The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1864-05-27
Raising the Price.

Inc publishers OF country newspapers arc
becoming pretty unanimous on tho matter
OF advancing the prico OF their yearly snb.
scrptiobs to two dollars in advance. Tha
greatly Increased cost of paper, ink and Ia.
hor has forced tbom TO this decision. OF
course every reasonable porson, who is will
ing that tho publisher of his county nnper
should be properly romunoratcd for his ir
vestment of capital, his labor and risks. will
not desert him in such an emergency. Tho
papers 10 this part Of the State have ptotty
generally advanced to 900. The Ashta.
bula Sentinel, tho Telegraph and Couuoaut
Reporter, Mahoning Register. Summit Bea-
con, Wooster Republican, Portage Domo.
crat, and Salem Republican. and othors
have put their terms at $500. Tho last
named paper gives tho following coeept
reasons for the step taken "Wo rofrainod
from this step as long as wo possibly could.
but, instead OF all articles used by us in tho
ohlce or house, necessary 10 print papor
OF 10 sustain lie, falling in price, thov arc
daily going up higher and higher, until ul
most out OF reach, if not out Of sight. Some
viii object to this, and discontinue the nn
per. wo are well aware, but, AS wo claim for
the patrons of tho Republican common
sense, We arc suro that most of them must
sec and admit of tho reasonabloness of our
course. To thoso who part company with
us, II may be somo satisfaction TO thom TO
know that for the past six months it has cost
US trifie more than they bavo paid us to
furnish them tho paper. Consequently. we
havo not made much off of Mcm."-Warren
Chronicle.
10 connection with tho above. wo would
bere note that tho Cleveland papers
have raised their terms to sg8 90 per year.
daily; $500. tri.weokly; and 81 so, weekly.
invariably in advance.
1t needs no argument to convince onv
reasonable man that, while everything elso
has advanced at least fifty por cent, and
many OF tho necessarios of life more tnan
ono hundred per cont, in price. country
publishers, who have never boon TOO well
supported, cannot afford to furnish their nn.
pers on tho old terms. Subscribers who nav
IN wood, or any kind of produce, almost in
variably exact the present market prico
therefor, even when ihoy havo boon long
delinquent, and tho publisher still furnish
os them with his paper at only VI so per
year. This is clearly unjust No person
should expect publisher 20 send him his
paper at tho old prico, payable at pleasure,
md in anything that will sell, unless he is
willing to dispose OF his own commodities in
tho same manner, which is moro than we
could ask him to do.
We bavo not alluded to this subject boforo.
because wo have been in hopos to IVORY
through tho war without any change of
policy in regard to paymonto. We still
hopo, by economy and personal attention to
our business, to avoid tho necessity Of rails.
'ng our terms, if delinqucnts will pay up
promptly. But, TO enable Us to do this,
those terms, as published, must be strictly
adhered to. Thoy have always been 81 so
If paid in advance; if not paid in advance,
$500.
To those who are one year or moro in ar.
rears, (sOme OF whom have mover paid any.
ihngD we mako this liboral proposition if
they will pay oil that is new due, aud for
one year in advance, before the first of Ju-
ly, we will charge them but 81 80 per year
otherwise, 81, 90.
Tho newspaper credit system is an un-
mixed evil to both publishers and patrons,
and We are glad to 500 it passing away. 1t
Is idlo to contend that men cannot pay in
advance. $3.50, or ovou ~ 90, paid once n
year, ia TO more (if as much) to tho man
who pays it, If paid for now debt than an
old one; and tho fact that almost every
mao does pay in advance for at least one pa
per outside of bis own County, proves tho
ability. Those who do not valuo their Coun.
ty paper will not take it but thoso who do
value IL are willing to pay promptly fair
price for it, acknowledging that what is jus.
tico away from homo is justice at home