The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-05-01

I-WItnOuG Oiio oool 'IyihS S5't'Hoo' ~ u 1~
Eerons: change of complexion, the uncer-
tain, tremendous consequences!
What Newspapers DO for Nothing.
The following. truthful and sensible ar
ticle is worthy Of being seriously ponder
ed By every newspaper reader. To a
person not familiar with the internal
workings of a newspaper establishment,
there is a great deal of mystery connected
with "the ar. preservative of arts" but
to the familiar worker in the sanctum,
there is nothing so mysterious as the NOR
bid demand tor editorial services as
matter ofcourse, or in the way of friend
Eship. AS "man cannot live by bread
Ealone,. SO a newspaper cannot sustain
solely on. good wishes. 1t must
]have substantial pabulum. aRead, mark,
Elcarn andzinwardly digest" the following:
MY observation enables me to state, rs
4 a fact, that publishers of newspapers are
more poorly rewarded than any other
class Of men in the United States, who
invest an equal amount ofslabor, capital
and thought. They are expected. to do
more service for less pay, to stand more
snongiing and s'dead heading" topuff and
defend more people without fec or hope
of reward than any other class.
They credit wider and longer, get
oftener. cheated, suffer moro pecuuiary
loss, are .oftener the victims of misplaced
confidence than any other calling in the
community People pay printers bill
with much more reluctance than any
other. 1t goes harder with them tosex-
pend dollar on valuable newspaper
THAN ten on needless gew-gaw yet
everybody avails himself OF the use of the
editor'sspen and the printers ink.
How@many professional and political
regulations and fortunes have been made
and sustained by the friendly, though un,.
requited pen of the editor? How many
embryo towns and cities have been
-brought.into notice and pufed into pros
perity by the press? How many rail
roads now in successful operations would
have foundered but for the clever" that
moves the world? tn short, what branch
of industry and activity has not been pro-
NOTED, stimulated and defended by the
press?
And who has rendered it more than a
miserable pittancc for its services? The
I.bazaars of fashion and the -haunts Of dis
sipatien and appetite are .thronged with
an eager crowd, bearing gold in their
palms, and the comnloditiesthere vended
are sold at enormous profits, though in
trinsically worthless, land paid for with
scrupulous punctuality; while thecoun
ing room. OF the newspaper is the seat OF
iewing, cheapening trade, orders and pen
nies. 1t is made.a point Of honor to Ii
quidate a grog bill, but not Of dishonor to
repudiate u printers bill.
Ave, and more; the editors of daily
journal are expected to give their morn
ing readers the latest items of intelli-
renee. To do this they must do without
fthe natural sleep of ordinary mortals.-
The small hours of the morning and them
away from their homcs and families,
reading proof sheets, clipping items from
exchanges, preparing tclegrapbic dis
patches for compositors to set, and en-
deavorng to coin small pittance which
many narrow minded public begrudge
them, and when, worn out by incessant
toll, they 'sshake off this mortal COIL" If
they have enough of this worlds goods
to pay their funernal expenses, their
brother editors may we'll exclaim, "well
done good and faithful servant"-ot an
ungratefnl public.
I Itsis. generally believed that editors and
printers can live on air, or that they have
an inexhaustibIe mine of wealth always
at their command.
They need no money, and hence they
can be. put off until q convenient season,
while the milliner's bill must be promptly
quidated.-NeWbera Journal.
| Let there be no Strife.
We have not for some, time past. saws