The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-01-06
a system Of svindling

we received lev days siace, ron al
advertising agency In New York. the nrst
chapter Of siory being priated inthe Ney
York Ledger. snclossd 10 photographic
note, ~ follows:
To tie P.blssAEs Of ciaeiskei comneesai:
Please insert shs enclosed story, sntitIsd
aThe Refugees" asa selected article. in
both daily and weekly papers, in reading
matter, and charge our New York Agency
ten (ns,5 Genie per line. You can insers il
en- = last. not lsIer ID daily, and 10 6rst
weekly after it Is received. You viii please
follow copy precisely The word advertise
ment must not be placed over the story
Send q memorandum bill, 50 that we may
knos what to credit you and charge adser-
tiser; and also send the papers containing
story, marked ara eolaied. The whole 10
20 10 together in one paPe- The last psra.
graph, or any word d il. must not be itaii-
cissd or altered.
Hersw have bold proposition made US.
We are told, that il We will consent to
swindle oUr readers, by printing as selected
| matter fragment Of trashy story, srTan-
| ged 80 o. 10 excite the curiosity OF those
| who read il TO see the end thereof and give
| the "lsst paragraph" referred to above,
s. hich ia strong p;,F Of paper for which
| We haze no respect. without the alteration
o,s w;rs, we alil be remuperated al the
rate 81 ten cents per Hnei We beg TO in
form the advertising agents Of New York.
and oihsr cisie., that We are al ell times rea-
DIV Ii insert Deceit advertisements for good
pay, but that incur columns advertise
ments are one thing, and selected matter
smother, and that Ee consider the system
| they nave recently introduced, Of advarti-
sing, under the false pre.cr-e Oh the face Of
| ii that the matter is simply selected for the
beneii. Of the general read-r, fragrant swim
| ding The beginning Of the "yara" sent
is se find in scores Of our exchanges. given
according ia the specific directions OF he
note printed above, wsich being ii,hogrs Pb.
ed, is evidently used in an cases where or
iers sre given, the only blank ieft to I'll up
| with : pen. being where The price to be paid
per line 10 mentioned. TIE story is one OF
Emerson BENEFITS my stetisrs and murder
Gus narratives Of operations u The back
! woods; kind Of production thai, under The
spesious ii:ls of"sFsstsra Literature" mas
been driven very considerably into ihe
ground: AMI that portion 81 it which We are
desired to print, ends Ia syery awful man
ner, nothing less occurring than that toe
lad es OF party of white folks, fiostipe on
a river in canoe, al night. when the In
dams wsrs hostile, f'saw the head Of an In
dian cone peeping over the side Of The
boat OF course, intense curiosity Is ex-
cited in story readers 10 learn wh.thsppe n
ed after the Indian. head wss ssen, BY the
beautiful girl, thrust over the edge Of the
boat sud st thi. thrilling moment we read
| on a. follows
The above 1. all OF this besusiful and
highly interesting story that win be publish.
ed in cur columns We give this IS san.
pie. The continuation Of il can be found on
| ly in, &c.
And then follows the direction Tor PRO.
caring the paper that contains the cop,iHn,
snce 0. the story, and high-fung notice 81
the paper itself, rot word Of which those
who are bribed TO print are al liberty 10
change The enoEmoue demand fer the pa
pers ;hsi have advertised extensively in his
way, shows the extent and importance Of
the swiIdIs. Prnprietorr OF papers " hs III
their columns with false Pretences instead
Of genuine selected reading matter, shssld
be spotted By their subscribers; and W I'd.
wise every ena .ho 6nas the big head hses
Of story protrui.Dg themselves among .he
.selecied msttsr," TO read Che lsst para.
graph fret. 10 see whether il q rot an 81.
Vertis smens--s ten-cent-s.liuer Giasig-
Hati Commercial.
We have received lhis same siory lrom
the Nes York sgsnt sboye alluded TO. but
we respectfully declined humbpging cur
readers al I've or ten cents line, although
some Of the best papers in the country are
doing il. We oaly know that publisher
who Will lend the columns Of bis paper TO
building up New York cash wsskly, end
deceive and humbug his own readers ID d.
Jog this, has scarcely proper appreciation
Of the responsibilities Of bis position, and is
evidently more intent on making money
than making good reputation