The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-12-14
NEWSPAPER PRICES.

TERMS - per Year, In Advance.
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NEWSPAPER PRICES.
When we increased the prioo Of the
JouRSAL to Two Dollars per year, we were
under the impression that the price Of
white paper was about as high ~ il could
possibly get; but we find that we have
been mistaken for another advance" has
already been inado in the price Of this arti.
clio. We are uOw paying els 90 for the
same amount Of white paper for which, two
years since, we paid 81 90. Our patrons
will at once see, that at this rate Of Increase.
wo can not long afford to publish tho JouR-
NAL at 81 per year; in fact, we can
not now Gford 1t, yet that is oil wo are
charging for our paper.
II there 10 no additional increase in the
cost Of paper, oshall endeavor to contin.
10 tho price Of tho JOURNAL at Two Dol.
lars, bu. il another advance il made in our
expenses we shall bo compelled to make a
corresponding advance.
For the present, however, and until fur
thor notice. we will receive Two Dollars
per year for tho JOURNAL, but we can
mako no promise as to the length Of time
during which wO will receive that amount.
Our readers will therefore consult their own
interest by making immediate payment. be-
fore any addition is made to the price Of
the pUper.
On the question Of newspaper prices. we
copy the following sensible article from the
Ohio fta9 JOurndE
A great change has come over { Q bust.
ness vi newspaper printing within tho last
tow years. Ia former times, (amiliarly
known ~ "the better days of the Republic"
aud yet within tho memory Of tho fathers
. weekly paper Of superroyal size, aud
printed on long primer typo, II eiigihly To-
oitod could bc afforded at two dollars a
year, and yield tho publisher an honest
livlihO ODd--though we cannot now call 10
mind any in this State who became rich at
the business. Then came tho days of fool.
ish ambition and suicidal competition
From superroyal tho sheets expanded to
imperia', and nammoth; and the typo has
d"ndled from long primer to BREWER and
bourgeois; and the price to keep pace with
the increased expense, should have adyan.
Gel from two dollars to five. But instead
of that, II was reducod to one and n half
aud sometimes one dollar. This policy was
ruinous to tho trade, AMI brOn ,ht no
thanks. II was worry unwise---as weekly
paper not worth to the subscriber two dol
lars ayeir, ought not to be p It i. And any
person not glad to get paper once a week
Tor that price, ought not to be counted
patron"
But the difficulties to the trade did not
stop here. few years age, those two
great modern innoyators, railroads and tel.
| egraphs, came in vogue almost simutame.
ousy, aud played smash" with countr,
| ewspaper-sentlcmon and their businoss.-
| They are the great ccntralizing powers Of
| our time. BY moaus of them, We arc able,
| when We go to our dinner, to take along
the morning papers from Cincinnati, Glove
| land, or Pittsburg, with their full market
reports, and news from all nations" down
I" the hour OF their going to press, Or,
| when going to our supper, we take along
| papers from NV York Chicago, or 81.
| Louis OF the preceding day, but their CON
! lonts arc maio stale and Improbable by
the babbling telegraph, which has already
anticipated their c0nteuts This is an en-.
tarprsc too formidable for hebdomatlai
competition, and rcnders tho business Of
| publishing country newspaper ono of tho
IN pst uninviting folds in tho whole circle
of human industry.
But within the last year or two now
difficulty has arisen, in tho greatly enhanced
price OF typo, paper, and labor-all OF
which arc Indispensable, aud must be paid
for. 1t becomes, therefore, u question OF
life or death with those engaged in the
business. We have noticed lately several
propositions for holding Conventions OF
publishers, to consult together upon mat
ters of their common interest and take
measures for their self-prcservation. Some
OF these contemplate meetings in pirticu
lar local districts; but we observe that our
trioud Of the Circoville Uaion, being him
self one of tho seniors Of the craft, propo
ses q meeting of tho Weekly publishers of
the Slate, to be held in this city, on the
first "Wednesday of January. TO bs cffoct-
i've, II seems TO us that nothing short Of n
cooperation OF publishers throughout the
State is needtul; aud wo trust the cali will
be fully responded to.
The country press should, and must be
sustained. There is not Couuty IN tho
| State but should sustain good County pa.
| per. There is not thrifty farmor in any
| County IN the State, who can afford to dis
penso with his County paper. No reason.
able nau woul ask or desire to bo fur.
nished this necessary article. without a
liberal compensation to the printer. Look
at IT, Whom newspapers wcro two dollars
= year. and published at less than half the
expense now required, whsSt could bs
bought for forty cents buShel, wood 81 70
por cord, butter 8 cents pound, and 9th
or necessorics in proportion, Let the pub
lishers, then, convene and take counsel Of
each other. lot them adopt aud stornly
adhere to such measures as will ensure
them not a bare remuneration for thoir la
hor, but u competent Independence. The
interests of every community are concerned
in the character aud usefulness OF the local
press and this cannot he maintained at =
respectable standard without being liber.
ally sustained. i.et the price, then, be
adapted to tho excSeuoies Of tho presont
time,
THAE WAR
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