The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-01-18
How to Sustain yOnp L4ocmt
Paper.

|. Lay aside your fears that the editor
will get rich faster than his neighbours We
have never hoard of q man making moro
than decent living by the publication Of
a country newspaper, oven il he had ever
such good business. 4 case in point is
an acquaintance of ours, who has been pub.
fishing some six or seven yeara, has had
all the business Of his own town aud ooJin!
ty, and q largo portion Of that Of those sur
rounding but with all this he gets into ns
tight plnches for money to buy his white
paper with as any other publisher with
VIII ON we ore acquainted.
2. If tile paper agrees with your ways OF
thinking, subscribe and pay for it, aud per.
suade your neighbors of the same mind I'd
go and do likewise. Do rot tell the editor
to send you the paper, without paying, and
when you get to owe two or three dollars
tell your friends who speak Of it, that it
will burst up one Of these days. Tho way,
under Buoh etato of the case, to keep u
paper from bursting up" is for each subi
scriber to keep the editor books free from
charges against himself Once we had I'd
| close, and on posting up, found that we
had booked and outstanding somo 5000
| more than wo had capital invested. This
| thing of applying the credit system to tho
| newspaper business may be likened TO u
u
man. The sum each owes for bushel does
not seem of any account to the debtor, but
! tile aggregate Of these bushels may make OF
| break the poor deliver in the soil.
$. If you have father, mother, brother,
sister or friend of any kind, residing at a
distance, and are able, subscribe, pay for
and send them a copy.
| A. If you have any printing you wish
doue do not :" jew the editor down to d
starvation price, and when lie comes to
make a purchase of you "spike on tho
tariff" H
5. If youhave any advertising or job work
you wish dono, take il to Sour county pa
per, except perhaps you wish to advertise
| in more than one paper
| 8. Do not run off to the city to get your
handbills, labels, cards, &o., printed, 10.
cause, forsooth, you can got reduction of
a iew cents IN price. Support your own
as you wish to bo supported. man who
is always running away from home with
his business, littlo deserves the patronage
of the community in which he lives; and
as far as we are concerned, such will re.
oeivo the cold shhoulder"
Z. lfyou have the control of legal ,adyer;
tising, send il to your friend, This kind OF
business pays better than any other, aud
the more you can send to the editor OF your
paper, The better for him aud il. In pro-
portion to the amount of the receipts of d
paper, is an editor enabled to make it USE
ful, amusing and entertaining to the COM
munitv in which it is published,
g. Do not expect much OF paper when
an editor is driven TO be his own oompos,
itor, proof rea ler, prcssman and devil"
and has TO run all over town every FORE
noon in the vain search for "quarter " to
buy something for his dinner. p
9. DO not expect the editor to mako hon
orablo mention of you or your business
every few weeks for nothing. The space
in paper, and a mans time, are wor,l
something and every notice comes back e
tho drawer of the recipient in dollars ane
cents. An editor should not be allowed ia
go hungry, barebacked, or barefooted
They eat drink and wear just like other
people.
10. "Finally, my brethren if yon wish
} to properly sustain your county paper, t,
live the balance Of your days in peace Will
God and man. and occupy seat in Para
disc after death, practice the Golden Rule
I" DO unto others as You would wish they
would do unto you, under like circum
stances.