IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) V. // .^. 1.0 I.I 1.25 ^ m ■ 50 ^^ M 2.2 I.S U IIIIII.6 6" Vl I ^&. -(^ Patent N' ^^. # ^• o 7 ■v// Hiptographic SdencBS Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14330 (716)872-4503 iV d '^^ ^ iV :\ \ ?v V \ ^.^ % n? ^%^ ^^^ % * & CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductlons historlques 1 Technical and Bibliographic Notas/Notes techniques et bibliographiques The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original copy available for filming. Features of this copy which may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any of the images in the reproduction, or which may significantly change the usual method of filming, are checked below. L'tnstitut a microfilm^ le meiHeur exemplai^e qu'ii lui a ete possible de se procurer. 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Un daa symbolaa suivants apparaitrs sur la darniAra imaga da chaqua microfiche, salon la caa: la symbols <— »> signifia "A SUiVRE". la symbols V signifia "FIN". Maps, ptataa, charts, etc.. may be filmad at different reduction r^tioa. Those too large to be entirely inciudttd in one expoaura are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top tc bottom, aa many frames aa required. The following diagrama iliuatrate the method: Lea cartaa. planches, tableaux, etc.. pauvent dtre fiim^a A dee taux da rMuction diffirants. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre raproduit an un seul clichA. 11 est filnr* 5 A partir da Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche d droite, et de haut <in baa. en prenant le nombra d'Imagea nteeasaira. Las diagrammes suivants illuatrant 1'^ m^thode. 1 2 3 12 3 4 5 6 A PAMPERED PRESS AND POLITICAL PRINTIMG. soms sAMPLiX: jobs. Th* public Preas should guide public opinion by kODeit dlsousslon of publl«^ If the PreM be cerruptes<| by the party in power, its guidance in a fraud, ■nd its di*iUMion is but tb > purohaaed advocacy of a hireling. Can a newspaper U»\ o a shademr of honestjr in its criticisms of the acts of a G orera- Ment from hioh it draws, Urrouyh sroM overcliarres, the money which flnatRim ttt To be plain — Can you bjlieye the statements, or trust the oonblusicna, upon poUtioiJ topifls, of a newspaper which is allowed, and even encouraged, to rob the countrf •f large sums every year! There are regular Contractors for the Govemment I*rintlng, who do tht wo/k at fixed prices. Tet the lllluisters take work away from their Oontraotors to fiy* it, at much higher rates, to political fbvorltes. Take tha'x loud-mouthed advocate of the Ottawa Ministry, ithe " Hamilton Speo- tator.» In one year, 1884, it received $17,§97.1§ for Job printing alono from tlM Qovemment. At honest rates this would give a sufilclently handsome profit t* blind the eyes av.d silence the tongue, but it was pointed out by a prao tloal printer (Mr. Somerville, of Brant,) in the House of Commons, that out of the above sum there ivas a total excess of $13,3S7.04 over the fair and regular prloe of such work 1 Oan any one believe a statement in that newspaper ? Is not everything telnted which comes from such a source ? Next, examine the record of the HIontr^aE ^'Oazette," the property and organ of the minister of the Interior, in 1§§4, it received for print- ing and advertising, over $1§,0<M>. Of tliia sum, $9,311.15 was paid for m Pamphlet on British Columbia, on which there w^as an overcharge of $5,^0fi;.89 „ over and above the ordinary business profit ! No wonder that newspaper ~ defends every Job and corrupt action of the Jninistry. There are small fry in the tory press, who are equally as greedy and unseruplous as the lar^e newspaper sharks. Take, for an illustration, the case of the l*rescott "Messen- ger," a small sheet published in the County of Leeds and Grenville. The Government decided to publish a German emigration pamphlet, and Instead of calling for tenden for the work, or giving it to one of the German printing offices in the country, they gave the work to the Prescott " Messenger,'* which had not a letter of German type In Its office. If there had been a saving of money in this course it would have been jnstm- able, but, on the contrary, there was euornnous loss. The '^ Messenger" w^as paid #0,871.65 for the pamphlet, and two G'- man printing ectabliahments in Waterloo County calculated that they could have i ;>ue the work for $1,S00, and made m fair profit. In this single transactolu, therfure, the Government paid oat of the public funds a bribe of #5,071.65 in excess of the fair cost to this new^spaper. Many a farm in that county can be bought for that sum, which was enough to furnish that newspaper office with all its type and material, and a new steam press and engine besides! This charge was brought on the floor of Parliament by Mr. Somerville, It 'Was not denied, and it cannot be contradicted. The French Government newspapers in Quebec demanded a share of the spo'ils, and thej Sot It. The Courier de St. Hyacluthe printed the List of Civil Service Employees, i 1884. The Government began by supplying the Job office of that paper with the type required at a cost of $3,9^1.02. When the work was done tie proprietor sent in his bill for #8,493.9§. This was submitted to the Queen's Printer, a Government Official, who reduced it to 17,688.74. Beiore passing this account, the Auditor-General, w^ho is Independent of the Government, cont)>ared it \%lth the contract rate for departmental printing, which was the only rsit lie could legally allow, and cut it down to $5,^)31.40. This threw the responsibility of any overcharge upoH the Government, and they were quite equal to ttie omergenoy, for they actually passed on Order of the Treasury Board on 15th March, 1884, directing the payment •f $7,6§$.74 over the ead of the Auditor-General, who hsid certified that tfii* •WM just $1,85734 more tiian the lawful rate payable by the Government. (B«e Auditor-General'a Report of 1885, page vi.) Electors of Canada can you trust the Government organs to guard the public Treasury when' they share In the plunder ? As well might y»u trosk the wolf *<> guard the flock from daui^er ! VotK 7.]