The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-11-18
Encourage Home Interests.

The proprietors of the st. Adams
Bpoilv have issued and distributed a
,;rcnlar under date of November II,
,eG4 in which the attention of iner-
.bants and business men of st. Al
hons is called to the Daily Messenger.
sThe support Of daily paper, is great
A dependent on the patronage that it
,seeiyes from the citizens of the Town
il which it is printed" and they pro-
~ TO remark, eve are frank to
say that the people of St Adams have
HI extended to it that patronage
Mich is SO necessary to keep it alive,
hi we fear, if it is not increased we
hall be Obliged to suspend its publica
ton. No one ought to ask
Il TO continue it at positive loss.
We improve this opportunity to say
a. the time-honored system of en-
couraging home industry which pre-
nas elsewhere, seems to find compar-
atyely but little favor in our midst
For instance, we would remark that
"a had for several years book-bind-
ery in full operation at st. Adams,
wlere the best work could be done,
and ample convenience obtained for
Binding books and pamphlets and for
tbe manufacture of blank books and
al sorts Of work useful and ornamen-
tai. A certain party in the book trade
an most Interested in having such an
Establishment flourish, Systematically
iab0red to injure it. For small or
nd commission, work intended for the
81 Adams bindery was sent by express
q Burlington or elsewhere, and thus
hose interested in sustaining that
branch Of industry finding that it was
moi adequately patromzed, closed the
Wncern Those who now wish Jobs
done, which ought to be done at St.
Abans and could be well done, have
he unpleasant alternative presented
to them either to go without or else
send to Burlington or Montpelier. I'VE
aAude to tins matter simply by way Of
tr<
ihstrauon The chef proprietor OF
he ST. Adams Daay Messenger knows
beiter than any one else, except the
pr pretJr Of that bindery, in what
Hnnner the systematic opposition re-
ferrod to was commenced and how and
BY whom it was sustained.
Again, by way of illustration, it has
been and still is, the custom OF a
pnnter in Cambridgeport, Mass, to
sem an agent through this State semi
amually soliciting orders for printing,
&c This agent has been frequently
Wet Adams drummcd around among
tne resident butchers, bankers, gro
e@' merchants, hotel keepers, and
mechanlcs, and secured many orders
m printing. There are two printing
= bhshments in town where good
k might be done-certainly one es-
hshment where jobs are always
one as we'll as in Cambridgeport
9 esaid or any like city.
he butchers and bankers, the gro
merchants, hotel keepers, and
f names aforesaid prefer generally
70 ignore the existence Of the nrin-
- VINO reside here and are trying to
81 an honest subsistence by their in
'ry and prefer generally to give en-
faSement to persons living abroad.
II by no means pleasant for printers
~see their butchers or merchants
scunts made out on bill-heads print
MI q foreign parts, but then that is
\: cross that they have to bear from
70 'lihe' As a prophet is with
,io"or IN his own country, SO, it
- seem Is the st. Adams print
Is not claimed that these butch
- bankers, mechanics and merchants
y. no moral right to drive as sharp
as they please or get their
"S done abroad where they
~ 90 Ihey have such a right. But
exercise OF that right neighbor-
10 calculated to build up home in
a. "'o encourage home produc-
'ne tables We're turned, and eve
10 ~ md their marketing, banking,
~ 'uying, manufacturing, and cot
, @"u sugar-buying, out of town,
- would the local butcher, banker,
4, % merchant and mechanic be at
- emo OF month ? They would be
h IN the market-place. scraping
81, 'eiSes with pots-herd, and vail
piping all the day long" and
70 dance after their music.
= nus much we have said by way of
" menu upon the text which our dali
temporary has furnished.