The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-02-15
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~ ri,esla ~ Is the .'Dcllu Weekly" 0.
trTs plsrss. TIE ivl.esirg. description 81
'tAs zSaesr..n sl,is.. Ihs>s papers ere II
fsfJsjsGio~ pliess ne especially commend
= ikscireu.siioasU Uf AL who thirk e dOilI1
aRl halt. oE iESdsIlars TOO much Nr a
country paper !
We know os,sa establishment. iiSs CD-
sipuah Ga14l,e Company that uses hs
reading nA.trr w sx tifterenl heNSpsp+rs:
Ins DuilT. Gazette. Ti Weekly Gazette,
Weeklv Gazette. Atlas. Weekly ALIAS. and
Dsi.y Price Current. Aside from this du /
slicasing process. ihat cuncsrh POSSESSES the
advantage Of large cspiIsl. machinery, n
!Asge number OF patrons and superior facili. /
.Iies for seuiing their wares t0lhsir psIroas. /
IL is q little singular that the same persons
sho complain at the Uircleyille. New spaprs
slll purchase groceries. &e.. in EiIslsS!Ie, .
whsn they could get the sarle sr'icIe'
cheaper, MOlasSes may aow be had N
Cirsina&a lor 20 cepfs & gallon. and Yet
vhs5 viii pay 40 cents at rstaa, oe 80 cents
bS the barrel, f1s the same article wilhoul
complaint. Yoa,nAy pay cents for sugar, /,
fpr which yoar tradesmsn paid 81 and youI
Justly think it right because the freight on
rnalSsses will be nearly VI quite cents per
gallon; then insurance. leakage, and interest
% money inyesled, will nearly absorb the
Irmsining part Of the GircleVIle price, leav.
ing small croft to the dealer. So of su
gar and every article but the merchandise;
but the CirclevlIe priatsr-welI he should
Gasaish the proceeds ofh labor at the Gin
einnati or .Nrw Iosk price, At least SO say
she gfumbltrs. Cannot any one see the
Qnfsirntss Of such reasoning?
again, the people Of the cou3try should
sustain their paper, for ho''is news and also
Ie,aeQca:at one aaathsr with what they have
To- bug, es What they wish to sell; in other
words they. want cheap advertising medi-
aaz. j. For txample: Robert c. wishes
road for the eonyrniences Of his neighbor-
hood. L. is necessary, ia oider to secure
Il, that certain amount Of advertising
should he done. 1t amounts 10 three squares,
which, for weeks will cost S3 Its in a
Crclevile paper: while the same nosice, in
tAe Gs~ York, Weekly Tribune, for the
sAmesisngth oil, time, would amount TO forty
dollars and sixty cents, and that paper bss
ns. probahiylffty subscribers in the county,
But We forbear making further comments,
aad ask al to read. the following: 81 G c!s-
vile Herald.f +
"Just before US on tha table lies one'of
shose Dollar, Weeklies,' with which the
country is now flooded, an examination ot
WHICH has prompted this article, and few
iaets Esill ilsastrte and sustain what we say,
bssn used and paia for BY subscribers SIR
Zines! This to the uninitiated, will seem in
credible until it is explained. Be it known,
shsa that this Dollar Weekly which seems
sesdeg cheap. is printed upon type which
has been used in morning daily paper-in
an evenings gsdaiag pnper--in tri.weekly-
In q semi -weekly--and in two weekl!es--
besides much Of ii being used In csaezassurs.
The type setting in this Dollar Weekly con-
sxcuentlv, to use a familiar and under
s.ood phrase, Stands the publishers. st FIVE
cents s thousand, whereas the cost of set
sing the. same matter. and using it but once
would tie thirty cents thousand Before
The matter is used at all in this weekly, i:
has been pro6tsbly employed pee times. In
heed all which the whole edition Of this
wseklT, cost, has been The trifing compar
stve expense Of imposing its forms frotn
what under other circumstances would be
considered dead ipatter'--matter which
Las been. lifted before five iines--the cost
a& thu paper upon Which it is printed
ard shs cost Of the press work by steam
With these facts it may be seen how large
nsHspaper may be printed for dollar, and
soriethiag be made at ID. But the sounLry
publisher who is complained offor charging
half 3. dollar or dol ar more for his
paper; can use his matter but once, for the
composition of which he mist pay the full
pgiee. If he could, by similar hocus po-
Gus, get his type set up for four or five cents
thousand. he would not be compelled tc
pzt On the extra charge, button the contsar!
woald make more at the present reduced
price than he does now, with the embar
Eassmeats Of this peculiar competition.
,'.Iheiover and over duplicating operation
we have referred 10 cannot be illustrated by
Any practice in any other branch of business
se know Of. The wares and products: o.
other trades and occupations can be dispo.
SEQ Of but once. The best representation
qfh We Saa think. Of. is in the practice which
prevailed in Scotland some years ago, wher
pork was in greater scarcity than it now
a.days in the Miami Valley. Sawney, com
Sag in possession OF bit of pork, speculstet
largely upon it'by hiring it TO favor dishe
ofhoilsd .beane--ctying at thetop his voice
'Twa dips and q wsllow for baubee.'-
The operntion is also represented in the con
duet OF the Mississippi ssddler we have rea'
sho. having solda saddle, and forgetting th'
purchaser charged il to all his regular snc
beRFyi customers Come Of themfcomplaiE
ii, Of course, and theiens was stricken
from their accounts, but by the ingeniou
arrangement, he managed to b. paiC
aaany times for the fugitive srticlss
nThe several papers, printed upon th'
Same. Gaatterre read by different readers
sold at different prices, and consequently
the ahuss cannot be detected by those who
assr not acquainted with the trade. Th'
dHpliSgIi0a may be continued without anJ
!iulissant.lE~ the Eaatter become, too stale
a5r uses The saae yarn, read by the su1'
srribers Of the Weekly Universe is also reac
5y the patrons Gfths Daily BIunderbnss
Las rirweekly Blundeshpss. the serni-weekll
biundszbuss, the Weekly Blundrrbnss, til,
Thstf lat Chronicie, the Eidhight Spy
and. 20 telling how many Other journals. al
priHted upon the same mattey and furnished
III different pricss. The same fpFias uppr
which the Dollar Weekly before as !,
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