White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-02-07
How - eecure an Independent

How - secure an IndePendent
Press.
People lament the want Of % irdepen-
den. and uncorrupted press: and We hear
a great deal about "venal." "mercepary,"
or "subsidized" presses. The evils COM
planned of really exist to an alarming ex-
tent. They cannot be wholly rsmsdied,
bat may be in great part; and the remedy
lies in the hands Of the people. II they
desire . change for the better. let them
stop lamsntiug. and apply the remedy.
It lies simply in giving newspapers . de-
cent sopport. II it is desired to have
the press Independent and uncorruptsd.
it must have support sufficient to enable
it to be 60. People neglect their homs
papers. because they are not as large. and
do not contain ss much reading matter.
as mammoth city papers, which run Of
many editions of the same matter. and
can thereby afford to send out weekly
edition at low cost. But home papers
are "Jewed" down below paying price.
and then they are asked to take it ont in
all manner Of unsalesble struck" at the
very bighes. prices. If they show sny
Independence in this particular. or refuse
to come down to the terms Of the sub.
scribsr. they lose their customer.
There is another great evil. In West
ern country towns. the subscription price
Of q paper would not keep it running
three months in the year-in fact, just
now. there is no profit on subscriptions.
The papers must depend mostly upon sd-
vsrtising and public printing. Yet how
do they fare in this respect? Year after
year. as regularly as the Legislature
meets, there is q war opened against
printers. Men who are living at the
public crib. send up memorials and petit
tions. stigmstizing printers as paupers
and pickpockets. and demand protection
against them. Efforts are made to dis
pense with really necessary public print
ing; and on that which cannot possibly
be dispensed with. the rates are reduced
far below q remunerative price. II I
printer occasionally stumbles upon I
paying job. he is at once bounded al
q public plunderer, without any sccoun
being taken of the very many jobs upor
which be makes nothing. and Of the vas
amount of matter inserted for nothing
for which he justly ought to have pay
Lawyers fees. mechanics wages. and th'
prices of farmers produce, are nevsxleg
islated against: but a discrimination
must be made against printers.
Under such circumstances. how is j
possible to have pure press? When
under the tender msrcies Of such . sys
tenn, q printer finds himself head owe
ears in debt, without means to purchss'
material. pay hands. or buy bread. wht
can wonder if they gresdily accept q bo
nus from some wealthy political sspirass
in order to place themselves in position
Of ease and comfort? Their necessitie,
will blind them to the faults of their ben
efsctor. They will reason to themselves
that perhaps he is not so bad as he il
represented: that he is as good as th'
common run; or that, if he is not exactly
sound. be cannot do much harm. ant
there are plenty of others to keep hin
straight. Thus they will seek for excu
ses to justify their course. when they arr
perhsps aiding to bring about q public
calamity. Women bold their virtu'
dearer than all else: yet. pressed BY want
thousands of them barter it for bread
So the press. naturally inclined to be frs'
and Independent. may be induced by ne
cessity to sell its influence to unworthy
purposes. We repest. If the people de-
sire a pure and Independent press, lei
them enable it to be so. and they vii
have their hearts wish. Nothing is sc
bumilisting to an editor ss to be com
PEELED to act as q dependent. menisl, OF
a mouth. piece to some individual; and
be will cease doing so. when the people
begin to appreciate his necessities. and
cease inventing contrivances and enact.
msnts to grind him down.
NERvoUs AND SICK HEApAcREs, CAu.
sEs AND CuRE.-Nervous and sick hesd
ache are induced by indigestion. costive'
ness, foul stomach. and a torpid state o
the liver. Persons suffering from thess
complaints should avoid. as much as pos
sible. the too free use Of spirituous and
malt liquors. coffee and tobacco. and
keep the bowels open. BY small but fre.
qusnt doses Of RoBAcK's BLOOD Pills.