Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-03-16
Protection of Home Industry in Vermont.

Within the past year the Uestcra Vermont
JoWnal, the Sprngfeid Telegraph, tho
Green Mountain Hcrald, the Vcrgennes In
dependent, the Stranton Herald, and tho
Woodstock Mercury, Vermont newspapers,
have become extinct. They have not COM
mittcd suicide, nor been executed for any
crime, they have not died Of old age or mani
tinn nor have thoy ovrrod n natural '"ofh
Of any sort They lave, with hardly al eX-
ception, been conducted with industry, Il good
degree of ability, and Il desire to mako as
good a paper us possible with their means,
rather than to make more money cut Of Il
poor paper. Their conductors have not any
Of them retired on an independent fortune,
nor will they he likely to try newspaper
publishing again in Vermont, while there is
wood TO saw, or honest occupations TO bG
filled. The causes which have proved the
death Of these papers seriously affect every
paper in the State, and We know Of no Yer
mont newspaper, so firmly established that il
can bid defiance to the e1haustng process.
The natural patrons and friends Of the press
the newspaper readers Of the State, AFRO
responsible for this mortality among the
papCrs. They can, if they will, starye out
the few survivors. They have moreover, Il
perfect right to do it. But do they, when
they really come to think Of il, wish the
thing done DO they think it would be for
the credit Of the State Would the an
nounccmeut that the last State newspaper
had stopped, add to the reputation Of Yer
mJntcrs for intelligence and enterprise. viii
any number Of the best city papers, fiji the
place OF the State papers Are accounts OF
fights, and divorce trials, ami lengthy lucubra-
ton, On the War in Europe, of more value to
our people than the home news and honest
advocacy Of the best interests Of Vermont,
given by our own papers If there are
any who would answer these questions in the
affirmative, the following paragraphs will
show them how the contamination, So de-
vouily desired, may be brought about,-how
they are now bringing it about
The Rutland UerdH says
e. While Vermont pays one doHo, for news.
papers printed in the State, she paws ten doll
l''s Tor rapcrs printed out Of it, We shall
n' "'!e % give a few more facts next week.
that vail 60 u show the disastrous p0licy of
Vermont IN crushing out home industry and
enterprise by patronizing the - one dollar"
Ioo"!e-u"S literature OF the City, The
citizens Of this State seem determined to
s'!r.e ont every newspaper in the State, and
r.I1ico, or look on cOmUlarcntlv, whom tb,,
see one after another OF their Young men trc
ing to make worthy newspaper, and then
giving up in despair"
The Jaeis promised above, were as follow.
RyreJulns from all the post Offices but ton in
Rutland County, itarrears thatof the papers
taken from those Offices 1921 copies of the
County paper are taken, to 4l94 papers print
ed out of the county and most Of them out
Of the State.
81, " Add to the above figures" says the
H"rdld, the papers sold at the Railroad
stations ana by news boys, and tho number
OF papers aud magazines taken in this County
anu not printed in it, cannot be less than
. GOO The cost of these, including Dailies
Magazines, and postage, cannot be less than
an average OF 50 for each one, or i,u iho,l.
,aHa d'HdrS onH"dl(y' for periodicals, not
printed in the County NV
Allowing that each COPY Of the Iy,y,Lj ,.o,.s
the proprietor 81 80, and you have the anGr'
sum of 5 ,j3l for Home Paper The
lous III, and the papermaker's bill
' iI',5, g - S2,22i. Thusd docs Yer
mount annually ~ ;ndus,r,t M
mont take care OF home ms IS
he way people put stop t" ,''''s" IN
iuencr ,
The St. Adams Messenger says
We presume this state of things exists in ,
very County in the State. We must CON
css, that we have been very often surprised
0 find full grown men and woman Of good
landing in society, subscribing for the ''one
lollar, poodle dog literature of the city, to {
he neglect Of their own county paper. What
he press of Vermont ask, and we think they
ave a right to ask it, is, that the people of
his State give their State papers comfort
bic and decent support.
The Montpelier Freeman says
As with Rutland county so it Is, We presume,
With every county in Vermont. And thus it
s.that the people of Vermont leave their own
apers to languish and die. What com
nentary this, on the patriotism Of the State