Benthuysen & Co. for doing the State work; and the same is the standard price for all ordinary work.

The prices paid journeymen in Albany at present are, for plain English work, 25 cents per 1000 ems, and double price for rule and figure work. Additional charges are made for trouble when the work is not plain. The prices for press work are in propor tion to the prices of composition.

GEO. TRUMBULL.

Subscribed and sworn before me, this 9th day of December, WM. N. SEYMOUR, Justice of the Peace.

1639.

Augustine W. Hovey, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that he is a practical printer; that he has followed the business most of the time for the last ten years, and is well acquainted with Legislative printing-has worked in the State office of Michigan, and knows the prices charged by the State Printer of that State; and, also, the prices paid by him to journeymen. The prices. charged the State are seventy-five cents per one thousand ems for composition, and seventy-five cents per token for press work, exclusive of paper and ink, which articles are furnished at the cur. rent prices. The prices paid journeymen are twenty-seven cents per one thousand ems for composition, and twenty-three cents per token for press work. In addition to the above prices charged by the State Printer, and aside from the charges for stitching and binding, charges were made for drying and pressing the sheets. after printing.

Journeymen, who work by the week, receive ten dollars per A. W. HOVEY.

week.

Subscribed and sworn before me, this 9th day of December, WM, N. SEYMOUR, Justice of the Peace.

1839.

SIR:

Document E.

GLOBE OFFICE,

Washington, 2 May, 1839.

We proceed to answer your note of the 22d ultimo, left at our office in our absence, relative to the price paid by Congress for public printing.

The Congressional printing is executed under a joint resolution of Congress, passed in March, 1819. It may be found in the 6th volume of the laws of the United States, page 444. It requires the octavo page to be the same size as the laws of the United States, including the marginal notes. We make that page 1732 cms small pica, and 3031 cms brevier. Others make it about 1660 ems small pica; and 2800 ems brevier. Congress pays for composition of plain matter, $1 per page for small pica, and $1 75 per page for brevier. For rule or rule and figure work we are paid double those prices for composition. For press work and paper, and folding and stitching, we are paid 87 1.2 cents for every 600 pages. The paper costs at the mill from $2 50 to $3 00 per ream, royal sheet, 19 by 24 inches. The bills are printed on cap paper which costs from $2 50 to $2 75 per ream, and with English type. There are 25 lines on a page, with riglet between the lines to make it fill out the page. We do not know, exactly, how many ems are in a bill page. one dollar a page for the composition of a bill page; and $1 25 for press work and paper and folding and stitching every 400 pages. When there is 100 copies, or less, of bills ordered to be printed, we get 50 per cent. more, for the press work and paper and folding and stitching.

We get

We send to you, enclosed, one sheet of our account against the Senate, which will shew you our charge.

All necessary blank pages are counted as plain matter, and charged for as the largest kind of type used in printing such docu

ments:

For example, if a document makes five printed pages of rule brevier, and 1114 copics are printed, (or any other number in proportion,) we charge as follows:

For composition 5 pages rule brevier, at $3 50,

$17 50

Thirty-three dollars, forty.nice cents and seven mills.

We believe that with the aid of the joint resolution referred to, this letter, and the account enclosed, you will be able to make out an account according to Congress prices. If you shall not, we will at any time give you all the information we possess on the subject.

J. A. NOONAN, Esq.,

Respectfully,

BLAIR & RIVES.

Little Falls, New-York.

GLOBE OFFICE,

Washington, 28th August, 1839.

SIR:

We have received your letter dated the 31st ultimo, and proceed to reply to your interrogatories. The price paid journeymen printers in our office and in that of the National Intelligencer, and in all other offices in this city, where they do not "rat it," are as follows:

To journeymen printers by the week, at press or composition, $11 during the session of Congress, and $10 per week during the recess. [The prices were $10 and $9 per week, until about three

years ago, when they were raised 10 per cent. on account of the high prices of the necessaries of life.]

Composition, 33 cents a thousand for newspaper and 30 cents a thousand for book work--when the type is smaller than brcvier, 10 per cent. is added to these prices.

Press work-Medium and below, 36 cents per token. Royal and super-royal, 41 cents per token. Imperial, 50 cents per token. Larger paper in proportion. All broadsides, double the prices. 240 sheets is considered a token on newspaper; and

250 sheets a token on all other work.

Prices of paper--We pay $4 84 per ream for double cap paper sized, and the same price for double-royal printing paper, 24 by 38 inches-cash. Others pay about $1 more per ream, on a short credit. These are all the kinds of paper we use for Congress work and for the newspaper. Other sizes are in proportion.

Prices of board-Our journeymen pay about $3 per week for board-that is the usual, and we may say the average price.

According to your request, founded on a resolution of both Houses of the Legislature, requiring information respecting the price of labor, materials, &c., that "will enable the Assembly to determine as to the proper compensation to be allowed for print

ing," I have to state, that I pay most of my journeymen seven dol. lars per week and board them. The board I consider to be worth five dollars per week. My paper will average about six dollars perream delivered in this place.

To W. A. Prentiss, J. R. Vineyard, M. L. Martin, C. C. Sholes, J. H. D. Street, and A. Story, committee.