Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-07-20


The falIs~iss article rscoanenf q ~ e1niidsf
siiu. q he .oaa sfths Free Pres. WAT De Val.
Icy Wig r1ys n regard 70 i,ssl Is eqsslly applicants
icths Frse Press. Trs Ies al he b.zEess wifhout
s.y q 10 tensEs . Oar ssGeribEs 4 istulerphe''
I'D nast have All veil Pl.y he very d.
viii sapebply, essI,ia.
Tk<pseteni IS emphatically an ers.of high PFi-
crs and dear living Land isklgh, trAeas 4 aga.
Is Aga ttf 4 aga and aimosi every oiher ar
iics that Is Absolutely necessary 70 keep .ool and
body togelher, can Be obtained Only tcr The cash.
ofthe community does tho rapid a1tanre izll mare
heavily, than The newspaper pn6lDheE Almost
every else. while be suffers some Of The evils
resnIing from high FEices enjoys sorEe 9E The ten-
eiils-Eycn the POOR day Ieborer q insfly allowed
some adrsnce for honest inrdsirr Our raper
menuiatsuFeIs. nnseg necessity rhlch impels
unioFm advance y, sirzcst every aTtirle VI tfzde,
h1gs recently .neressed their prices some Is per
cent Ihe>e Is scarcely business plrxaiI 81 life
wnien b--s not the power 10 projecting Itself fom
ne fluctuations incident 10 trade, save ttai Of the
yscr crudging-toiling typo No uueran3e Of dis
satisfaction Is heard Al the Increased pee;cf douT
meat, groceries drY-goods, mechanics productions.
OF even ordinary labor bui If poor pFiHlert happen
10 hiaEst The Necessity for increased sabscrip-
ton % their papers mutierings deep andss0ad are
heard accompanied BY omineus'thTea o. with
eEawai ot patronage. Bat this Is not the aos; dis
LlAAdSAle tlLdlllcul tltl IcCclIt. OF ~ NuE pa
per a. us advanced price, we are compelIss 10 pay
the CASH and If that al requisite article canDol be
Ianeds the poi must cease 70 boil and he babies
60 un!ed Our sole reliance Is Of coufse ppon
oar patrons; and If they do not enable u.s. 81 pr q
payments 70 meet the drafts upon Us for the Heees-
sary supply, We are compelled 10 borrow dis
count 10 Keep OR hnsiness machinery creased. A
large majority II our patrons % eertaly think
ofthis or thcg DO they ACT Is II they b<1 but liz
ue regard for our interests. o. our su:scEipiioa
list one-third has been paid while OF bills FOR
Advertising and job-work are liquioaied Ia abdai
the same proportion.
Nov, Kind reader, let rs have a little ebat about
the justice Of this. The paper for each shsefiber;
Independent Of the later weekly bestowed upon IL,
eosts us about 81 cents Add TO this The Exchange
list, which Is necessarily incident 10 ougtteainess
and reasonable amount for loss aud wa6sa.. aud
the cost would be increasedto nearly fifly cents
For this we arr compelled 70 pay 10 advance. Be
sides al this We have TO furnish ink empEoy hands
pay ctice rent, and thousand other ilens which
necessarily attend our business Is Il 'rigAt that
ve should labor with all our energies TO please yea
throughout The enliIe year, without returns We
know the amount Is small, aud is often overlook q
10 your business reekonings; bat although insig-
nifeant 70 you, IL is vastly important 10 Us, That
little two dollars due rs " one is all that we have
to rely uponto swell lhe aggregate which Is 70 pay
allthe expenses incident 70 business. This III
Tie snm We cannot "a aiIer-.he erpense Attending
collection would absorb The enlire AMOUNT Our
termsIsqnre an adysSee payment. or the addition
OF % cents Tor dclerfing it'll is fair business
contract entered into BY our patrons YET when We
Zee soPellet to enforce it, there's deal ol glnmb-
ling and most PROBABLY, withdrawal OF patronage
We have not asked Tor an adyaBce III our sub
serPtioni but We ask for prompt paymenfs.--G i've
Us them sRd we'll steer khugiy lhrongh, though
-four and meat continue 10 range so rainonsiy high
palIey WAig,