Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-07-03

responsibilities, compared with what is re-
ceived by men in other business Any
thing subtracted from this, just so far mar
rows the scale, stints the means, and con-
tracts the measures-which is not the way I
to do business. Whatever the business be,
let those who carry il on be fairly compen-
stated, and then it can be done as it ought
10 be.
Again:-The present arrangement is |
highly perplexing to the publisher, and, in
spite of all. he can do, involves degree of
partiality, and measure of injustice tow
ards his subscribers, which ne is determined
to submit to no longer. An effort will be
made and bundle raised to the number
ofl2. This number will continue, perhaps
months, or months, or year, when one,
| two, or more will fall off The remaining
number, il not more than halt dozen, will
claim their papers at the $3.50, because,
tEey say, this was the price when they sub
scribed, and it is not their fault that the
others have fallen of. They continue to
send in their 81 so, and there is Nc way TO
get the remainder without suing them,
which never do, and Of course lose il,
and am thereby necessarily made to be
partial in my dealings with subscribers.t
From such difficulties and perplexities am
j determined TO extricate myself at a bound.
i will stay in this quagmire no longer
/" Fiat justiciG."
l Again:-The price Of other things, in
general, is much higher than when the
Telegraph was established and the price OF
it fixed. Bread costs from IS to 100 per
, cent. more. If ride in the stage-if ]
purchase a cow or bread for my family, OF
) feshmeat, butter or cheese, for my work
men, must pay an augmented price. Why
should the burden fall on me alone? A
! large proportion of my subscribers are farm
ers aud mechanics, who charge much higher
: than formerly for their produce and work.
E Why then should they complain at paying
: accordingly for their papers? Is it righl
that those who pay in grain, meat, butter OF
: cheese, for the Telegraph, should brins
, only half or two-thirds the amount they
: formerly did, Certainly not. All will agree
tthat it IS not. If these choose to pay the
5 money, the money will buy only half o.
r ltwo-thirds as much grain, beef butter OF
0 kcheese.
And again:-If it be asked why the Tel
! egraph cannot be afforded as cheap as thu
political papers published in. the country
. | answer, it as afforded cheaper than am
,fl political paper in Vermont, if you reckon
+ the amount of reading matter. The ques
lion on this point has been answered, owe
and over again. Butt willrepeat it Thes
: papers, that are flledwith 25 10 so per cent
I oil, advertisements, have double advantag
e over religious papers. They get pay ertr'
d for the space occupied NTH advertisement
d and saue the lrort Of filling thai spdc
:. aoith reading matter. There is politica
= paper published in this State whose advel
!, tising-generally filing pages of the
and sometimes even more than this-mani
: testify meets the whole outgoes of the estat
= lishment. Il does not cost the publisher {
y that paper more than one-half, at most, /
81 set the types for his paper, that it does m
, for the Telegraph; while he gets six time
as much for advertising. Why then shout
lit be thought strange that the Telegraph
J which affords twice the amount of readin
i matter, should be held one-fourth higher?-
n saying nothing about the quality or cha,
O. acter Of the reading matter, one way or tn
: other.
n now ask brethren, and friends of Ii
IS Telegraph, if any of them will Withhold
I'D their PATRONAGE Are not my reasons f
Y. the step about to be taken, good and suf
Gent. If not, let it be shown Wherein
- Let il be borne in mind that the chang
will affect only those arho haze hitherto ho
: the paper at ST. so, and who are Of cour
= now the better able to pay for it at its ia
ms value. The large class who have heret
srs fore paid So each, will continue to recer
AID theirs precisely as before. ask, ] say, W
IN will discontinue the Telegraph, becau
they are required to pay fair price for
DO Have any stopt eating bread, because whs
ms has been 50 hushel, instead Of 81,
ose formerly? Why then will they stop til
ted religious newspaper reading7 Is il Y
the important TO provide alimeni for the mi
- and the soul, than for the body? Will
mes rents feed and clothe the Bodies OF Ii