The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1863-02-19

coaches complain Of dead heading
that is to say, ofpleachers, editors, and
brethren of the craft, riding so much
without pry. The newspapers press
endurcs moro of this dead heading than
any three of these modes of conveyance
combined. The pulpit, the bar, and the
:heater corporations, legislative assem-
blies, societies, religious, benevolent,
agricultur al, mercantile establishments,
vendors Of quack medicines, railroad
companies, stage lines, and every variety
ofindividuals, including political parties
draw largely upon the lberality of the
press. The press is expected to yield
to all these interests; is requested to
give strength to all weak institutions
and enterprises; it's asked to puff some
preachers into over>hadowing pulpit
orators; to puff small politicians and
unprinciplcd dcmagogues into great
men and patriots; to magnify incom
petent railroad officers into railroad
kings; it is expected to herald abroad
the fame of quacks Of all classes, bolster
up dull authors, immortalize weak Con
gressional speeches 1t is required 10
give sight to the blind, bread to the
hungry, talents to the fools, and honor
to the thieves and robbers; it is asked
to cover up the infirmities Of the weak,
to hide the faults of guilty men, and
wink at the fraudulent schemes ofscoun-
drcls; it is expected to fiatter the vain,
to extol the merits Of those who deserve
nothing but the scorn and contempt Of
all good citizens; it is required, in 4
word Of the newspaper press, that it be-
come all things to all men; and fit
looks for pay, or sends out its bills tor
subscriptions or advertising, it is de-
nounced as mean and sordid, and its
conductors as wanting in liberality.
There is no interest on the face of this
green earth that is expected to give as
much to society, without pay or thanks
as the newspaper press OF the country.
The little soued man. who inserts in
your column fifteen shilling advertise
mcnt, expects you to write out at least
FIVE dollars worth lof editorial notices
And the abscure and niggardy man you
have written into a position Of impor-
lance, far beyond his merits, considers
that his pane ado1ns Your columns and
gives circulation TO your Journal
louisville JoWnal.
The above is truth, nothing but The
truth, although not the whole truth. A
part of the remainder is that notwith
standing all the labor as.l dead head
ing on the part Of the press, no o,hcr
calling it 50 poorly paid. Men will pay
almost every other debt before they pay
the publisher 81 their County newspaper
unless his terms are strictly IN advance
This is true Of the mass, although their
are noble individual exceptions. And
besides the press is expected to do ali
that is enumerated above, in these in
fated times, and net advance its price
Of subscription, advertising, and job
work.
Muslin is now sold for four times the
price asked for it one year ago, Calico,
twice the price, other clothing and many
groceries much higher than then. One
year ago We could obtain wheat at 50
cts per b,shcl, now the same quality
brings one dollar. Potatoes then cost
us twenty-five cents, now sixty, flour
than 81, per hundred now So. Our ink
is much higher than then and our blank
paper nearly double. In the mean time
VIC have not raised the price of sub
scription, but in adhering strictly to our
terms, demanding two dollars, from
those in arrears more than three months,
we find some who have the lttlencss of
soul to complain Of our terms.
We have only advanced slightly on
Job work, and one half on legal adver-
Using, and this we are obliged to do or
suspend. The same has also been done
by the publishers Of papers in adjoining
counties in addition to7which some Of
them, for self existence, have been oh
liged to reduce the size of their sheets
With this explanation we hope those
who desire to have a paper published
in the County and who merely advance
the money OH legal printing or who may
find themselves in arrears on subscrip-
tons will notsupplant that canine specie
whom nature once intended should do
the growing.
We publish to-day the call Of the
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