Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-06-26

number. IL not more than halt dozen, will
claim their papers at the 81 so, because,
tLey saw. this was the price when they SUBJ
scribed, and it is not their fault that the
others have fallen off. They continue to
send in their 81, so, and there is no way TO
get the remainder without suing them,
which never do, and of course lose it,
and am thereby necessarily made to be
partial in my dealings with subscribers.f
From such difficulties and perplexities am
determined to extricate myself at bound.
will stay in this quagmire no longer
81 Fiat justiciG."
Again:-The price Of other things, in
general, is much higher than when the
Telegraph was established and the price of
il fixed. Bread costs from rs to 100 per
cent. more. If ride in the stage-if
purchase cow or bread for my family, or
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
Why then should they complain at paying
accordingly for their papers2 Is it right
that those who pay in grain, meat, butter OF
cheese, for the Telegraph, should bring
only half or two-thirds the amount they
formerly did? Certainly not. All will agree
that it is not. If these choose to pay the
money, the money will buy only half OF
two-thirds as much grain, beef, butter OF
cheese.
And again:-If it be asked why the Tel
egraph cannot be afforded as cheap as tn,
political papers published in the country :
| answer, it is afforded cheaper than an,
political paper in Vermont, if you reckon
the amount of reading matter The ques
J ton on this point has been answered, owe
and over again. But II will repeat it. Thes
papers, that are filled with IS to so per cent
of advertisements, have double advantag
over religious papers. They get pay ertr.
for the space occupied NTH advertisement
$ and SAGE the arork Of filling that spac
1cih reading matter. There is politica
paper published in this State whose adve,
tlsing-generally filling 2 pages of the 4
! and sometimes even more than this-mani
: testify meets the whole outgoes of the eslat
: lishment. 1t does not cost the publisher c
5 that paper more than one-half, at most, t
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
= 1t be thought strange that the Telegraph
which affords twice the amount of readin
S matter, should be held one-fourth higher?-
o saying nothing about the quality or cha,
: acter of the reading matter, one way or til
:. other.
| now ask brethren, and friends of tn
, Telegraph, if any Of them will Withhold
! their patronage Are not my reasons f
5 the step about to be taken, good and suff
q Gent. If not, let it be shown Wherein
4 Let it be borne in mind that the CHANG
will affect only those acho hare hitherto hd
! The paper at $3.50, and who are of cours
now the better able TO pay for it at its fai
. value. The large class who have hereto
fore paid SO each, will continue to receiv
theirs precisely as before i ask, ! say, VIII
will discontinue the Telegraph, becaus
; they are required to pay fair price for ii
Have any stopt eating bread, because whea
has been 81 bushel, instead Of ST., a
formerly? Why then will they stop thei
| religious newspaper reading? Is it les
E important to provide alirnent for the mia
f and the soul, than for the body? VIII pa
: rents feed and clothe the bodies of thei
t children, and starve their souls? | vii
not believe it. will not believe that an,
considerable number of those who bav
read the Telegraph for any length of time
+ will place SO low an estimate on such
paper as even the Telegraph is-although
7 say 1t myself-as to dispense with it 70
$ such consideration.
7 This notice is commenced one quartz
5 beforehand, that all may see it in season
and understand the matter. 1t will be ken
a lntype and be inserted from time to time, dur
f ing the remaining IL weeks of this volume
, 10 the honor of some, ought here to saw the
are exceptions TO the treatment here described
: When their bundle falls below the number. the
q pay the 81, as they ought. But much the larue
: number do otherwise. 1 have more than half
!. score of bundles. now that have fallen helo. 4