the compositors much time in making. It should also be observed that the publisher, in this case, becomes responsible for the payments to those persons.
(384.) It is not necessary that the author should avail himself of this intervention, although it is the interest of the publisher that he should; and booksellers usually maintain that the author cannot procure his paper or printing at a cheaper rate if he go at once to the producers. This appears from the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Commons in the Copyright Acts, May 8, 1818.
Mr. O. Rees, bookseller, of the house of Longman and Co., Paternoster-row, examined:—
"Q. Suppose a gentleman to publish a work on his own account, and to incur all the various expenses; could he get the paper at 30s. a ream?
"A. I presume not; I presume a stationer would not sell the paper at the same price to an indifferent gentleman as to the trade.
"Q. The Committee asked you if a private gentleman was to publish a work on his own account, if he would not pay more for the paper than persons in the trade; the Committee wish to be informed whether a printer does not charge a gentleman a higher rate than to a publisher.
"A. I conceive they generally charge a profit on the paper.
"Q. Do not the printers charge a higher price also for printing, than they do to the trade?
"A. I always understood that they do."
(385.) There appears to be little reason for this distinction in charging for printing a larger price to the author than to the publisher, provided the former is able to give equal security for the payment. With respect to the additional charge on paper, if the
