The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-05-03
80 gtusr. of Adyer,isj,,y.

vile Herald. t" establish higher and
general rate OF advertising prices,
meets with "nr full and warm appro.
'mtun. Our rates are too low; ,hcv
were never equal I" the services rem.
'I"r"i. and row hat paper, ink, and
labor il he "llirr are all costing more
than formerly the disparity is some
thing mere than Il grievance it is ru.
illuu>
Will n", the brethren Of the cuun.
try press accc,le 10 it?"
We r"pcat thu inquiry, "will not
the brethren Of the country press all
arccde to it?" Something of this kind
is actually demanded. We, us class
work harder and are paid less for it
than amy other portion of the co,rmu.
nifty Labor is everywhere (thc conn
try press alone excepted) IN every dc
partment "findustry demanding higher
wages. We are paying higher wa es,
than formerly, for the labor employed
in our offices and we have TO nav
higher prices to others for the produc.
ton ct materials used in the printing
office. Why then should we not de.
mand and take higher cages for our
ocn labor ? If We do not look 10 self
interest, in this matter, how are we t.,
keep ur IN these ligh-pricc times o.
Ncy. how are we t" Ire 2 TIL. Nortl
ern press have seen the urgency and
necessity OF the case and in 4 cunven
tion just held, have raised the prices of
advertisements from Is To 33 lcr cen
and the rates If j"b work 20 per cent
but zoe. SO far from increasing our wa.
grs, have, in too many instances, been
Je,ced d0'on to lower rate t an our
former moderate prices 10y the continual
pill. rendcr cry (Which we have heard
time and again, and we have been the
proprietor Of q paper for only ST. ne
three monMS) that "such and such q
paper advcrtiScs the samc articles at
such and such n price" or "a. 3. of
ftrs to advertise for us at such rate"
always some SO per cent less than our
bid. Now we do not say that the
rates reported to US are the true 1atcs
OF the papers to which they have been
credited by these Sophisticated,
land pirates VIII" skim the country over
trying to live off Of other mems labor,
in truth, it would be hard to make us
believe that they are, but it sl,ews Il
great defect iii the present condition of
the press Of South Carolina ard il
shcws the necessity Of establishing
one uniform eneral rate Of ADVERTISING
and job work. The necessity, we saw,
for these tricks to reduce the price of
advertising, will be rcsortcd to by
mean men, and they will have their
effect as long as We lay ourselves open
to have them practiced upon us.
Something, then, of the kind pro.
posed by the LlurensviIIc Herald is
actually demanded and We hope that
it will be attended to and the proper
remedy applied. And we hope too
while we are attending to this matter,
that we will not only 60 back to the
former and old rates of the Press, but
that, in accordance, with the spirit and
progress of the age, we will, for once,
following the example Of our Northern
brethren and the rest Of mankind, cstab.
ish a higher ns well rs u uniform rate
Of charges for onr labor Let some
one of our brethren, mere acquainted
with the business than We are, prepare
n circular containing the proper rates
Of charges for advertising and job work
and send them round to all the propri
etors of papers and get their written
signature signed to an agreement. to bc
annexed t" each circu..r, to abide by
them, and then publish The rates and
the names Of all who agree to them,
that the world may know that there is
but one rate of advertising in the conn.
try press of South Carolina. We say
" one rate " for we cannot believe there
will be found an Editor mean enough
to disagree I" any fair proposition of
this kind. We certainly can establish
rates Jelow which none would he vii.
ling to 60. OF course we will be vii.
ling for those TO get more who can.
II this plan should not meet the ap
proval Of our brethren Of the press
(and we hope-sinccrely hope it navy
We hope those most experienced will
have proper rates prepared and submit
them ut the next luprtipU of fhr prn..