The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1921-01-06
COUINl I Y PR n TIN
Commissioners Continue tie Policy
Adopted Last Year q Award 81.
ing County Printins.
Higher Bid Accepted, Lower Bid Of
Union Rejected All Taxpay-s
ers to Receive Printing.

The following bids on the county
printing were submitted: The Prince
ton Union offered to print the financial
statement, the proceedings Of the
county commissioners, school and
legal notices at 20 cents per folio for
the first publication and 10 cents for
the second. The Milaca Times and
Tribune both bid As cents per folio for
the first publication. The Times price
for the second publication was Is
cents per folio and the Tribune's 80
cents. The bids of the Union, Times
and Tribune on the delinquent tax list
were respectively 5, 9 and IL cents
for each description. The Times put
in the highest bid for the job work,
the Unions was 5 per cent lower and
the Tribune's S per cent lower than
the Unions, being the lowest Of all.
The Union underbid both the Times
and Tribune on everything except the
job work. There would not have been
a cent of profit in the printing at the
Unions bid, in fact it would probably
have resulted in financial loss. How
ever the bid was presented because the
Union wished to have all tax lists.
etc., available to all it's subscribers
and because there has been demand
to have the county printing done at
the lowest possible figure. The COM
missioners evidently have decided
that tits better investment for the
county to pay more and have all COM
missioners' proceedings and tax lists
placed in the hands Of all taxpayers.
They are undoubtedly correct in as
Stunning this position and are to be
congratulated for holding so firmly to.
the policy that they adopted last year.
At that time the Unions bid was
made with the agreement that the.
printing should be furnished to FIVE
other papers in the county.
This year the Times in It's bid in
Guided an agreement e. furnish every
taxpayer in the county with copy Of
every commissioners proceed; aes. the
financial statement, the delinquent
tax list and iii fact all the county
publications. Any subscriber to the
Union in Mile Laos county who fails
to receive any of this printed matter
should send his name into the Union
and the matter will be cain to the
attention Of the Times so that such a
person may promptly receive the
printed matter desired. The Union is
offering to do this merely to be sure
that all it's patrons are we'll served in
this matter. The county is quite siza-
bic and the Times might overlook
some of the people in the extreme
southern portion.
A newspaper that is privately owned
must receive sufficient returns for the
work done to maintain the business.
The Union is therefore greatly pleased
to perceive the commissioners have
sensibly refused to listen to the pro-
tests against granting the printing to
the highest bidder providing that the
recipient agrees to furnish the print
ed matter to practically all the tax
payers in the county. Everyone now
knows how the commissioners stand
in regard to this matter and since a
majority of them are men of the ut
most integrity, honest and square in
their dealings, they will Of course be
consistent.
s.P. sxaAHEN HoNoRED.