Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1861-08-01
Why is it 2


Why is it that many of our subscri-
bers to whom we have sent bills lately, pay
no attention whatever TO our requests ? Is
it because they are rich and consider a bill
for newspaper subscription thing of too
small amount and Importance to claim their
attention Or is it because they are too
poor to pay the bills at present? We be-
licve we have men of both descriptions on
beg leave 20 say that although the bill looks
small in their eyes, and would make but lit
tie difference il the weight of their heavy
purses, it is of vast Importance to US as it is
by these small bills that we have to collect
together what money we are obliged raise
Ii is by the collection of these small b lis
that we are obliged to raise the money with
which to pay cur rent TO buy our paper, to
pay our hands, to buy our bread, and yet
men who are abundantly able to pay US
throw our bills aside and think no more Of
ever, if a man owes them they collect to
the last dollar and resort to the law If it is
not paid. We pronounce it burning
shame that men who own large farms, stock
ed with herds of horses, cattle, and sheep,
and who have large barns filled with the
choisest grain, and who live in fine houses
and ride around in fine carriages, are SO neg
hgent that they will not pay for their news
papers. We are obliged to labor bard and
study in order to furnish men with the paper
and If we do not get out in time or do not
get out at all for week, then they talk
largely about Withdrawing their support by
stopping their paper How gladly we would
erase the name of every man who will not
pay up, if we we're but certain who they are.
We are IN debt, and are being pushed by
the men to whom we are indebted Men
lciu not wait on us forever and of course we
cannot wait on those who are indebted to US.
We must get money, if not one way then an
other. We cannot nor we will not send our
paper much longer to men who are able
and not willing to pay for what they have
already received. We have men enough on
our books, who are able to pay, and if they
would do go we would be out o debt in less
than month, yet they permit us to be sued
for the very paper on which we print, they
oblige US to run in debt for the very bread
we eat and the clothes we wear. We say it
is shame, and any man who is able to pay
and will not ought to be ashamed 10 see the
paper come Into his house, or to meet its pub
Usher on the street We think that every
man who is able, land man~must be poor
indeed, who is not) should either bring or
send in the money Immediately. We took
charge of the Democrat On the lst- OF Janua-
ry 1860 Every man, therefore who has
been taking the paper since that time to the
present and who has paid nothing is indebt-
ed SO 90. Every man who has taken it from
that time, without having paid up, and de-
sires his paper to go on until the end of the
present year is indebted $4,G0 not having
availed themselves of the advance terms Of
either year but in order to raise some mon-
ey we will uffer an inducement, all those
who are thus indebted and who will send in
the money Immediately can have the advan-
tage f the advance terms for the present
year. thus making their bills $3.50 And
all these who are indebted for this year, can
have the benefit of the advance terms by pay
ing up Immediately and what we mean by
Immediately is no,o aud not a couple Of
months hence, for we cannot and we wish it
understood that we a0W not take 81 so uear
the end of the year. We have now laid this
before our readers as plainly as possible Sc
that every man may know that we need
money and how much each one is indebted !;
if tins is not plain enough we must publish
! the names of those who are behind With the
amount opposite the name. Before we do
this however, we will wait to see how our
subscribers respond to this call.
Let every man who owes for this paper
say this dun Is intended for me, and | a0ilI
pay up.
| D. rN NJ pox,16.