St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-10-21
A Talk with our Readers.

cnt suspended. This suspension is
for the purpose of enabling us to as
certain how and where the means are
to be obtained with which to continue
the publication. The reader will bear
is witness that we have not made onr
columns offensive by constant COM
plainings, croakings or duns. But the
time has arrived when a little plain
and honest talk is due both to our
readers and ourselves.
During the past scason the business
of our Office has not paid expenses,
out on the contrary we have sunk
nearly five hundred dollars. To carry
forward the publication of the lntelli-
gencer for the next six months, as
matters now go, will cause us the loss
of a similar amount. Now we are
not aware Of any obligation resting
upon us which requires this sacrifice
at hands. 1t is true we have a
little property, and can publish the
paper a while longer at IL W ex-
pense. But we cannot sec that duty,
either TO ourselves or to this commu-
rity, requires that we shall squander
f1ie hard earnings Of many years upon
a newspaper, for the public good, and
get no return from it for ourselves.
We know the times are hard and
money is scarce. We know that the
people of ST. Charles and of Floyd
county are liberal almost to a fault.
And We know that in ordinary times
they would literally patronize our
press ond make us prompt payments.
But now an emergency has arisen,
which it requires all our wisdom and
som of your consideration to deter
mine. We are comparatively out OF
debt. Our printing materials and APP
purtenanccs are all paid for and unen-
numbered. We have toiled day and
night with our own hands and brains:
VIZ have practised the closest ccono-
NY /; amounting, to persons OF our
liberal feelings, almost. to pcnurious-
ness; and yet We have lost money.
Do the people ask us TO go on in this
J. way? We have not dunned those
who arc owing us, knowing with
what difficulty payments are made at
the present time, but have been pa
tient and long suffering. We now
feel that forbcarancc has ceased to be
a virtue, and that payments mast Be
made.
II is not to be expected that the
printing business will be a profitable
business in St. Charles for some time
to come. Still we wish to continue it.
1t may perhaps with propriety be sta
: ted here, hat we now have a standing
ofer of more than one thousand dol
lars, as a bonus, to remove our press
into a neighboring county, where the
patronage would be several times
greater than it is here. But we do
rot wish to go. Here arc III proper
Is, our business, orr interests and our
~sympathies /; and here is our home. We
wish to live among this people and in
this town ; doing good as we have
opportunity. Our property, u in
dustry and u talents, such as God
has given us, are all at the service
and for The benefit of this people, pro-
yidcd they will give us a living-a
patronage commensurate with the
benefits we confer upon them.
We ask nothing in charity. The
proprietors of ibis press are not beg
CARS in st. Charles or ont of it. If
their services are not wanted, the
sooner the question is settled the bet
ter. 1t is foryou, citizens of st. Charles
and Floyd county, to say land not ns)
whether you viii have us for your
printers and publishers or not. If the
merchants and business men will give
US advertising and job printing. by
which they can enrich themselves at
the same time they are benefting US
If all old demands now due us can be
promptly paid, and if the people gener-
ally will come forward with new SUBJ
scriptions to the lntelligcncer-pay-
ing us two dollars in advance for anoth-
er year-we can go on, and will do
so chccrfully and joyfully. This will
enable us 10 support our families, to
pay the wages of our wofkmen, and
10 purchase a new supply of printing
paper with which TO stock our office.
We propose to devote a few of the en-
suing weeks TO making settlements
and collections with those who have
dealt with us and where money is due.
The response we shall meet with will
determine our future course. If the
means are forthcoming, the publica-
ton of the Intelligcncer will be imme-
diately renewed !; which result is de-
voutly to be wished by the public's
humble servants,
HnnRErH & CARVER.