Show illAT COllI IIINIISU Tbe IleraU of this city rutbca to he defense of tho action awarding tbe rlntlng ol Ibo coillleJ laws of this Itate to an outside company and lu doIng so makes a blttsr attack on tbe NEWS In violation cl Journalistic aurtesy and utter disregard of tbe acts Unfortunately for our cotcn porary It entirely begs I the queitlon railed by the NEWS and attempts la rltlclie this paper became J ublUh ng companys bid was above that of ome other company when that point was not an liauo at all While patelnghowevcr a susceetlou will show bow u great disparity would oomo In Ibo various biis For In tsnce the speclflcstlons called for n irlce per page In mlulon brevier atd ong primer type without giving any Ida of Ibo proportions of each that I elng lelt to gueiswork As Ibo llie of f type ulfler very much a dlOereice would come In on that score But to I make the matter worer ttheu the axlv ommlailon woe applied to for some Ulng mere definite ore mvm ber replied to onu cfllco that here would lio D ly lo sbvenlj flvo pages of mlulon while I nother Informed anolhir oflloi that hero would bo one bun Jred and fifty ages of tbat type and he would uot uarantee tbat It would not go above bat Thus bit I ween Uoeo two cilices loneIbedlUeiojcr on etatomaats ot Lo ccmmlislon wanuspneti two or bree or even moro Tbo unllorralty ollho t outside bids ibonr that they wtro nol under tbe disadvantage ot that Ispirlly at least to lay nothing ol thers tbat m git bo named But to tbe rail quistlon In heue Tbo Herald lu Its Monday editorial a limits tbat If Ibo bid ot n ocal house should bo somewhat arger within reasonable limits II would still bo ni well to favor he local boutc and public sentiment would probably uttlfy ttie letting of H ontractto II That shows cur CD emporarys Ignorance of the fact or omelhlng very raucu wario for In lt > ocal columns ol the prevluut day Sunday It staled on thu authority 01 Grant II Hmltu of the code cjrnrv Ion that tbe Uith tiltbiKrapb aim rijujj bid 1 win u lo liuudreJdl urent frum tbeljlncalii bouiu to which be omtrict was awarded And thai uw hundred doos not malt the 7S cr cent to 100 per cent hlgbct which cur cotirororary Irlte about ai all popf jcjcli1 nor a quarter II I Tho Lincoln homes bid Is stated U I In the neluhrothood of 0000w 0 un orrlood 11 woo uoJor 1111 lieu e Tbe Lllbignph compan i bid at 20 per pige IoMIiOO pages would come 10 f5650 On IbIs ihowlne the saving 01 0009 on a ontracl which Ih Herald nllejcrU n mlistatcmeut out 01 whole clolh The NEWS company bid cut no figure In tio case U wa barred LUI of consideration by aide local bid to which fact no oxcepllo I could be tslion Hence the Inexcuss hie dlecourtifiy of our cotcmporary 10 I iisalllnK this paper because It sal Id bat If Ibo work uf printing tb code ooulil le done here as well and at a resaiuablii price Ibu leod I workmen should bo glvtii Ibo prtoro even at a little blgbs I figure We know the taxpiyers en daUolUl1 eentluiout at leas equally with the practice of piyln bun Jred of dollars montli to a salaried offl Dial and tofuilng n plttaoca of labor nt wages lo the home mechaulc Uy the way the untenable position of cur calemporary mutt not be taken or Ibo attitude or Ibo oed commit lIon Tbat body can make au infln tely more consistent explanation than bat referrej to and < do so honestly and truthfully Tbe Xli casts no cflectlon tipou tbe commliBion as lo either Integrity or ability but when II dlflers with U lu matters of judg tncnt has Ibe rlgbt lo Its opinion ands and-s lu Ibis Instance to expresi It without with-out anger or unfrfendlloeis |