Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-03-13
I" Your Home Paper. /"


The following articles in reference to. Sup
porting ''your home paper, are worthy the
careful perusal of every man who has at
heart the welfare and improvement OF the
county in which he resides On this sub
ject the Chicago Repu5licaa says:
"What tells us so readily the standard of town
city as the appearance of its paper! And Its
youth and age can as well be defined by the OBJ
serving by glance at its newspaper, as if a
personal observation had been made. The enter
prise of its citizens depicted by its advertise
rsents. their liberia by the looks of the paper
Some papers show good, solid. healthy founda-
ton plethoric purses. and "a well todo appear
ance generally; others slow striving to contend
with the grasping thousands around them, trying
bard to wrench out an existence from the close.
listed community around them. An occaslonai
meteoric display in its columns OF teiegrapnic or
local, or Of editorial, show what II can 10 IL IL
had the means. but cannot continue In the expen-
sive work until support comes, which ought to be
readily granted. newspaper is ike Church
it wants fostering at the commencement, and for
few years, then. as general thing, 1t can Walk
alone and reflect credit upon its location Take
your home paper; it gives You more news oil I'M
mediate interest than the New York or other DIS
tant papers: it talks for you when no other VIII
speak in your favor when other localities belle
you it stands up for your rights you always have
a champion in your h ONE paper; and those who
stand up for you should certainly be well sustain
q.
you mast rise or fall together. Therefore it is
your interest to support your home paper not
grudgingly, but liberal spirit, as a pleasure
not disagrseable duty. but as an investment
that will amply repay the expenditure "
The Cleveland Plaiadealer, in referring
to the same subject, urges the necessity Of
supporting ''your home pap in still
stronger terms than the above. The PLAIN
dealer says:
-. 1t matters not how many newspapers man
takes his list is incomplete without his home pa
per- Every ritizsn acho wishes cetf for hts local
itn, should gice generons support to ms Aoms
paper. If that paper is not just such as be would
wish. he should feel that imsef and neighbors
| are responsible, in measure, for its short COM
| ings. Give paper liberal support an active
sympathy, and it will instantly respond to such
manifestations Let editor feel that his efforts
| are appreciated and he is the most responsive be
ing on earth his paper. being part Of himself,
he is sensitive to praise or censure rs doting
father. Nothing supply The place Of the
home paper. 1t is the mirror in VIII ch the town
and ighborhood news is reflected; in the social
political and religious circle where printed. it lls
a place that no other paper can. When a need of
| economy eompeis yom to c~rtaA yomr newspaper
last, STRIKE OFF EVERY OTHER ONE before you say
to the publisher of your home journal-'stop m
paper"
Here we have the testimony of two city
papers, as to the value of {" home paper"
in advancing the business interests of the
community in which it is published. The
| Ratindealer says, IF economy compels you to
''curtail your newspaper list, strike off ece,y
otser one, before you say to the publish
ser of your home journal, stop nsy paper, ="
because nothing can supply ats place" but
this is not always done. For instance, we
could name quite number Of persons who
| have done just the reverse-who couldn' t
| afford to take many papers, who s'were
taking city paper and hence stopped
their home paper" and we presume this
is the experience Of nearly every country
editor. That these meu have the right to
stop their paper, is true; but it frequently
happens that they are prominent members
of the party to which they belong, and when
there is an opportunity for party preferment,
they are the first to seek that preferment,
and the first to ask the editor, whose paper
they have stopped, to use his influence in
their behalf thus acknowledging the value OF
the ''home paper" over the city paper when
party ends are to be obtained, and yet they
are too poor to take their home jour
nal. :" Now, for such men. under the cir
cumstances, to ask the 6 home" editor to
advance their interests in preference to that
of others, is, to say the least, anything but
just and fair. A generous minded man will
not do so He will take his local county
paper in preference to all others, and then,
when he has favor to ask of its editor, he
can do so with clear conscience, and with
the hope that his request will be cheerfully
complied with.