The Kevin review. [volume] (Kevin, Mont.) 1922-1929, 1927-03-03
(From the Cut Bank Pioneer Press)


ancient public printing taken considerable
the Of the present Montana assembly, chiefly the question
further regulation of county printing matters but the
tay Of state has stepped white light the
distribution Of constitutional amendpent publications
Let US take the last case first The law provides that one
paper the county shall be designated to publish proposed
constitutional amendments That law certainly wnked
at in the last general election il not in previous elections As
the charge for publishing this amendment the matter
very simple measured 10 foos 10 inches and 15
weeks proper chargewa $500 and any printer who
charged cheating three persons did should
know thiste printer himself secretary of and the
state purchasing agent
The discussions on county printing that have have
atmosphere Of lack Of definite knowledge
rather weak and sentimental defenses by socaed friends
Of the printers.
the Pioneer Press that the hour has struck for
where.
In other words the time for printers take
offensive IN cleaning Of miasma that surrounds the
meets
How can the association county commissioners or the
legislators be blamed for feeling that there's something smelly
shed the Great Falls Tribune Saturday? shows
printing in the different counties ranging from $5 per
capita to c capita for counties OF the same classification
and with the potential printing requirements. The top
figure not be too large and the low figure may be runous
amazing lack Of uniformity
Here's job for the Montana Editorial association if its
worth pinch Of salt Il should go to the bottom Of this ques
lion and find where the golden mean eS should find out
who among the county printers charging legitimate profits
and who making exhorban eves their counties who
respecting the code and who doing work at
throat raesfor the phase Of the matter is about repre-
hensibe as the other.
For years the editorial association this has been
has been just big lunch club in carrying out
he programs Of its yearly meetings It has fooled and kid
led and listened to orid politicians Kiwanis and Rotary
pebnders praise the and tell its members what great
elbows they in the community Recently elected its
PRESIDENT who Of the offenders in getting
he county printers in bad with the and state
oOns He and three others arnshed the reputation
about 49 other county printers It's time hold real
business meeting and wash sOiled linen should
ppoint committee 60 every angle and phase of the
printing situation county of the those
ounties where costs unduly high unreasonaby low
and this committee should be to confer with the
ounty commissioners at their next annual meeting and draw
p code that shall be satisfactory to all.
It's patnde say that the county printer is entitled to
decent profit Every commissioner and every legislator with
ounce Of will grant this II takes investment of
around $4,000 good material and workmanship produce
asacoy work for counes and today remain around
300 week the code adhered many jobs done for
9unties less than those done for private firms indv
dualS The fat take the printers term it the deln
quen tax list was killed by previous legislature. the
printer who lives up the code today his The
extremely low and extremely high costs noted in the table
referred to must where either there has been
where has been the office window by the
holding the contract
There the points determine land they should be so
determined that the matter will again into sess
ion of the Montana assembly discussion odm upon
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