The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1868-07-25
Newspapers Patronage.

We found in an Ohio exchange the
other day and article on the above
subject, which fully explains the
situation of things in regard to the
printing business. AT this particular
iuncture it may not be amiss to print /
the article of our Ohio ootemporary,
commencing it especially to those for
whom such articles written:
One man comes in and subscribes
for the paper and pays'for i in adj
vance, and goes home and reads It'll
with the proud satisfaction that it Is
his. He hands in his advertisement,
asks the price, pays for it, and goes to
his place of business, and reaps the
advantage thereof. This is newspa,
per patronage.
Another man says, "you may put
my name on your books, goes off
without saying word about pay.
| Times passes on, and you want money,
faud ask him to pay what is honestly
| due you. He flies into a passion,
perhaps pays, perhaps not, and orders
his paper stopped. This is called
newspaper patronage.
| Another man has been subscriber
a long time, but has never paid a
cent, and at last becomes tired of you
and wants a change. Does he call
and pay2 Oh, no He wants his
money to pay for his city paper. He
will pay you after a while, he says.
But he never does unless you sue
him. And this, too, is called news.
paper patronage.
Another man brings in a fifty cent
,, advertisement, and wants two dol,
lars notice given it, and if you refuse
! he goes off mad. And this is calico
e newspaper patronage.
/, Another man lives near yQu-ht
does not take the papor-he dom
like the editor the paper is toc
. small for him-yet he goes regularly
, to his neighbors' and reads it, ant
finds fault with it, and quarrels Will
the opinions of the editor. Occasion
ally he sees an article he likes, ant
f begs or gives half a dime for thC
number. This is called newspape
patronage.
Another man takes two OR thre
, city papers and cannot afford to taxi
n home paper, but he likes it an
: comes into the office and begs on
If wherever he is in town. This, also
Is is called newspaper patronage.
u Another man likes the paper; h
!. takes a copy for himself and family
"a aud pays for it, aud does all he ca
F to get new Eubscaibers-he neve
= grumbles, but always has a cbeerfl
- word for the editor. If any ittl
: item Of interest occurs in the neigt
a hood he informs the editor. This
! newspaper patronage.
y Another man has a patent an
~ wants you to give it two doll
~ ~ notice every week "it will be
ii interest to your readers, he say.
an but, although knowing it will bene.
NJ him most Of all, he does not offer
a5 pay for it. This is called neEspap
IN patronage.
a Another man has taken the pap
~ several years, but has not paid for
"a. and comes in with four or five do
ba lar advertisement, aud asks you to i
ed sert it for nothing, because he is g
r = old patron of yours" This is cali
newspaper patronage.
on Another mana young m
~ about town"-no use of his taking
,rv paper, he knows all that is going .
md By,apd>bye he gets married s
mr. hands in the notice with 'just ha
al. me dozen copies. He gets the
YER and when you mention pay, he loo
the surprised-"you surely do not char
nst for such things p And this is cal
ON newspaper patronage.
be Another man (bless you, it does
,Ia good to see such men), comes in !
nm. says The year for which | paid
aaa about to expire, | want to pay for
9ti, other" He does so and retires. I
.pts is newspaper patronage.
he'd Now, isn't newspaper patronag
'nts courious thing? Aud that great !
,ed when the Gentleman in Back gets
If due--as he surely will--how many
the the patrons enumerated above J
,5s fall to his share Now it will
NH seen that while certain kinds Of !
ronage is the very life and existe
tied of a newspaper, there are other ki
.c;s Of patronage that are more destrue
ro. than the deadly night shade.
rross Reader where do you stand ?
tno The Mute Detective.
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