Nebraska advertiser., 1858-06-10
49, ADVERTISER
r. w. FURNAs. EDIroR.
THURsDAY MoRNING, - Do. Is5s.
A FeW W0Fds PIaIn AL.

county possess natural advantages IN
many respects, which would eventually
bring them into notice without the aid Of
the press. Yet, in this fast age and
country, we believe the fact would have
been slow a being noised sbEOads and
hat what has enaccomplished in two
years with ihe aid Ct The Press, would
not have been inten years without
Every town IN Nebraska which has
sprang mic existence, and whose proprie-
te~rsiniended Il 70 be more than a paper
town, has had recourse % the press as a
means by which its advantages and
aims upon he public might be best
oun forth. We believe Nebraska owes
her unprecedented growth and prosperity
10 the efforts and labors Of the press. In
most instances in this Territory, newspa-
pers have been and are yet sustained by
the private contributions ofpropertyhold-
efs. Such IS not the case with our paper.
The Advertiser receives no such patron
age It's sustained solely By Are ndivi-
dual efforts Of its proprietor.
It is very far from being pleasant to US
-%torefer to an enterprise over which il is
our lot to preside; indeed we would not
do 50 could we any way avoid i. Our
eobject in writing this article IS to let the
property holders and business men parti-
.cularIy Of this city, know that they are
not doing their duty towards sustaining
this enterprise. Few have an idea Of
the money and labor requisite 10 carry on
newspaper at all respectfully, especially
IN this westerncountry. Acosts us, indie
pendent Of paper, ink, and intereston mo-
ney invested in our establishment oveT
ten dollars per dag to publish the Adyer-
User. Il requires our daily labor to sup
port our family; we spend the midnight
hours and Sabbaths in searching ex-
changes, or raking our brain for matter
with which 10 I'LL the paper weekly; while
Others rest from their daily labors, and
enjoy the privileges Of the sanctuary. Il
requires just such labor weekly to pro-
duce our papert
Now we ask, is it not requiring toe
much of n individual to sustain the en-.
tire burthern Of an enterprise which ha:
done, and is yet doing, more to advance
the interests Of the town and community
than any other; especially when that in.
diEidual IS as little interested p~ecuniarily
almost, as any one else therein. W.
venture the assertion that there is not q
paying printing establishment in Ne.
braska. We are confident that the AID.
Eertiser enjoys a better patronage thar
any other in the Territory, and yet it i
Far from making anything. Men who
labor as we do in this country expect tC
make something. There are hundreds o.
ether branches of business to which we
could devote one half the labor we do IL
this. and make a fortune. We can stoJ
the publication Of our paper and make
money with our Job office; for we have
the best aboFe St. Louis, and a good rur
Of custom. Butas matters now are, i
requires the profits therefrom to make VI
the deficiency in the newspaper depart
meht.
The Second Volume Of the ADVERTISE
expires on the 24th of this month, 1t
continuance will depend entirely upol
assurances we receive between now anC
then. We feel confident our property
holders and business men have never 70
a moment reflected upon this matter, ant
all that is necessary to ensure the exer
else Of their usual hberaIity and publ
spirit, relative to all enterprises in whicl
the public interests are involved, is t
make the plain statements we have, to
gether with a direct appeal to them.
While upon this subject, we cannot re
frain from giving place to the following
excellent and pointed extract from an ar
ide ia the Boston Chronicle, under tn
head "Hard Times and NeNspapersr-
eff the people knew the difficulty news
paper publishers have to contend with
Just now, they would never want to b
dunned half-a-dozen times for such SINAI
amounts as tive or three or four dollars
Labor, paper and ink have to be paid i
cash; yet we doubt very much if Their
are any establishments which could b
more Than self-sustaining, if customer
would only pay what they owe, withou
taking from one TO two years to do it.
IF the press Of the country gradually de
cines both in number, ability, and respeC
liability, those who have abused the leni
encyof the %proprietors in the matter &
credits, will be alone to blame for the un
fortunate issue. And that such win b
the case we can easily foresee. The storr
ID the commercial world viii destroy th
weakest, and many of the best Of GU
newspapers. Men cannot perform mira
cles, and printers have at vet failed t
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