Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-11-24

From the Iippecanoe Journal.
We copy the following sensible remarks upon
an evil which calls loudly for "reform," from the
Fort WAYNE Sentinel, and commend them to the
notice and attention Of the public, and moro espe
cialIy to the Representatives of the people We
had intended to breach the subjec, oursef being
strongly impressed with the injustice and favor
i,ism Of the present monopolizing system; but
We are glad that we are saved The trouble of do
ing SO, by the opportune article from Locofoco
neghbor Of For, Wayne:
STATE ADVERTISING.
The COUNTY Passive desire to call the at
sention Of our brethren Of tho press 10 the man
ner in which the greater part of the advertising
provided for by the law this State, is performed
Take for instance the esray advertisements. As
the Law now stands, all estray animals taken up
are advertsed-not 10 the papers published in
tho neighborhood, and where the notice would be
likely to be seen by the owners-but in the
Indianapolis Journal A late number of the Jour
nal contained about sixty of these notices. Six
" dollars was thus fched from the needy country
printers, to build up and support press in To-
danapois. We look upon this gross injustice,
not only TO the country press but to the owners
and takers up Of estrays. We suppose the iect
of advertising these notices TO be---not to build
up mammoth papers at the seat of government
but to give the owners of es,rays a chance of
finding them. If this be the intention of adver
Using, it is manfestly defeated by having it done
ia distant papers instead of in those which circu-
late in tho no.ehborhood. In this and
,hree neighboring counties nearly 300 copies OF
our paper are circulated, and in the same region
probably not over half dozen copies of the In
dianapois paper taken. An advertisement,
Of es,ray taken up, is therefore more likely to
be seen by those interested if published with US
than 1t IN the Indianapolis papers the odds
SO 10 IN our favor. We consider gross inius
tice is done to the advertisers by thus dvertIng
their notices from the proper channel-This mat
ter appears so glarIng and Inconsistent that it
needs but 10 be pointed out to our Law makers
TO insure it's remedy. We have been as,onished
at the apathy displayed by the country printers
on this subject If they would only make COM
biued effort the thing could be rec,ified once
They are the making OF all the little great men in
the country. IL is the country press, and not the
Indianapolis one. that electoneers for the aspiring
Reniuses throughout the State, sounds their prai-
see through the length and breadth of the land
and transforms them in the eyes of community.
into very Solons-So!omons in wisdom. and
Washingtons in patriotism lie, i, be understood
that hereafter no man need expect the aid of the
local press unless he deserved it. and would in
return support their rights and those Of their
constituents, and we should see no more OF this
favortism; the Indianapolis papers, like the coun-
try ones, would have TO stand on their own mer-
its, and the result would be thew would be impro-
we'd aud rendered more worthy Of public patton
age.
The estray adver,is emen,s are not the onlv