The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-09-21
Lancaster Marlkets.

oSiiPIOhs
Lancaster Markets.
GAZETTE oFFrcE, Sept. 21.--We quote
wheat at 81 40; Flour, S9. 90 Corn, SOC;
Oats, s5@so; Potatoes, I .5OaI60; Hams,
loalac; Bacon, 6a7c; Eggs. 6a7c; Batter,
l5aisc; Onions. 100; Peaches, 75al 90;
Apples, 25a37c; Clover seed, 6.6oa7 90;
Flax seed. 9Oc. Timothy seed Sc, ,5Qa3,
IS; Beans, 75al, 90.
The Cincinnati Gazette, Times, ENQUIRER
Commercial and Colans5ian, have each
advanced the price of subscription, and
give the following reasons for so doing.
at must have been obvious to those
who have given any thought to the subject
that the time was rapidly approaching
when, in order to secure to the proprietors
of newspapers, and especially of the city
press. profit, in any manner correspond
ing to that arising from other enterprises in
which an equal amount of capital is invest
ed, an advance in the price Of subscription
would become imperative. OF the ap-
proach- Of dis c6ndition Of things proprie-
tors themselves have been painfully CON
scious. While the cost of living, oflabor,
Of materials, Of rent, and Of evrything that
enters in, to form the aggregate expense Of
a newspaper establishment, has been 60
ing up, the price of the newspaper
has stood still, until in many instances, the
subscription list has ceased 70 be looked
upon as source of profit, aud publishers
have been forced'to be content with permit
ting it to defray the mere naked cost of the
materials and labor in its. production.
''There does NOT appear to be any rea-
son in nature why, while the cost, and con
sequcntly the price of everything else has
advanced, the price ofnewspapers should,
in the face Of constant improvement, and
large additions ofexpense, remain atastand.
To say nothing Of the upward tendency in
wages, rents, fuel and provisions, the ad-
vance in the article of paper alone during
the last three years, and amounting since
the commencement of the year, to nearly
ten per cent, would have been sufficient to
Justify an increase in the price of subscrip.
ton, full as great as is now proposed; and
as we are not aware that any one will Ell
ther thank or commend us for doing busi-
ness for nothing, we have, we confess,
with some reluctance, determined to make
such change in the subscription price o.
our several journals as is indicated above. .
In speaking of the late reduction ia the
size ofthe New. York Tribune, the Glepc-
land Leader says;
The Tribune made a great error in its
last enlargement 1t pushed its cheap pa.
per theory too far The first cost of.white
paper and press work was rather moro
than thesubscriptiQp price. So that lar
ger the circulation. the lass the profit
Hard times reduced its advertising pat
ronage TO such degree that the proplie
torswege obliged-to reduce the size of the
sheet from ,692- square inches to 1886
or about one seventh. y This will save the
establishment perhaps $3.50 per week in
composition bills, and leave it small mar
gin of profit Oh subscriptions. The press
generally have carried the cheap snbscrip
ton too near low water mark, and have lhc
pleasant alternative before them of raising
their rates or reducing the dimensions ol
their sheets. The costef paper has consid
erably advanced, and so have the general
expenses ofthe printing Offices, Business
will not tolerate any enhancement of ad-
vertising rates while the present hard times
continue, Newspaper publication affords
a smaller margin of profit on the capital
labor and talent employed and service rem
dered than any other legitimate pursuit
The experience Of the craft will bear u.
out in this statement.