The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-12-05


portance Of the principles involved; and be-
cause i. was wiling to hear all that can To
urged on either side, so that lis decision,
when finally rendered, shall te upon The
most mature delberaiion.
! PATENT MEDICINE AlyERrIsiNG.-Th system
| Of advertising pursued by our contemporaries o.
the ne press throughout the state y one not
calculated 10 benefit the respective places o. ihetr
pu bica,ions. We aliude to the custom tha appears
10 b. general. of admitting patent medicine aussuse'
ments inie their columns at about oneha the rates
which they charge their own merchants. y 4 IA
she'd rule Nth Us, that II We favor any sha
BE those or our own community DRY. dsx
We are pleased 10 hear auI neighb 7 speak out
thus upon this existing practice among ne"epa-
per publishers, or only account OF the '',nssee
o, this practice TO the community from .hifh'hey
receive their creates, patronage, b because |,
brings TO our mind with great force the old adase,
that yon mus, not believe al yon hear. We
fully coincide rpon this subjee'.-Das. Same.
The above contains ~ inuendo which, Il
we interpret Alright, signifies that same
wise BODY has been misrepresentieg VS. to
tho editor OF the Blnner. We will give u
few facts upon The above subject. We charge
plr merchants trenty dollars per hall cel-
umn one year and give them the privilege
II an oeca~ianai alteration. Last week
We lost three patent medicine advertise
mon,s. amounting in the aggregate to two
aud a halt columns, because we refused In
advertise them for less than one hundred
and thirty dollars. or fifty d'ilars per COL
amn and thirty dollars per halt column
nlr terms. They would have given us for
Is dollars per column, bal il was not sutii
Gent. We mention this lac, 10 prove q
our merchants thu, we do not solicit their
advertisements from pecuniary motives al
together.
a gentleman who hrou9h, very larse
stock Of goods to this place within tlis
mpn,h, assured us subsequently, that i, WIS
the advertisements in tho Gazette that in-
duced him 70 select this as a location. =
We're this The only kind e benefit accruing
from the advertisements Of those engaged
| IN merchandising ia this place, thet might
well withdraw their patronage Tor lear 81
ininriug their trade, btit while the effect i
occasionally display ed in this manner. it i
seen in other ways thai tend directly "a
their advantage. The newspaper is lh.
criterion Of the business aud The libcrali,,
! Il the people of the town in which il Is pui.-
ii>hed. While soine men are con,euica
with writing To obtain information in re
gard to town which they fancy would
suit them rs place Of business or as a re-
idence, the great mass consult the mewspn-
per for that information. IN proof ef tbs.
We would state that we weekly send Il
more than fifty papers sing'y to different
individuals in varioas portions Of The U.
States md in England, mainly being those
who have ordered them with the object a.
learning more about this place before re.
moving TO il, or those TIA; arc sent out b.
citizens 10 friends with an idea of inducing
them TO retnoye hitler.
| The Influence Of the press for veal Or
wo is not properly appreciated. There il
greater amount of responsibility, resting
upon It's conductors than the public are
generally willing To admit. The manner
10 which that influence is eyerted deocnds
less upon lis immediate controllers Inn,
upon these who control il indirectly
upon the editors, than upon those whose
duty }, Is 10 see tina, The press is properly
supported.
Mr. MORGAN his tibi>hed his survey OF
the Davenp,ri and Iowa Ciiy Il ilrnad.-
lie i"undihc route more f,yorab.e for The
CONSTRUCTION If a Road than he had nn,ici
pated. He is now engaged in making ou,
the necessary estimates md maps.
!
| LIE Utum"a papers announce the
death Of Col =. RI, a,on, member OF the
State sena'e from he Wappello district.
| lie died recently in California.
/ FMAREDis Pan"rannt d The Upper Mis-
siss'ppi WAS dcssrnred by fire ut Newark.
y. j., on the 18th ult. Ii was insured in
s. Louis FOR $4,000.