Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-01-20

$500. How would you be reimbursed BY
Increased subscriptions and more advortis.
ingi Every printer who has tried Il has
been skinned. The idea ofcompeting with the
dollar papers, In The great cities, Is ridicu-
l0us. As well might . village retail msr-
chant attempt TO sell goods as low as the
milllonaire wholesale merchant from whom
he buys. The country paper, in local A.
fairs, supplies . want that no foreign paper
can furnish, and hence Il is worth TO every
citizen OF the county double Its value, what
ever that may be- To make a paper good.
like everything else, il must be literally pa
tronized. How great would be the incon-
yonience, IL there were no county papers,
and yet, not more than one fourth Of the vo-
ters 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. Arefusal TO take a paper,
on account Of its politics, is political intol-
erance Of the worst kind, and ought to be
condemned by every friend Of free discus
sion.
Printers do more 'thank 'ye" jobs than
any other class Of mechanics. Calls Of po.
litical and other meetings, marriage and
long obituary notices, annunciation Of can
didates, &C., should all DO charged ior.-
Why should a printer give away his labor
without compensation! Do you expect a
merchant because you p%atronize him, to give
away his calico and muslin! Or, q farmer
because you buy = hog Of him should throw
in a gOOsel Every type set, all the paper
and ink used, cost money, 50 that Il is un-
fair to ask a printer to give away his papers
or insert any kind Of matter, unless he
chooses, without pay. The Daily papers,
in the large cities, charge for all political no.
tees; and now, this blessed Presidential
year, when the politicians will be in . Hblaze
Of glory" very patriotic and liberal, let US
initiate their example and begin che work
Of reform. The press must take care Of it.
self, and see, that the future Andrew Jack
sons and Henry Clays, that are looming up
in every county town, should not ascend the
ladder Of fame without paying a little prin-
ter's tax at each round.
g.. The Politicians and the PreSs.-We
are on the eve Of the Presidential election.
The demands on the country publishers will
be very exacting. They will be required TO
supply brains for the campaign; organize
each county thoroughly print circulars, pos
ters, extra papers and election tickets, for
nothing. Will you do it, l ask the ques-
ton emphatically. Tens Of thousands Of
dollars are annually lost in this way. Be-
fore you strike a lick, know who is to pay
you, or demand payment in advance. Don't
wait until after the election. That is a day
too late. Promises to pay, then, like the
apples Of Sodom, will turn to ashes!
The local press Yields immense influence.
It makes an unmakes Presidents, Vice Pres
idents, Governors, Congressman, members
Of State Legislatures, Sheriffs, Auditors, &c.
&c. Candidates, before the election, are pro-
fuse in their attentions to publishers; are
bland and pleasant in their manners; ex-
tremely grateful for puffs they don't deserve,
and full Of protestations Of dying love and
admiration for the editors; glory in the i'm
pressive speeches put into their mouths, on
the hastings, that they never made; make
sensation speeches, at country school hous-
es, taken from Quilted editorials, which
"bring down the house," "astonish the ma
~tiVes," and make. them exclaim; "Behold
Demosthenes!" Examine their scrap books,
and see if their facts, figures and arguments,
are not culled from divers newspapers
Watch these gentlemen after the election,
when bereft oftheir eagle plumes and adorn-
ed simply with the feathers of the jackdaw!
Perchance they are the Hon. Jeremy Did
dler and the Hon. Peter Funk! 1t is not to
be expected, now that they have become so
'%'wondrous great" that they would more
than coldly recognize the man that made
them! Present your bill! "Humph! 1t is
is an extortionate charge! Two dollars a
thousand for tickets! Why, DR.. Spriggins
gets his labels. beautifully printed, with q
border, and adorned with a cut, represent
ing the Lion and the Unicorn, fighting for
the Crown" in New-York, for seventy-6ve
cents q thousand! Can't pay any such bill;
it is more than the cussed Office is worth!
Good morning, Mr.. Editor!" H
This is one type Of the men editors have
to deal with. There is another class, hon.
orable and true, who fully recognize the
merits and claims Of the press. They are
the men who support the party from prin-
ciple and not for the ~"loaves and fishes.''-
The two classes exist in every community
and are well known to the craft,
1t is not the stumpers who do the real
work in a political campaign. They sally
ont, towards the close Of the canvass, make
= few speeches at X roads, and, in conside-
ration of their loss Of wind, claim TO have
redeemed, regenerated and disenthralled"
the county from R~epublicanism or Democra-
cy. On the night of the election, at the vii
lage hotel, you will see them, sometimes
half seas over" tossing their slouched hats
into, The air, frantic as Kickapoo Indians at
a war dance, huzzaing: ave have annihi-
lated the enemy; beat him horse, foot and
dragoons!' Glory enough for one dayw-.
often the palm Of victory is thus borne away
from the local press. If q political party
would reach the masses, the best way TO do
1t is to increase the circulation oil, the coun-
try press. Instead Of wasting money for
Documents" and "Tracts for the People,
a species Of literature always viewed with
suspicion by the people, it would be far bet
ter to spend it with q view Of placing the
local paper in the hands OF every ~elector.
1t is my deliberate opinion, that in these
days OF party strife, no mans opinion is ever
changed by a speech, no matter how eIo-
quent or logical it may be! How many
votes do you suppose were made, respective
ly, in the last canvass, by Gov. Dennison and
Judge Ranney! They nearly tore their
Threats out; and did a solitary conversion
take place as the result Of their herculean
labors! 1t is a singular fact, that notwith-
standing the admitted power of the press
on public opinion, the stumper never urges
the increase of its patronage. At the close
of his Ciceronean efforts, why does he not
appeal to the people to subscribe for q few
copies of the very paper, that, in its next
issue, will exhaust all the adjectives in praiss
ing the great speech of Mr.. Theophilus
Swell! He generally contents himself with
an investment Of three dimes, in extra CO.
pies, to send to his sire and grindsire, or his
sweetheart, if he has one, to show the aston
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