Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1862-12-12
Coming Down a Peg.

ume OF Tue Stanuafd, ana WIN Tue coH
Inencement Of the new volume we sLa
reduce the size of our sheet one colum
on each page, and shortening the other
in proportion. This announcement vi
no doubt prove very disagreeabe to GU
readers, but it is more disagrecabe 10 u
than to any of them. Necessity howey
er compes us either to reduce the size O
our paper, raise the price TO rs, or t
suspend its publication entirely. Their
are three horns 10 our dilemma. w,
can seize either one we choose. We pre-
fer the first one, and come down peg
The necessity for this course is found il
the fact that there has been an enormou,
advance within the past two months ir
all kinds of paper, aud printing paper
has reached so high figure that pub
fishers cannot sustain themselves at The
old prices for their publications, hence
there has been general rise in price OF
reduction in size. We "follow suit
now to prevent sherif''S trump by
and.by.
Paper has advanced nearly one hun
dred per cent. within two months, and i,
rapidly adrancing Where the end will
be is as uncertain as The end of the re-
bellion, which about this time seems
darker and more distant tlan ever. This
great advance in paper is caused by the
scarcity Of rags and other articles from
which it is made. Great fears are ex-
pressed by some manufacturers that be.
fore many months paper cannot be had
at any price, unless some new method Is
found to make it and new material TO
make it Of, which we hope may come to
pass.
1t viii not fail TO strike the sense OF
every candid reader that we cannot af-
ford to furnish the Standard of the usual
size and price that we have heretofore
done. No one can expect US TO do so.--
We have therefore after much thought
resolved TO take that course which We
think will best suit the majority of our
readers-reduce our size rather than in.
crease our price. BY cutting it down we
can save enough partly to indemnify us
for the extraordinary rise in printing mc-
terial. BY thus curtaiIing our expenses
we shall be more Independent though less
Standard than usual and can make
httle money--not much.
The majority Of Vermont papers now
charge Sl,75 per year in advance, and
one or two as high as $500. The Stand
ard will be 1925 per year as heretofore.
But while we thus make the paper small
er, we shall also have much less ADVERT
sing than now, while the amount O. read
ing matter will be but q little less than
usual. With the commencement of the
new volume VIC shall throw out some Of
our largest advertisements, and they will
not be replaced by others. If our pat
rons get nearly the usual amount of read.
ing Tor the same money they ought 10 be
satisfied, all things considered. They
must remember that we live in terrible
times, the end of which human ken can.
not foresee; an upheaval of all the ele.
menis of society, wreck ia church and
state, the life of the nation threatened
and popular liberty trembling over an
awful abyss, from the depths Of which
there is no redemption. In view of all
these facts we hope and feel that our good
patrons will stand by MS in our spent up
Utica" till the dread alarms Of war are
over, when we shall again reappear as
large as now aud in the full vigor of man.
hood. We hope our friends will exhibit
due patience and patriotism, and cling to
our Standard as long as it supports the
one that floats the starry flag.
Below we give couple Of extracts
which throw some light in regard to the
paper panic:-
TIE NEWSPAPER ADvANcE.-Tbe
rise in newspapers still continues. The
n. Y. Evening Post has raised its price
10 cents per single copy, or $40 pei
year. The morning New York dalie,
are said TO be arranging tariff 10 take
effect January lst. The Herald, whicl
has stood out against it, now, it is said
stands for fire cents per single copy. i
is thought The price will be fixed at four
cents, and 50 or $40 per year. The
price TO Dewsmen are proportonably
raised. The Springfield Republican says
"The daily papers in many Of the CT
ties have already agreed upon their ad
vances. and in most cases car ried then
into effect. 1t is generally from cent:
per copy TO 3-sometimes from 10 A.
In Boston the advance takes effect or
the LIST of December. journal, Travel
er and Transcript heretofore sold for two
cents each, are 10 be sold at three cents
and the price TO the newsdealers Is rails
ed from 81 80 per hundred to 80, 20 -
while subscribers by the year will be
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