Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1849-11-10

B - smiled, half hunorously, and
then said:- s-H l1'- Ky
esquire Gregory, I think have seen at
your house the Saturday Postl"
"You have" s1riai o -f 4a. ate
"And the North American Review 7"
eyes" e1 h.alatiood.,H H
"And Godey's Lady's Book I" >
81 take all three, and have done SO for
these six years." m
"And, I suppose, wouldn't be without
them.o np llaIa' .!'i fis +1rf "f
ssNo. The Review is a work / read
with much interest; and, as for the Lady's
Book and Post, my family would be lost
without them" a.1it, f..f.f
$50 / should suppose. Now, squire,
pardon me Tor one more question:"
"Ask as many as you please"
"Have you regularly paid your subscrip-
tion to these three worksw
"Ye-ye-yes! No-n-no, not exactly"
stammered out the squire. "B-b-but, it is
not my fault"
care you sure of that!" was the editors
calm interrogation. iug
81 have not been called upon by the colA
lector Of either publication for two or three
years. The money has always been ready, |
and would have been paid down had the
bills been presented"
GA thousand miles, squire, is good ways |
to send collector for bill of two or
three dollars" said the editor.
"True. But NINE is not the only ac-
count due, Of courses"
'No, of course not, much to the grief of
the publishers. But, suppose there are
halfa dozen bills to collect in our town,
would it pay to send collector whole
thousand miles9" ..t
sit might pay collector to come from
the nearest town, to which, in the course of
his regular collecting tour, he had progress
sed." rt
r. sit would cost him to come from the
nearest town here, remain couple Of
days, and then return, say five dollars
Could he do it for less %
"No, l think not."
"If, then, he collected twenty dollars, he
must deduct Twenty-Five per cent. for ex-
penses, besides commission. After that,
how much do you think would be left for
the publishers % s-..' ~
"Why don't they appoint. local agents!
That would save this expense"
Sand have to send a collector, in the
end, TO get the money out Of the local
agents hands,"
"Let them appoint honest men, ...
"How IS publisher, a thousand miles
away, going TO know who is honest! He
may select thirty honest men in thirty diff
terent places, and ten dishonest men-in ten
other places. The ten dishonest agents
will collect promptly, and keep the mon.
ey and the thirty honest ones will have,
perhaps, loo much to attend TO matters of
their own, to look after the publishers in
terests. .I've seen the practical working
Of this system, and know precisely what
are its evils" D.. =.
".Then 1 can only say," returned the
squire, sthat publishers must have pretty
hard time in getting what is justly their
DUE" goo m '- ta'
"You may well say that, Squire Gre
gory." z oraf 'a.1a ev.s i
"What is the remedyw a-
"For every man who takes periodical
to feel that is bound in honor and honesty
to pay for it," s.. ..e.st, .r.
81 feel that and yet have not paid for
the Lady's Book in two years, nor for the
Post in three. l have not mad the oppor'
: tunity."
"Rather say, squire, that your honest and
honorable feelings have not been permitted
TO came into activity"
"Ihere has been no opportunity"
"Perhaps you are mistaken as to that
"Qh, no. Not at all"
E "Would you embrace the opportunit.
: now if 1t were presented| .ae a4 1.atr
"Certainly would" ra. .roas
"Give me sheet OF paper and pen,
said the editor. ''.1 t" s,f,J
5 They were handed to him. and he sa
down and wrote;- -a.h p..t .9 fa4
o "MR. L. A. Cooley, .,,ogs
"DEAR SIR :EEnciosed you VIII nm
twelve dollars, Six, fot my two years snt
scription due the Lady's Book, and SIX thi
/ will trouble you to hand over to the put
vs. fishers of the SATURDAY. Post. Let me nav