The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-07-27
The Cash system,


- far - regards our Daily and Weekly papers,
placing no name upon our books unless prepaid,
asd disseminating the paper when the time for
which it had been paid expired. As the cash
system is being adopted III is the only true sys
tsm,) by business men to considerable extent
-as paper and all the material used in our Of.
dec are now to BE- paid for in cash, and the
cash to accompany the ordsr-as our men who
toll early and late, need, and must have, to sup
port themselves and families, their weekly earn
ings every Saturday night-as our telegraph
bills are always to be met weekly, and our gas
and rent bills with equal promptness. we are
compelled to say to our patrons that the cash
must accompany their advertising favors, and
their jobbing favors bs paid for ON delivery
The patronage Of all who pay us punctually 10
valuabls-we are conscious Of the obligation.
But the patronage Of such as never pay--and
Of such o. compel us TO earn in running after
IL an equivalent to the amount Of their bills
their patronage 10 the milestone about our neck,
from which We propose at this time to cut
loose. We propose to purge our columns Of
every non-paying advertisement. If thereby
We are enabled to reduce the size of our Sheet
We shall make large saving in paper, and as
our advertising space will be reduced, it will
benefit those who do pay. And as to the job
bling, competition has reduced prices until no
work 10 wanted unless paid for on delivery.
The Newspaper business 10 like every other
business, to stand it must be selfsupportng.
II newspapers don't pay in Burlington of course
they must be abandoned. If Daily paper
cannot be sustained and pay fair equivalent
to its publishers in this city, the quicker we 60
book to = hebdomidal the better. The laborer
10 worthy Of his hire. If We cannot get our
pay, meet our bills, pay our debts, and make
whsrswithal to support our family decsntly, by
daily and mighty toll and thrift, We propose to
quit out-shut up shop and tIade our power
presses for prairie lands and subsoil plows.
The Hawk.Eye office has paid all the time
since We became its proprietor. What we now
propose is to place il upon q permanent and
stable foundation which nothing is 50 likely.to
do as the change in the mode of doing business
which we now adopt.
Those who are indebted to us by note and
book account, in large sums and small, will
please take notice that we are now fully deter
mined to have our pay if there be any means
within our reach whereby we can secure it.
ca We are sorry that our Democratic fell
low.citizens in this District did not put up some
man Of pluck, for Congress, who would at least
make . show Of running, and not allow
Curtis to walk over the course. We are sadly
in need Of some opposition from some quar-
ter. We want something to give piquancy to
the canvass. While the party leaders are
amusing themselves by fighting one another, we
have nothing to do but look on. Leffingwell,
in the upper District, is fighting both the Re-
publican and the administration parties with
90 much spirit as though he expected to be
elected. Why should not Trimble take courage
and set himself at work? Why don't he be.
stir himself and give US a sample of his quail
ity! If he has those splendid talents SO CO.
piously awarded him by the Gazette and kindred
prints-if he 10 the statesman and orator he is |
represented to be, he should no longer hide
those dazzling qualities in his ambrosial retreat
at Bloomfield, but come forward at once and
like the illustrious Samuels, speak from the |
forum in this city to the people of Iowa. We
give our plghted faith that, a. for Samuels, we
will make q verbatim report of his remarks |
and send to our ten thousand readers at the |
earliest moment.
Don't stand upon the order Of your coming,
M. Trimble. Don't wait for the wagon, or for |
. formal invitation, but come at once.