Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-08-25
"Printers' Prsntun..speeisl Entry
Fee olO."

s'Printers' Prsnion..speeisl Entry
Pee elO."
The above line Is the heading Of par
agrsph in the "List of Premiums" for
the sext lo|r Of the lows, State Agricul.
sural Society. The pamphlet, publish
ed b the Society, announces that il
priaters wish to exhibit specimens Of
their art-the art preservasive of oil .rts-
they must pay ten dollars for the privilege.
A this invidious extra Especial estey
fee" il only spilled TO printers. while ev.
y kind and any sumber Of mschines, pro.
auctions, domestic sniasls, or specimens
Of other arts, may BE exhibited on pay
ment of one dollar. it appears - II there
bad been stsdisd intseGos 70 dishoeoe
the Press, and shss, too, in point where
il would be most severely felt. And - If
70 add . little additional insult 70 the con.
tempt given, the only premium awarded
70 the successful printing competitor 10
the Especial entry fse' advanced.
Now. such enterprises - State Fair
expects TO receive from the Press cor.
dial support, expect to be advertised, ed
itoriaIly, and by the publication Of reprint
articles also. If we recollect right IA
officer Of this society sent forth, within .
year, a circular on the pedigree of . Ger.
tain breed of horses 10 which be was in.
,srested, and many papers responded TO
the hint b. Publishing bis article. That
the objects aud results Of such fairs sre
good, and confer . great beoe6t on the
agricultural and mechanical interests of
the country, there is no question. They
are the means not only Of disseminating
much practical knowledge and develop.
ing taste for improvement, but enable
persons who attend them to learn the best
means of cultivating the soil and of prsc-
ticing many Of the arts.
As yet we have seen but few notices of
the next Fair in our State papers. We
shall endeavor, however, 10 due time, 10
do our part toward making the Fair aud
its objects and advantages known 70 our
readers, but TO our brethren of he press,
VIC suggest . hearty condemnation Of the
ten dollars admission Zee for specimens
Of our art. II specimen of good print.
ing 10 not % creditsble to the State of
Iowa a. any one Of the six o. seven hem
dred things enumerated on 70 urteen psg.
es Of the catalogue, 10 not - important
in its relation to the prog ress Of Iowa -
he production snd exhibition of pump.
kin or pig. hoe or horse, . plow q
potato, if the art of printing is not con.
sidered both honorable and useful, then
the officers Of this society do not appreci-
ate the power and benefit of the press
and the books that come from il. or the
inventors and improvers Of the art, the
Guttenburgs and Franklins and their sue.
ccssors have lived in vain. But We be-
lieve this short sighted policy of some Off.
GERS of the Agricultural Society, is not the
action of the Society itself, nor would it
be sustained by its patrons. 1t is not the
difference between the entry fee of one
dollar and ten dollars, nor the want of .
premium for specimens Of printing that
causes US to make these structures, but it
is the principle on which such Distinctions
are made. We would magnify the posi-
ton Of the farmer, were it necessary, in
his practice Of the FIRST of human arts, but
we would at the same time have the art Of
printing. one of the greatest of inventions.
also treated with the respect it dsserv es.
DuLugue Sun.