Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-08-21
VERMONT TELEGRAPH.
BRANDON, SATURDAY. AUGUST II. 1899.

BRANDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST II. 1889.
The article below in regard to the terms
Of the Telegraph is kept before the read
ers ofthe Telegraph, lest all interested
should not see it. 1t will appear several
times in the course Of eleven weeks to
come.
70 will hare say, as designed to
do last week, that those $3.50 subscrip-
lions which have been paid and do not
close with The current volume. will not be
affected by the new arrangement. That
is, the contract will be fulfilled on nv
part They will not be charged with
50 volume, until their present volume
closes.
PRICE OF THE TELEGRAPH.
10 former number of the Telegraph
minated that the price, to a part of the
subscribers, would be raised, at the close
Of the present volume. now give time
Iy notice-commencing with the COM
mencement Of the last quarter Of tbs vol
ume-Ihat, after the present volume closes,
ihe Telegraph will be held at taoo dollars,
Invariably, to all subscribers who ray
within four months.
This, it will be seen, will affect only
those who now receive the paper in bun.
dies of twelve or more, at one dollar and
fifty cents e0cli. Among my reasons for
this step are the following:
The paper never ought to have been
placed below two dollars, to any class OF
subscribers. This price, with any pat
onage the Telegraph has ever had, or
likely to have, will afford the publisher
bot meager remuneration for his labors
Pnd responsibilities, compared with what
received by men in other business. -
Anything subtracted from this, just so far
narrows the scale, stints the means, and
contracts the measures-whch is not the
way TO do business. Whatever the bust.
ness be, let those who carry it on be fair
y compensated, and then il can be done
ps il ought to be.
Again The present arrangement j:
highly perpIexing to the publisher, and
in spite of all he can do, involves degre,
Of partiality, uad measure of injustice
towards his subscribers, which he is de
termined TO submit to no longer. An ef
fort will be made and bundle raised t.
The humber of IL. This number vii
continue, perhaps 3 months, or 6 months
or year, when one, two, or more vii
'a'l off, The remaining number, If no
more than half dozen, will claim thei
papers at the $3.50. because, they say
ms was the price when they subscribed
and it is not their fault that the others hav
aIlen of. They continue to send in thei
ei'5O, and there is no way TO get the re
mapder without suing them, which
never do, and of course | lose it, and an
merely necessarily made to be partial il
my dealings with subscribers.f From
Pucn difficulties and perplexities l am dc
ermlned to extricate myself at a bound
Will stay in this quagmire no longer
Fiat jasticio." -t
Agaln:-The price of other things, il
general, is much higher than when III
telegraph was established and the pric
Ol It fixed Bread costs from rs % 10
per cent more. IL | ride in-the sta ge-
purchase cow or bread for my fan
w. or fieshmeat, butter or cheese, for m,
"ork@en, must pay an augmente
price. Why should the burden fall q
me alone2 A large proportion Of N
subscribers are farmers and mecban;c
who charge much higher than formerl
Tor their produce and work. Wbv II,
should they complain at paying accor
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