Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-18

The editor Of the Essozr;He Rssklv Press ana
Messenger is making extrnordinary efforts 70 extend
its circulation. Having but little merit 30 recon-
mend it to the favorabe consideration or the peo-
pie cheepasSs has been reeorted to TO atEn the OBJ
ject, and the paper is offered to subscribers
Fstes-st 81 20 cents per annum, and where fifty
copies sent 10 one address, for 81 The question
here arises how can be make it pay Let Us ex-
plain little Ramage s Co. are the publishers Of
two dailies-the Knoxville DAILY Press md Herald
and the Chattanooga Daily Antsrica5s UIiioa--and
three weeklies-the Press and Messenger at Knox
ville the American UIsion at Chattanooga and the
North Georgia Citizen, at Dalton, Ga. The three
latter are all struck of from the sare form, and
save the heading, the local advertisements, and
few local items, the news and political matter in
each il identcally the same. You may subscribe
for the Press and Messenger and you can find re-
print Of the same by picking up either the Chatts-
nooga Union or the North Georgia Cfstzssi It viii
be that the type is only set up once to strike of
one daily and three wesklies. This is Yaakee fnau-
oiering sud Yankee swindling. They try the OK
pertinent and if IL does not pay they can suspend
and make money by the operation. Nothing easier.
They Owl p.pers at Knoxville and Chattanooga,
and want 70 try and moRopolize the whole business
in East Tennessee. Should they get 10000 subscri-
bers which they say they want, that would be some
something over $4,000 in money. That much
money might create disposition on the part Of the
most honest editor to travel. Men who publish q
paper for one dollar never own any real estate and
are swsys at home when they out of doors with
their hats on. A weekly paper that is not worth
81 per snnum is not worth taking out OF the post
Office.
The whole Joint stock concern, we believe, above
alluded to, sTe Yankees. They have been engaged
in the publishing business in East Tennessee ever
since the close Of the wsr-they have uniformly
been treated with courtesy and due respect by the
press Of the State, and we regret TO see them now
showing the cloven foot by adopting 3 system. Of
which IL hOund IN
disastrousy TO the printing interest throughout the
State Nothing better could be expected from set
of adventures who have no common interest in the
country save the putting Of a few psltry dimes in
their own pockets If they could not raise the wind
and compete for success with their brethren of the
press, they should have bowed of their dogs and
quit. Instead Of that they prefer to adopt system
Of sneakery,n which is dsreputable to journalism,
and should be condemned by the entire press Of the
State.
The above we take from the Cleveland Banner a
Conservative paper, and publish it showing that
Conservative brethren do not always "dwell to-
gether in unity
The structures Of the BGnsr as TO 'alsGeie bidding
would have more force if not coupled with denun-
citation of whole section or race. As well had the
Banner deuounce all Tennesseeans or Southrons be-
cause a couple Of Tennesseeans or Southern born
men did wrong, as all " Yankees because a couple
of Northern men violate the courtesies and smeni-
ties of journalism.
We have no idea that our neighbors will sus-
pend aud arayel, but their plan Of making three
papers out of one, and thus reducing subscription
below actual cost of material aud labor is in viola
ton Of all the oourteses Of the profession and dis
creditable 10 journalism. This is, however Con.
sentative fight. A certain number Of people will
take Conservative paper and, personally, it is Of
no consequence TO Radical Journalist what Con
serystiYe s patronized.