Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-01-17
Cheap Paprn.

Cheap hprrk
.zs il u lie custom, or many to institute com
!. psraons&rtxsen the prices Of weekiycitypS
!. spsls gnd ,ho.s ppblishea inshe county. ]; ma,
bee1f somr Importance 70 cali The sttsntion 9
iths reading public to-a iew facts eonneetet
theic ihings; especially Is ! large majority 3
ON eitisens have but little knowledge Of The
manner and extent thai they arelimppssd up
! On BY the 70 called CHEAP weekly sheets whict
/ sreshrown out by. thousands upon The reaiinl
semrunity. s:... z.,s....
I. heseadiag matter contained in the city pa.
pm 10 nj originally collected for or sdapted
"a The bench, Of tie country readers. ] be
ssbjects are FIRST prepared for the columns Of
daily papers, which, tot me wsnt Of mail "a
elites. have very limited eircuia: ion in the
country Therefore. city u ere.ts must be the
leading object Of the putlis hefs. Aid sacll
artieies,as are thought to be best adapted 70
tho weekly paper issuing from The same pub.
fishing hou.e, are hid by in: The eallies .afscr
ths daily pspcrsare worked OF, and kept from
day to day, and often from week 10 week, for
the sesilr paper; and<then they are. thrown
out i:ato The eou,dfY as news, after they hare
beeone stale in the city. ANA why are such
papers eheapl Because their contents have
been sold once for . iiigl fprice in the city
they are no longer in market there and as the
type are fsiresdy set, il is grand speculation
70 send them to the county and s. II them The
sererd time for hall price. lntres, the pub
fishers OF daily and wee ky city pap rs, cIuld
we'll Afford TO reduce the price of heir weekly
,pRblieations fifty per cent. lower than they
ere, and still make money by the opera ion, as
the only costs attending the publication Of such
sheets, are the materials and press-work--tbe
type having been set fol- other purposes. Yet
we are often met by men who complain. Of the
"hish price, Of the country papers, when COM
pared with tho prices Of such city papers
Such men may not know lat tire types are to
be sch even week for every numbgt OF coln-
Try paper except the stan.ing matter, or rsth,,
OF, welshouM say, they may not know hat. as
a general rule there is not one type original
ly set expressly for the 80 cal ed cheap rs.
But, it may he argued. that if the city pub
fishers can furnish US with, CHI aPer reading
matter than country publishers, il wound be
PRACTICAL eiPessipn Of wisdom 10 give them
our patronage. And as such noiious are en-
tsitainea, We turn our attention to the inves-
-tigation Of another branch Of the subject, ,i1
rrodt. hat there are some subjects of gen.
erat interest, pubIished in such papers. none
will deny; tut that they are mostly ftiedr
with fictitious and improbable matter, is also
tue. 1--WE apply the subiec, to thosc com.
nhnities for u hose benefit We now write, they
.wn bear ample testimony that there is but
little, ifanything, in such papers that is cal
euiated 70 ADVANCE the lnteres's Of the coun-
try in which they live. That this is apparent
70 Ill observing minds, we have no doubt; aud
Il is so susceptibie Of demonstration that it is
unnecessary to argue the proposition before an
intelligent people. Therefore, if We seek to
advance our personal interests, .snd the int +
ests Of the country or communities in which
We live, BY the investment Of our means in
the weekly periodicals. which are teening
fortE We shonld have an eye on the points that
such papers are expected to build up and ad-
1aaee. -. -. 7T't '1e
With the prudent and iudicious fnancier, it
80 snough.iot him TO know that propo ed in
testment will NOT yield the required amount
of proceeds, hence. he declines to make sueh
But when stock is invested in
ahy arm when il is known that such firm will
not only consume it, but will retreneh The in
terests Of the residue Ifrom.which it proceeded,
such Investments are not only RECKLESS in the
extreme, but palpable challenges ofthe woes
of bankruptcy. And that this figure fliy re-
presents the subject in hand, we proceed to
show. u IL ..2.~s,, ..-r,. IA :.
The whole country is filed with light and.
sometimes, with worse than ehaffy Literature,
q heayycost 70 the people, and the proceeds
are applied in building up the interests Of pub,
fishing houses in distant cities, and at the
same time the commu mites that pay such hou-
teseno:mous sums annually, are kept as /. hew-
err Of wood aud drawers Of water by and for
tueh publishers. The interests Of the< COM
muhjties through which they obtain heavy
patronage, are never brought before the pub.
lie; and if they notice the counties at all from
which they seek to draw or every dollar, it is
emily to cast some reflection. II this is not
true IN general it is trus in regard 10 Western
They send out their agents TO sx-
piore our county, and to make capital Of the
proceeds 81 The honest industry Of our citizens,
and then return home aud pubiishus as living
in state Of heather darkness and superstition.
Who that has read regularly the public Jour
mails of our country, issuing especially ffona
the Northern cities, that have not read the
dark port-aiis Of Western Virginia, and Of her
citisensi Men who have shared 50 bouniifut-
" Of that hopiialdy yhichis 50 characteristics
Of The people here. !haxs soneaway and repre-.
ssnled them IS objects unworthy ofsrespec.a-
BE associations. Will such periodicals. be
likely to build up and advance the interests Oh
this country. II
There remsrksare not intended to rest upon
any class Of eli, papers, except such ss issue
frums the ofhces Of dhiiy papers. those which
no other class can compete with in price,
whether published in the city OF country, and
sst,e sioe, Imposition uponthc reading public,
We eeupseltbei people 70 subscribe for sach
tity napefa u demand 4 price ana ara worth