The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-01-17

printing for the county Offices t
other shops than mine. He said h
didn't think / needed 1t and Their
were others that did. He was send
Ing much of the county printing
away to other counties and othe
states to be done, without regard t
whether 1t could be done by the tax
paying printers of this county. Their
is law against that practice AM
when l demanded to know why l o
some of the other home printer
should not have that work. he SAT-
he was the custodian and that IL
did not like the way he managed tn,
distribution of the public printing
knew what / could do. I told him i
was a simple enough remedy
could file a protest against allowing
and paying the bills, but that had
considered all of that and l did not
like to make some other man lose
after he had done the work in good
faith on the order of an authorized
person. The wrong was done at the
moment he placed the order with q
foreign firm, and he was the one who
ought to lose, II anybody, and not
the people who did the work
Out of all these strange views and
conditions I reached the conclusion
that people who extend charity to an
Misunderstanding the business to
those that profess poverty and the
greatest need, was encouraging each
one engaged in the industry to quit
trying to succeed, to do poor work
and to display his poverty as a
means of getting orders handed to
him as charity The logical result
of such a course would be the de-
struction of the industry In the COM
munity and forcing the public to de-
pend on distant places for service at
higher costs.
l reached the conclusion that a
county officer having the custody of
the public printing, II he protested
friendship and good will for the
home printers and sent printing
away to be done when the home
printers could handle it at competi-
ton as to his own sincerity and in
would be justified in having him re-
tired when he sought reelection,
and something of the kind happened
at the next election.
But those things do not right the
wrongs nor build up an in
1ustry. That is merely punitive
work and accomplishes nothing
more than removal of one who ap-
pears to be operating on corrupt
methods. | gave up my plans for
.rying to keep the printing at home |
md decided that so long as people |
preferred those conditions or did not |
axe any interest in changing them |
o something that spelled success
md real service, | would have to sit |
Jack and make the best of it. In my |
hop we followed the rule of doing
IS good a job as we could for every
,erSOn who favored us with an order
nd put our guarantee back of it.
We worked under the handicap of
equipment, and that in
olives the more expensive methods
# hand work when machines or
utomatic feeders should be doing at
ow cost what an individual does at
Ugh cost. Everybody in the county
yho does any printing, does it by
he old expensive methods. Some of
he merchants have tried sidestep
ing these conditions by putting in
tile printing outfits of their own,
nd they stand idle most of the time,
doubtful investment for them and
n injury to the printing houses.
ach year the conditions grow a lit |
e worse for the printers and each 7
ear it is little more difficult tO/get t
rinting done in Bingham county be- 2
ause there are so many printing ,
ntfits at home. My conclusion is 2
lat the printers are almost as bad ,
I as the farmers, and that IL they I
lnnOt apply the remedy to cOndf- '
ons that are running their business, /
ley deserve to fail, and will fail, or
least will merely exist and the !,
will be no better of for q
eir existence. :
The conditions l have described as ),
,plying to job printing once ap n
led to newspapers and adj h
rtising service and have been :,
lrtly remedied The public do y
It want the rest of the remedy "
piled so l have been trying :,
fall in with their wishes to :
We several of the little newspaper :. -
ants with a mild and incomplete y
rvice. =.
L Oil 6Oiu6 ~ tdhC CuC LhOdouA = VI m
e peoples interest in improving -
e job printing industry, and in i'm N
owing the advertising service. -
/ going to stake some money in -,
TT of bet that people want some .,
ing better, but did not understand \.
AS the people express their con- ~
ence and interest in the plan ~
II bet more money on it by invest -
, in more of the modern equip -,
mt included in my plans. will .,
" safe all of the time, but will not -,
re any step backward. ~
The first step in the program is ~ ~
s: The day this is written, the ~
zenith of January, l started two
" funds in two Blackfoot banks. We
e Better Printing Fund" in III
First National bank, started with sp
90; the other a Better Type M
nd" at the Blackfoot City bank,
rted with $100. From all the mi
neys received on subscriptions, nc
ais and job printing from Janu- M
Ints and job printing from Janu- uo
Is to March 1, will deposit rs DO
cent of it in the Better Printing ni