Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-12-01


How IL sastain your Locsi Paper.
I. Law ssile your fears that the Editor
viii get ria faster than his neighbors.-
We seldom beard of man making more
than decent living By publishing coun-
,rv ,..~spapsr, even If he had ever such a
gool business. al nine times out of ten is
in a tight pinch for money TO buy his
white paper With
. III the paper agrees with your way of
thinking. Subscribe for it. and pay. for it.
anil pursna.le your Acishbor of the same
mind to go and "do likewise :" And If
the psper happens to disagree with your
views in some respects. don't lily into q
,.sss;on anil blame the editor without
mercy. falling to award him praise where
ne really deserves il. And do not tell him
to sena his paper to yon until you get to
.,we him two or three dollars. and then
whsn your friends speak of IT, say that 1t
il Of no account, and vii! burst up one
Of those days. The way, under such a
state OF the case. 10 keep paper from
bursting up" is for each subscriber to
keep the Editors books FREQ from all char
..es srains. himself. This thing OF APP
nlyinr the credit system to the newspaper
business nav be l;kened to farmer selling
on. bis crop by the bushel to different per-
ss.s The sun each owes Tor the bushei does
not seen, of much importance TO the cobfor,
bat the aggregate OF bushels may make or
break the poor deliver in the soil. 80
these dollars scattered here and there. the
editor looks to as the means 10 iiquidate
An expense of thousands per annum
3. Ii You have father. mother, brother
s;s,cr. or friend @. any kind. residing at
distance. and are able. subscribe, pay FOR
and send them a copy. There are many
N our Gown who might easily do this
&. II You have any printing which yon
wish done, do no. "jew' he editor down
20 . starvation price. and when he comes
% make a purchase Of you spike on the
ssriff'' ta ..l
s. Ii you have any advertising or job
work to lie done, take il to your county |
paper. except. perhaps, you may want to
advertise in more than one paper. DO
not run of to the city to get your hand
bills, labels, CARTS, etc, printed. because
fa,sooth. you can get reduction OF lew
cents In price. Support yorr own as you
wish to be Supported. \ man who Is /,
.lw.vs running away from home with |
his business. little deserves the patronage
Of the community in which he lives. and.
~ fa- as we are concerned. such VIII re-
esiys the .'coli shoulder" What wonld
vou think of a man who sends long dis
tance from home to bny his sugar, coffee, i
h. opfv because he can save fesc cents
6. Ifyou have the control oflegai adver-
tisiny. seni It to Your friend. Advert |
sing vii! "pay the advertiser an. time, and
il a,se beneficial to the Editor. 1t m
srssses his receipts. and therefore enables
him to make his paper useful. amusing. ana
entertaining to the community IN which
il i printed.
Do not expect much OF paper when
its Editor ia driven TO be Its own eoinpos.
isor. proof reader. pressman and devil
And has TO run all over town--in the lore
noon-in the vain search OF dollar or
two" to buy paper with And under
these adverse circumstances. ii You should
ses now aad then little error. don't crit
ieise too severely, for you might not DO as
well yourself.
8. Do not expect the EdltoF 10 'iiaNc
honorable mention OF you or your business
every week or two. for nothing. The
space in paper and mans time are
worth something. and every notice comes
back to the drawer OF the receipt, IN dollars
and cents. -.
If the Editor owes you shilling. do
not chase him from rosy morn TO baimy
eve" for il, and when you happen TO get
the balance on the other side, cut the gen
,leman's acquaintance. !
10. Do don't suppose it is the duty OF
the Editor to insert erery communication
AMI foolishness you may bring him; lie
is the bes, Judge himself OF what should
60 into his paper. !
IL. and las ly, observe these rules, and
blessings will attend you.-Sc4thera
CAGa.PioH.