishes considerable printing for Brown
and other counties throughout the
state, figure on the job.
Big Over Charge Apparent.
There were in reality, two individual
jobs, similar in size and intricacy Of
composition. One of them was for
5, 900 and the other for 10, 1000. On the
former job, our figures were $500,
and on the latter, $500. The price
quoted by the Twin City firm were
$500 and $4,000, respectively. OF
course, our competitor resorted to
clever camoufage, in that they stated
that certain quality Of paper stock
would be used by them. Upon Sc
curing samples Of the stock which the
Twin City firm proposed to use, the
county official compared it with those
which we had submitted, and found
that there was no apr eciable differ
ence between them. AS a matter OF
fact, their samples were not OF as good
quality as the stock which we had
agreed to use for the jobs. Thus it
will, be Seen that on the 5000 job the
Twin City firms figures were nearly
four times as high as ours, while the
difference in the figures on the 10000
Job was even greater, amounting to
nearly 500 per cent.
Franklin Prices Standard.
The franklin Price List represents
the only reliable standard system Of
figuring costs of printing, in existence
at the present time. It is based upon
very exhaustive investigation Of print
ing office conditions with a view to
determining the actual costs of pro-
ducing every conceivable Job Of conf
mercial printing. A fair and reason
able profit is added to these costs and
the results are tabulated for the con-
venience OF the printers. So reliable
is this system Of figuring printing costs,
that several of the leading states in the
Union have adopted the Franklin Price
List as the official basis for doing all
state printing.
Investigation in Order.
The Twin City firm which competed
with US for the jobs referred to above,
does considerable printing for Brown
county, and in view Of the disclosures
made relative to the great difference
between their figures and ours, il
probably would not be amiss for thu
county board to investigate the mat.
ter, as there may be an opportunity tt
materially reduce the county's print
ling bill, thereby helping to tighten thu
present heavy tax load.
! George Goblirsch has accepted .
position in G. G. Broch's blacksmith
Eshop at Morgan, where he was pre-
viously employed.
/ William Schmidt returned to Nil
waukee, Wis, Saturday, after havin,
'|enjoyed a weeks visit with his sonsin
law and daughter Prof. and Mrs. II
/ Klatt, South Jefferson street.