The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-03
Motor Vehicle Fund Salaries
Grand ,--o.al. s lS.265.el l5,6,

THUS. in your first five months,
you expended about s.. 607. 81 more for
salaries than your predecessor did for
the same period in 1923. which repre-
sents an increase Of over $4,000 per
month and certainly greater than Is
warranted by any increase in regis
trationS. Again. for the Motor We
hiclc Fund you must offer a budget
whereas tho Auto Theft Fund is q
sort Of grab bag. Why shift all the
salary expense to the latter. which is
the same policy you arc cndeavoring
to pursue relative to printing?
Your showing above causes us
some m~isRiving concerning other
economies" you propose to inaugu-
rate.
Eve arc highly pleased to quote
the following Illuminating admission
from your letter to us:
"'Your point is we'll taken, in that
when practicable, forms should be
manufactured BY means Of and
through Typography. but occasion
ally the process of TYPOGRAPHY is
better adapted to the production Of
certain forms. 1t IS in no way in
ferior to Typography, but is of the
highest class Of the printing art. as
you will admit
$50 YOU do admit finally that
TYPOGRAPHY is printing. We have
been labo:ing under the impression
that you and the attorney general
both commended that photography was
not printing. was not controlled by
u state printing laws and did not
come under the contracts for public
printing. According to law all pub
lie printing must be done within the
state. and also it is a penal offense
for any public officer to accept
printed matter not bearing the union
label. There is no union shop in
this state which can do Autograph
iEg. and 10 furnish the label thereon,
Hence. according to your own views,
YOU will be guilty Of a penal offensc
in accepting autographed form.
"Plcasc be advised that VIC believe
the law should be obeyed by public
officers. and as citizens and taxpay-
crs. we feel that the work should be
dnnc within the state. As union
printers we have an especial inter
est in its being done in this manner
both for u own benefit as we'll as
the u%pbuilding of the state.
The 1nternationals OF the Allied
Unions is universally respected both by
labor organizations and by employers
for its character and for its staunch
adherence to its contracts with en-
ployers. We regard contracts as
sacred and to be carried out not only
to the letter but also the spirit there
of. You purchased e $1,000
worth Of l~ithographing without pub.
lie competitive bidding. contrary ia
law and the state printing contract,
ard now are endeavorinR to repeat
the same. Taken by itself. your at
titudc might be regarded as person.
al. but the state printer now has
before him for rejection two claims
totsling $266.75 approved by w. E.
Rycrly for the land department for
alleged autographed forms which
formerly were printed by typog-
raphy. Like you, Mr.. Byerly is a
staunch follower Of the present ad-
ministration. Taken together your
respective attitudes reflect a con-
| spiracy to violate existing contracts,
and in order to do SO you both ap-
rarently arc not only willing to vio-
late the law but stand ready to acc
ccpt non-union printed forms, with
cut open and fair bidding. This sit