Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-05-26
The Country Press and Local News.

Many OF the papers published IN the
larger cities have of late taken upon them
selves the business Of reading the country /
press weekly lectures upon the subject of !,
local news The last Chicago Jouanal
publishes quite lengthy article upon this
subject, in which it says we poor country
printers have whole week to get out one
number of our paper and should be able
to let our readers know the number of
bushels of corn, wheat, oats, Sc, now re-
naming in the county, and when 1t will
be sent 10 mar1et--the number Of acres
sown and planted the present year, and
the probable yield that may be expected,
ana all other matters of country news that
would be Interesting at home and abroad
Now, we know all this would be very
nice, and add much to the interest of a
newspaper as we'll as to the prosperity of
The county III which it is published, and
we have tried many 4 time to obtain Just
such information, even offering TO pay
persons IN different localities in this coun-
~ Literally for furnishing any items Of
interest that may be gathered up from
time to time IN their respective neighbor-
hoods. But those city editors who sup
pose the conductor Of a country paper pos
sesses, or can easily obtain all the infor-
NATION they appear TO expect to find in
the columns Of the country papers, know
bat little of the business of conducting a
newspaper outside a large city.
The editor of the Chicago Tribune saws
he g can go into any county in the West,
which can support paper, and fill, each
week, one page with matter pertaining to
that community" This. perhaps, might
be the case if he could devote his whole
Time to that particular portion of the busi-
ness. But let HIN be compelled 10 do all
the selecting writing, proof reading, mail
+ ing papers, and a large portion of the lob
work, IN addition to the general manage
ment OF the business, collecting, Sc, and
we imagine he would find but little time
to travel about the country, or even town,
/ TO gather up items Of news. 1t is true,
every newspaper ought 10 secure suffi-
clent support to enable It's conductor to at
tend to all such local matters; but we ina
gIne there are but very few country pa
pers thus highly favored, although every
! county III which newspaper is published
/ would undoubtedly be greatly he gamer
by supporting their county paper in such
a manner as to enable them to devote
much more time to local matters than is
usually the case. Very many people will
even argue, when asked to take their
county paper, that they know enough of
county matters, and their object in taking
a newspaper IS to get the news from a.
broad, which they can do cheaper by send
ing their money TO the New York Tribune,
or some other city paper which is offered.
at a dollar year. If those city papers
that complain 50 much of the scarcity OF
news IN the country papers, would put M
the subscription prices of their papers to
far rates, so that people eau not have for
an excuse for not subscribing for coun-
Try paper, that they can get a city paper
j cheaper, country printers might be bet
ter able TO devote more time 10 local mat
tiers than they are now able 10 do.