The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-12


Under the above caption, tho Her.
aid Of last week, INDUCES in the
following
Those County papers that get one
eide Of each issue printed outside Of
the county in which they are published
are somewhat interested in the follow
ing decision Of the Post Office Depart.
meut-as also are their subscribers
County papers must be printed and
published ~ The COUNTY 20 permit them
70 pass free through the mails under
section l5l, laws Of 1866. Apaper, one
half of which is printed in another
county, does not ZONE within the mea.
ming Of this section"
How are you inside out over the
way p
This is a spicy CD little itom and,
rs the Herald man thought, full of.
the most nutritious meat for his
consumption. After hsndiug 1t to
tho compositor, wo doubt rot hut
that be retired to the privacy orhis
editorial Sdncium SdHct0rum, and in.
dulged in avarlcious speculations
regarding the future. flo ioresnw
10 n certainty tho utter ruin Of the
Conservative man and, "a n conso-
quenco, his eyes and mouth wide
open, he gloatcd on the prospect Of
his being able TO increase his already
almost intolcrablo charges for Az
vertisirg, Job Work, &c. "Ah -
says he, IL have tho thing now in
my own hands. III sOon havo no
competition in Morgan County. I'll
get all the Advertising and Job
Work and won't I make he Deop's
pay for It," Such q sollloquy, we
doubt not, passed through his mind,
and, undoubtedly, afforded him n
great deal Of qualification.
But dreams arc dreams tho world
over and, rs n rulc, the dreamer
wakes mp to find, to his utter as-
constituent, that they always 90 by
contraries and this day-drcam Of
the Herald man, strange as it may
appear, must be placed IN the same
category for, on Investigation of
the Postal Laws of 1866, We find
section l5l, the one referred to N
the Heral'fS item, to read as fol>
lows
CSC. l5l-LAws OF 1886 If postage
is partly prepaid, the unpaid postage
will be charged at the prepaid rates
After reading what the Herald
man publishes above. as a decision
of the Post Office Department, on
section ISL oftho Laws Of 1866, and
then reading tho section 151 itself,
what conclusion must any -aneman
como TOT No Other conclusion can
be arrived at, but that the Post OF.
flee Department NEVER male any
such decision, and that the Herald
man clipped the item from some cx-
change, took for granted that 1t
was true, and published 1t with tho
intention Of building up his bust
ness by running ours. THINK of it,
reader | The Herald man asserts
that the Post Office Department has
rendered n decision saying that a
certain class OF County newspapers
shall not pass free through the mails
under section l5l of the Laws Of
1866, and On reading SAID section
you find that 1t does not empower
any newspaper, County or other
wise, to pass tree through the mails,
and in fact has not the word "free"
IN it A Post Master General who
would render such a decision on
section 1851, aforesaid, would be fiji
only for an insane asylum, or Ia
ill PYLE's position in the Herald
office. The whole matter is absurd
on IT'S face.
The Conservative, or MS the gontle-
manly q Mr.. Pyle calls it, the IN,
side out" is giving the Herald Of
Ace n great deal Of trouble. While
II 10 conducted on a system that en-
ables ii to do legal, and all other
kinds of Advertising, at from thir-
ty.three 10 ono hundred per cent
cheaper than the Herald while il
~ furnished subscribers, when paid
for in advance, at .one dollar and
fifty cents a year, the Herald char
GEES two dollars; at the same time il
contains more reading matter than
the Herald. Those facts cAn be sub
stantiated TO the satisfaction ofany
one who will inquire into the mat
TOR. For instance, the Herald char
ges four dollarS, cash in advance,
for publishing an ordinary Road