Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-08-28

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general, is much higher than when the
Telegraph was established and the price
Of it fixed. Bread costs from rs 10 100
per cent. more. If I ride in the stage
/ if purchase cow or bread for my fam
lily, or feshmeat, butter or cheese, for my
workmen, | must pay an augmented
price. Why should the burden fall on
me alone2 A large proportion of my
subscribers are farmers and mechanics.
who charge much higher than formerly
for their produce and work. Why then
should they complain at paying accord
ingly for their papers, Is it righfthat
those who pay in grain, meat, butter or
cheese, for the Telegraph. should bring
only half or two thirds the amount thew
formerly did! Certainly not All will
agree that it is not. If these choose to
pay the money, the money will buy ONLY
half or two-thirds as much grain, beef,
butter or cheese.
And again:-If it be asked why the
Telegraph cannot be afforded as cheap as
the political papers published in the coun-
try-I answer. itis afforded cheaper than
any political paper in Vermont, if you
reckon the amount of reading matter
The question on this point has been an
swered, over and over again. But will
repeat it These papers. that are filled
with rs to so per cent. of advertisements,
have double advantage over religious
papers. They get pay EXTRA for tie
space occupied a0itb advertisements, and
SAGE the aoork Of filing that space aoith
reading matter. There is a political pa
per published in this State whose adyer-
tising-generaliy filling 2 pages of the 4,
and sometimes even more than this-man.
ifestly meets the whole outgoes of the es-
adjustment. 1t does not cost the publish
er Of that paper more than one-half, at
most, to set the types for his paper, that it
does me for the Telegraph while he gets
six times as much for advertising. Why
then should II be thought strange that the
Telegraph, which affords twice the
amount of reading matter. should be held
one-four;h higher?-saying nothing about
the quality or character of the reading
matter, one way or the other.
now ask brethren, and friends of the
Telegraph, if any of them will withhold
their patronage? Are not my reasons
for the step about to be taken, good and
sufficient. If not, let it be shown where
in. Let it be borne in mind that the
change will afM only those qoAo haze
hitherto had thepaper 80. and who
are of course now the better able to paw
for it at its fair value. The large class
who have heretofore paid 50 each, will
continue to receive theirs precisely as be-
fore. | ask, say, who will discontinue
the Telegraph, because they are required
to pay a fair price for it2 Have any
stopt eating bread, because wheat has
been 81 bushel, instead of 81, as for
merly? Why then will they stop their
religious newspaper reading2 Is it less
important to provide aliment for the mind
| and the soul, than for the body2 Will
! parents feed and clothe the bodies of their
children, and starve their souls! will
not believe it. / will not believe that any
considerable number of those who have
read the Telegraph for any length of time,
will place so low an estimate on such
paper as even the Telegraph is-ahhough
| say it myself-as to dispense with it for
such consideration
This notice is commenced one quarter
beforehand, that all may see it in season,
and understand the matter. Il will be
kept in type and be inserted from time to
time, during the remaining IL weeks of
this volume.
June &c. 1889.
CHOOSING BETWEEN EVILS.
A trite maxim of the present age is, of
taco coils, choose the leasf-or the lesser. as
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