Evansville daily journal., 1866-01-25

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Mr.. Smith'-Trade is very dull nova
days; don't sell half as much as Isdi,
five years ago. ff
j Mr.. J0nes.--Good reason. Things n
81 so high, we can't afford to buy. You
charge such awful prices, Smith.
x Mr.. Snaith-Can't help it have to
pay so much more. When / sold sugar
at 10 cents pound, made cent a
pound, and l only make cent now on
20 cents, and the cent profit don't goso
far to keep my family.
Mr.. Broom buy Just as much as
ever. don't see as there is much
change. used to sell my 600 bushels
of wheat for rs cents bushels, or $3.50.
Of this, $3.50 went for family store bills,
and $2G0 to pay off my farm debt. Now,
when sell for 81 SO per bushel, or 5000,
it takes about $500 for store bills, aad
leaves $400 to pay off the debt. In fact,
these high prices suit me. | wish Mr..
McCulloch had kept out of the Treasury,
for he threatens to make Green backs
par, and mock down prices l
Mr.. Price--I don't see as it makes
much difference. If there is twice as
much money going, and if everybody
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raises, and pays twice as much for every
thing he buys, it all comes out square at
the end; and there is this gain in the
operation: those who save money, or
make profit, make double, as neighbor
Brown explains about paying bis farm
Mr. Butler THAT so.
Mr.. Greene $50 / think.--Mr. Moore.
So do l.
Ar. BGker.-There is little draw
back. L keep the accounts of Widow
Roberts, who has the mortgage on Mr.
Browns farm, and the $400 he pays,
don't go only half so lar in supporting
her, and educating her crildren.
Mr.. Travis. (the School Teacher)
Yes it does, for | only get $50 month
for teaching Mrs. Robert and others
children, and l used to get $25, with
wheat at 75cs
Req. Mr.. Corey.-And l only get
5000 a year, while / always had $500
with wheat at IS cents and sugar 10
- cents. Ei
i Several Hoiees.-That amt quite
square.
, Mr.. Knor, editor. land you only
pay me 81 a year for my newspaper,
which you thought cheap at 81 so, five
years ago, though | have TO pay three
times as much for every thing use in
making newspaper.
Mr.. GTeene.-Why don't you raise your
prices, too2
: Mr.. KnoG--People won't stand it. i
must keep along with no profit, or even
ct loss, hoping for better times, or else
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go down. Why, when l raised the price
q from 81 so to So year, good many
stopped the paper--among them Mr..
Brown himself, though paid him double
for his wheat
Kr. BrosoR-I didn't stop it SO much
for the price; went in for paying for my
farm by extra economy 80 ~
Mr.. KnOr-Yes, he followed my ad-
vice for people {" to economize and pay
their debts now But let gns see If Mr.
Brown began at the right place. On one
Saturday | published in my paper that
wheat had advanced Is cents bushei.
On Monday Mr.. Brown went to market
with his wheat, and sold 90 bushels at
one cent advance over the old price, and
thought he did well, He came home
boasting about it, until he met neighbor
Johnson, who got the Is cents advance,
because he read my paper, and was wide
swake. Mr. Browns loss on go bushels
of wheat would pay four whole years
subscription. EF YEf
Mr.. BrO1cn.-Don't say any more
about that, Mr. Knox, and put me down
a subscriber for life. i' ',s ',a- taaHi
Mr.. KRox.-I have heard of several
other such losses by those who stopped,
my paper. Not to be too personal, as
/. some of them are here, viii call them
A, b, G, etc. Mr. A. paid per cent
more fees on $7l taxes, because he did
not see the collectors notice in my paper,
and thus lost 50 81, to save 81, Mr.. B
paid So 90 the same way. MIC. failed
Z 10 bring in his claim against an estate,
because he did not see in my paper the
legal notice limiting the time. That
cost him $34, to save % subscription.
Mr. D. sold 200 pounds Of wool at 62
cents, because he did not see an adver-
2 tisment Of Mr. Smith, right here at home,
Offering 20 cents. That cost him SIC, to
save 81. Mr.. Fs boys went DOWN TO the
village every night or two, to get the
news and local gossip, becadse they had
no paper at homo, and one of them fell
into bad comapny, andis ruined know
twenty ceses where people lost money
for not learning what - going on.
gather up ali that is going on in business
and society, and eondense it into my
columns. 1t is important Sor every man
to kHow all about home matters, and
doubt it there is a man in this whole
town who would not, in the course Of a
year, get some information, that would
pay him back more than 81 a yesr. And
than think of Household sitting down
together 365 days year, and having no.
thing to talk about. exe;ep their own af
fairs, and new item of gossip, gathered
mp by occasional contact with other peo
pie.
Mr.. Taylor-Let me help Editor
Knox's argument.ZW Wife read to me an
item he published about humbug, which
be copied from the American sAgricuI
turfst, of New York City Next day one
of those same humbugs came round with
his article, and was so plausible that he
almost persuaded her into paying him
50, for his swindling recipe; but the edit
cr's caution kept her back. -
Mr.. Kner.-Yes, and do you know that
the fellow sold more than fifty of the
aumbag recipes hereabont, at So piece
but not to any of my subscribers
Mr.. Potts.-Put ne down as a sub
scriber, Mr. Knox, here ia your two dol
lars n fE - fiss
x Mr.. ShGso.-And rae too. -
Mr Knor.-Thaas you, gentlemen.
I'll try to make better paper than ever.
Every dollar helps; a new subscriber
only adds to my expenses the cost OF
paper. If every body took the paper,
and thus di vided the cost of getting
news, setting type, Office rent, etc,
could double the value of the paper to
each Please talk the matter over with
other neighbors and see if it1can not be
done. - ~
Several Toices-We will. y
Mr.. Smith.-And now while you are
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