Show PRINTING COMMITTEE SAYS PRIME HIGH Report Upon the Matter Is Made to the Lower House INSTANCES ARE CITED Recommendation Is Made That the Board of Ex-t Ex-t ammers Investigate The comm ttee on public pr nt ne of the house yesterday subm tted a report cnt oi3 ng the prices pa d for p bl c pr ntin" part cularly the pr ces charged for the pr nt ng of the b Us of the leg slat ve ses on In the report the comm ttee points out that the print ag of "o0 copies of the publ c util t es b 11 one of the long measures introduced in the legislature amountetd to $ 98 10 The comm ttee declares that this work could be done at a fa r profit to the pr nter for $96 81 It po nts out that if other state pr nt ng costs relat vely as much as th s the state is squander ng thousands of dollars unnecessarily and wrongfully The contract for pr nt ng the b lis of the sess on was let by the- state board of examine 8 on con pet t e bids and t was let to the lowest b dder It was admitted at the office of the secretary of state that the cost was unreason ably h gh Report of Committee The report of the print ng committee follows Mr Speaker lour con mlttee on pub lo printing has carefu y In estl gated the cost ot the pub ic print ng and f nds that we are paying alto gether too much for our printing A s ne HI stratlon will suff to b ow how the state Is being robbed Take he pub To ut It es b ( B Io 4 H B No 162) as an ean p e tinder the cont act entered Into by the s ate board of examiners for the printing of our bil s we pay as fo 8 . Composition per 1000 ens t 88 Paper per page (1 leaf pages) 55 Press work per page 60 B nd ng per page 15 At these prices on the abo e nan ed bill the cost wl 1 be about as fol one Tjpe U? 60 Press at 1 20 or (606) 6S it) Paper at 55c J16 pages 63 80 Bind ng 116 pages at lie 17 40 Total cost under contract i 38 10 Our In estigatlon reveals the fact that this printing cou d be done In the state with a fair profit to theTrinter for the fol owing cost Type obi pages 691 cms at 40c S60 99 Stoclr 0 sheets 17x 8 No 36 at Sc 4 lbs at 8c 4 3 Press work on 8 forms on sheets Hx 8) 8 pages each lm press on oO reams ''S 50 B nding conplete 8 00 Total cost J96 81 Recommendation Made If our other state printing costs us relatively as much we are squan derlng thousands of do lars unneces sartly and wrongfully In ew of these facts e recom mend that the matter of our state printing be careful v in est gated Tour committee would f irther rec ornmend tha( the state board of et amlners investigate and ascertain as to whether or not it wou d be prac t cable to have a la ge portion of our state printing done bj the students at tl e state school for t e b ind and bv res del ts of the state industrial school Your comm ttee Is of the opinion that bj the expenditure of a sma 1 sum of money these two schoo s cou d be equ pped w tth a printing p ant which wou d offer emp oyment for tl o wards of tl e state and In the case of the deaf and blind a pe -mane t emp oyment to the mutual ad antage and benefit of both the state and t e en p oyees |