The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-09
The sufsrines Of Printer.


1t produces almost melancholy feeling to
notice the appeals, generally from the publish
ers Of country papers, to delinquent subscribers
to pay up the little sums owing them far and
near, but which make up so large an aggre
gate, as to take away the entire profits of
many papers, and to bankrupt others. Here
and there are SOBER industrious men, working
night and day at newspapers, with families
dependent on them for support, at most har-
rasing business, and the result of their labors
tending to develop the resources of the sur
rounding country and to make the towns
whence their papers are issued known and APP
preciated abroad. They send abroad their
well flied sheets, which are perused with in
terest week after week the year around in
probably hundreds Of families, diffusing infor-
nation, throwing out practical hints and per-
forming their mission Of enjoyment and use
fulness in the store and in the household, on
the highway and in the by-paths of life, among
the young ana the aged, the rich and the poor
But the year has rolled around. Certainly
the hard working men who hare so well and
faithfully performed their mission, have been re-
membered by those he has amused and in
structed during the passing weeks of the year
certainly no one has begrudged HIM the
small pittance he has asked from each for his
Esbors. But here is a paragraph from that
poor man, who has worked harder than the
lsborer on the streets or the farmer in his field
1t says, and we make a literal extract: "Will
our subscribers lend us little assistance,
which will not be felt as but trife from each
delinquent, but in the aggregate will enable
us to provide actual necessaries for our family
and pay debts the harassing nature Of which
make our labors cherries and terrible There
are scores of persons who have been reading
our paper for one or two years, and we believe
value it, who have not paid us cent. Will
they not st once remit us the small amounts
due hard labor and enterprise, and thus relieve
our wants?''
This poor editer only puts into language
what many other publishers feel. Why will
not readers recollect the printer? Why will
they pay every other debt honorably and
promptly, yet neglect him? sit because the
amount is SO small, they think it does not re-
quire promptness?--so little that it cannot do
much good? Do not believe it. These are the
drops that make the sea.
But what shall we say to those, and they
are by no means few on every subscription
list, who read their paper, or the printer paper
a year or years, and never pay a cent for it?
Verify, a phantom should stand at their bed
side by night and stalk between them and the
sunshine by day, of poor printer, hungry
and gaunt, clicking his type to dead march,
with the hectic flush On his cheek and the
hollow cough ia his throat, and his skeleton
finger warningly moving, and his solemn voice
saying You did ati7
We do not intend these remarks for our
own subscribers, although prompt as they are,
a few may be well advised by them-but it is
an appeal that many contemporary will feel
to his heart, was made for him. God bless
him-may it reach the hearts of some of has
patrons