Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-02-25
ASHTABULA, O., SATURDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY Is. 1850.


sively for cash. Type-fouOders, grown wise be
cause often Aeeced by bankrupt printers, will
have nothing but the rendy," or a six montt
bank note, with responsible endorsers. Ths
grocer, the tailor the butcher, the merchant
nave all caught the cash infection, and nothing
out American gold or the notes of specie pay
ing banks will satisfy them. How is il possible
then' that the country printer, hedged about as
he IS on every side by demands for cash, eau
MAINTAIN the credit system The daily press
published in the great cities have long since
abandoned it ; so have the Eastern aud West
ern religious and literary journals Why, then,
do the country papers OF Ohio hesitate TO imi.
tate their example Why persist in sending a
larmer your paper for year or more, on credit,
when be won't trust you q day for bushel OF
wheat, load Of wood or pound of butter?-
II you charge 81 80 for your paper, it costs
you third Of it to chase, capture and com
pei coax or entreat the fugitive from Justice 10
pay you. Every publisher is compelled to neg
ect bis business perhapse one-third of the year,
IN the business OF running down subscribers--
Like Nimrod OF old, they are mighty hunters. {"
but unlike him, they capture little game. but
generally return from the chase with more "kicks
than coppers"
The only remedy for this intolerable eriev-
ance, is the adoption of the Cash System. /,
therefore, recommend to my brethren here assem.
Died, and to every country publisher 10 the
State that on the Fourth day Of July next, they
declare their independence, and resolve not to
issue another paper, after that date, unless paid
Tor IN advance. Give your patrons six months
notice OF your intention argue the case with
them ; show the absolute necessity Of the STEP
aud then, when the time arrives strike every de-
linquent, in the political parlance of 1860, from
the Nottingham list" The Cleveland Herald,
9 few years ago, after short notice, discontin-
ued eighteen hundred but, in less than six
months, they were nearly back again, and the
publishers received hundreds Of commendatory
notices for their course.
ln establishing the advance system, would
not advise a reduction Of the price OF the paper
My experience proves that il ought to be in
creased rather than diminished. Ihe circula-
ton OF the local papers rarely exceeds thous-
aud. Ii you ask 81 so for your papers, per
annum, aud should reduce tile price to a 81.
your loss would be $500. How would you be
reimbursed By increased subscriptions and
more advertising Every printer who has tried
it has been skinned. The idea of competing
with the dollar papers n the great cities is re-
diculous. AS we'll might the village retail mer-
chant attempt to sell goods as low as the mil
lionaire wholesale merchant from whom he buys.
The country paper, 10 local affairs, supplies
want that no foreign paper can furnish, aud
hence 1t is worth, to every citizen Of the coun-
try, double its value. whatever that may he
10 make paper good like every thing else. it
must be literally patronized, How great wouly
be the Inconvenience il there were no country
papers, ard yet not more than one-fourth of the
voters patronize them. Farmers, merchants,
tradesmen and professional men, ought to take
the papers OF both parties, because no matter
what their politics may be, they are worth their
price. A refusal to take paper on account
of its politics is political intolerance oftbe worst
kind, and ought to be condemned by every
friend Of free discussion.
Printers do more thank ye" jobs than any
other class of mechanics Why should prin-
ter give away his labor without compensation
Do you expect a merchant because you patron
ize him, to give away bis calico and muslin p
Or farmer, because you buy hog of him,
should throw in a goose Every type set !;
all the paper and ink used, cost money, so that
it is unfair to ask printer to give away his pa
pers insert any kind of matter, unless he choos-
es, without pay. The Daily papers, in the
large cities, charge for all political notices and
now this blessed Presidential year, when the
politicians will be in blaze of glory" very
patriotic and liberal, let us initiate their exam
pie and begin the work of reform. The press
must take care Of ITSELF aud see the future An
drew Jacksons and Henry Clays, that are loom
ing up in every county town, should not ascend
the ladder of fame without paying little prin-
ter's tax at each round.