True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1837-03-17
TO tue PUBLIC AND our suascRlnnRs.
The publishers and pr ,orieora Of tho periodical
press end the owners of Job Offices in New Or

Ths publishers and pr ,orietors Of tho periodical
press end the owners of Job Offices in New Or
leans, respectfully represent to the citizens and
public thvreo, that owing to the enormous increase
u the priea ut praysiaas, rents materin!, clerk
hire, &c. &c. they have been compelled in self,
deiesce to mite as holy and to advance their
bill ct prices, so as Ia enable them do justice TO
themselves ami to their parans. 1t is well es.
saoiished TACT taat the expense of living. and the
price Of lahnr have always been higher in this city
than any other in the Union, and vet the charges
for advertising and job work have been far less.
While the prices ct advertising in the town of
Nashville, Tennessee, have been nj the rates IN.
usually charged here, viz: 81 per square, for the
hrst inseriien, and 50 cents for each continuance
'ne eost af living and carrying on paper in that
eaty ~ not within IS per cent of what the same is
IN rev Orleans; il may rasiiy be seen how we
nase suffered, aud what losses we have endured.
Contracts by the year al the New, Orleans rates
are perfectly ruinons. In the city lust named, $50
per nnnum ia charged for 30 lines. renewable three
times a week at pleasure, while here the common
charge is S50a wear for ma much of the paper os
the advertiser peases to occupy When individu-
NJ accounts exceed Sl0o. the greatest Discount
male IN other cities does not exceed 80 / 5 per
cent, walle SO per cent deduction is a common
Frncttce in New Orleans. In former years. when
hv'ngswas cheap ID what it is now, when the OK
pense ri conducting paper was little more than
nat what IT'S at prcsant, proprictors conlrived to
itve by din, Of unusual industry, and having other
means their command. The capital invested
was not so large rs it is now and hence the loss
Tor even then they l.s-was not so severely fit.
IL "a an admitted princiHlr, that cvrrv species of
laoor las Its vaiur, and that The capital Invested to
carry on any la or ia entitled to quaniu,n Of in
eerestscqual to the ereial demand for n,enrv
II then, proper degree Of attention be paid to the
prose eutian OF business, the public have right
70 compensate the laborsr in such decree. that
he may reap the benefit &c his ministry Why
this has not been done in New Orican., so far as
tne iatercsts OF master priEiers concerned, n
variety OF causes have contributed. We do rot
discuss That question now, but wis, to call the
consideration OF the p&olic 10 the correctness OF
conrse.
All we ask of the public is to do us Justice
with the fh'i assurance that il will not be denied.
We have severatly and jointly agreed to adopt The
following bill OF prices, by which to be governed
IN every Instance rs the standard charge for The
mental and physical labor we undergo, and as
tar compensation for The risk of the capital me-
oessarily employed in the prosecution Of our bus-
ness. s4s
Waih the details which we have last submitted
10 tho public, we shall also give the prices fixed
ny The 1ourncyn,ch Printers al heir II letting on
the 18th Of this month
Compositions employed on Morning Papers shall
receive from ~ I2 to I25 cents per 1898 ems, in.
stead ot 50 cents hithert- received.
WIknrn in job office, or office where pam
Phiets, books, cards, nc &c. are printed, instead
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The public will perceive that il VIC have deter
mihed 10 adopt some small augmentation in eur
prices, the measure is forced upon MS by the in
crease OF Journeymt MS wages mposcd upon US ty
the Typographical Society of New Orleans
ocA.G Ot PRICES OF THE NEW ORLEANS
TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION.