The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1857-11-11
Pride.

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NJ Gyegor, Zora. Wed'y. Nor. II. 81.
Pride.
In our brief exrsri~n"c as The conductor Of
. newspaper. We think We have Observed that
journalists arc more frequently sustained in busi
meas by Pride than by Money. Whether those
who employ the press come up to their obliga-
lions or not, the raper is expected to make its
appearance regularly, the hands are always re-
quired to be on hand TO do up a job, the local
matters relating to town. village or neighbor-
hood are expected to be fshcd up and prepared
for the taste of the reader, the carrier ID slightly
cursed II he does not deliver the paper prompt
y, tho advertisements are looked at with
elosencss Of scrutiny that sometimes seems
unkind. and II word Is out of order or a dis.
play line in place not agreeable to the taste Of
the employee, .',hc devlis to pay" sure enough.
There is no business where greater amount Of
promptitude and care 10 cxacted by apatroniz-
ing public. and yet there 10 none that is so uni
vsrrslly neglected ty those who boast Of fur
nishing it support. A gentleman sters into
your Office and after passing tho time of day, he
blandly informs you that no has concluded "to
take your paper for which conclusion he OK.
poets you to be extremely grateful. His name
is entered. Post Office, County ard State duly
recorded, and after common place or two
your patron rctires. Fur whole year you
write his n,'ne and addross every week on .
shoot that costs you over one cent before it was
printed on, and your pay for the whole work is
less than cent q week! fyou get the money
At the end Of the year, yoa may count Yourself
lucky--thc more general etylc is to keep on
a-nding it until the account becomes TOO large
10 collect without suit-abort this time the
ONCE ID ipsolvent, the printer abandons it, and
It is sold BY tho sheriff to new man who can
nutter means or credit enough to run it through
a second series with like results. As it 10 in
subscriptions, 20 isitin Jobs End Advertisements.
They arc ordered with magnanimous liberal.
~. but in very many cases all the profits they
bring are sclfshly appropriate d to private Use,
and the printer is remembered only as some
ding which it is the duty Of the town and country
Ito support" He is thought Of possibly as
first rate fellow" and the patron hardly knows
how to dispense with him, but that important
thought show much do owe him" and it's more
important consequence, the payment Of the debt,
rarely inteiferes With the general tenor of his
r-Acc.ions on Stocks and Lands and Trade &c.
DO.
Now when the paper appears regularly, the
Jobs are executed promptly, and your Adyer-
tisements occupy srace to the exclusion of
matter Of ublic interest. and you fail TO pay for
any Of It, whether is it Pride, or Money, that
keeps that Office up7 True, the Printer may
have money to begin with and some credit to
continue. but it has been truly said that "always
taking out and never putting in. soon comes 10
the bottom,' and after the means necessary to
ret | ress agoing arc run ont, the only sensible
course would be to stop and wind Up but here
comes in Pride. Tie Prcprietcrhas obtained a
little notoricty-his name is familiar to the gen.
rral reader in his section, and known 10 his
''brethcrn in distress" throughout the state
The reputation Of tho paper and BY idenifca-
than 'stop the press" be struggles On through
difficulties, borows little money here, = little
paper there. begs the hands in his employ to be
patient, such and such patrons ill certainly pay
up sho:tly-until, like the soul spoken of BY
some poet, he
Graves round the walls Of his IxxY tenement
Till forced ct last to the tremendous verge
H1 sinks at once to evcrylastinE ruin"
Eve don't know If the lines are correctly
quoted, but the idea is there and that is all We
are artery
Do not understand u as apply ing these re.
SECTIONS to our own case, or taking this method
towake up our PATRONS As body of men we
do not believe the names Of a better paying
crowd can be found on the books of any Office in
America, but we have noticed within few
weeks that over twenty of our Western co.em.
poraries have expired or announce themselves in
the last gasp, and seeing this going on arornd
u. set US to thinking the subject over. If a
newspaper can not be sustained it is villanous
to induce its establishment to bring locality
into notice At the expense of the time and means
Of class Of men who are generally disposed to
rely uron the promises Of the public. If you
have Urged printer to como among you on
pledges Of support. it is your duty 10 work for
hisinterest, or at all events to pay h;n, for what
be does If his business 10 one that you can
not dispense with. do not reap all the advan.
tages resulting from its prosecution-the increae.
ed value Of your lands. your lots, the instruc.
tion Of your families. the enhancement of you,
profits in business OF all kinds,-and leave him
70 retire pauper or 10 be overwhelmed with
debts contracted for material to secure you those
blessings. fright is right and the printer is a,
much entitled to his pay a. the Grocer, the
Blacksmith or the Farmer. Ouv Printers gel
their Fay whenever they ask for i, 1.-The reason
j. that our customers do not require 70 to run
paper on Pride. When that gets to be the fash
ion with the readers and patrons of the North
Iowa Times, our pride will not permit Us to run
It. If the printing business is not as necessary
to the public % it is to ourselves We will dry il
mp and try something else. We believe there
IRE too many papers in the west and in tn,
United States generally there are more tina,
public necessity requires. but they arc easil..
got rid Of on honorable grounds. Go to th
Publisher. pay him every cent you owe him AMI
tell him like man that you can no longer bu
his serviccs-do not starve him out, Patch hi
little all with executions and attachments an,
then taunt him with business incompetency. be
cause he was man enough to suffer that you
Interests might be advanced
Money is scarce now, and through the white
it will probably be scarccr. but there is no rea
son why the small bills due printing ofic
should not be partly paid at least. Sharp co
lsctions are not expected "iair shake" is a