Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-06-30

Thus reviewing the results of our toll an
labor for the benefit of our future citizens
their happiness and content, we may well e1
pect, on their part, some substantial ackiow
edgement in the support of our respectiv
establishments, irrespective OF party feeling
And now l come to point to which [ hav
already alluded, in the commencement of m
remarks. All over this and the old ceuntr
there ls now movement in progress who's
main tendency is that labor should receiv
its proper reward. Every older pubIishe
will agree with me that especially in a ney
country like these western states, which. t
a great extent, are not yet very thickly set
tied, publishers especially, very seldom re
ceive the due reward for their labor, on
publication system being so arranged tha
delinquent subscribers who won't paw. hardl
can be reached: so that the annual losses O
most of the publishers often more than bal
ance their earnings. Our Association havin,
also the mutual protection of its mebers il
view, 1t is perhaps well to conside
the German system of subscribing to pub
lie journals, which not only warrants to th
publisher every cent due him for subscrip
tion, but yields also q ht " income to th'
government. Under r. government ar
rangement in Germany - publisher fur
nishes all papers subscribed for beyond hi
district of delivering, to the postoffice of the
publication place in such numbers as are or
dered by said postoffiee for the different
postofices in the interior, who never order a
paper unless the subscription price is paid tC
them in advance, the government adding
thereto the quarterly postage, and retaining
this money up to the close of the quarter
On the first Of the next quarter the publisher
presents his bill to the postmaster Of the
publication place who pays the whole
amount without delay, deducting only about
20 per cent. for the safe delivery OF the pa
pers by the letter carriers or country mes
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next quarter are already collected by the diff
ferent country postmasters, and sent to the
postmaster of the publication place, who, on
his part, orders the gross amount rom the
publisher, who has moth ,ng e'6e to do ottan to
fold the papers aud put them up in pf 2kages
corresponding with the numbers orue?ed by
the several country post na IS and proper
ly address such paeka ges. You WI perceive,
at once, that, by this syssa.n, no pub sher
can sustain any losses; and the perceni 1ge
retS med by the post Office dep tment,
which. N II is country, Gaa and ought ttEbe
cons derably lower tlan twenty per cent,
WI never re- ch the mount which the pub
Usher now has to lose, either by bad sub
SCI iDers, interest Oh collec on fees; wh1'e at
the same time the govel nment would have
an extra income, whose amount by the inn
mense number and quantity OF pub'icat Ons
in this county hardly can he estimated. It
the paper is po pular, the subscriptions gen
orally will be renewed, as the quarterly pre-
payment is eas. .er to be made, and, to most
Of u en- more convenient than annual pay
ments; and # falling off Of subscribers
should be observed, the publisher has it still
in his power to increase his
CIRCULATION again, either by the
ssue of proper circulars reminding
.he subscribers of their neglect, or by agents;
.he only difference from the present manner
IF procuring subscribers being this, that the
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money himself, has to see that it is paid to
5ne postmaster of the localities, which mode
II pay lnent, in case OF rev subscriptions
jhe sui 9criber VII the m, prefer as the
government is a sure guarc tee that he vii!
'eceive his paper promptly during the tenn
or which he has paid.
hope you will consider this proposition
closely, and well calculate upon it; and if you
ind That it would be practicable and work
we'll. as I have no doubt it will, then to invite
he Publishers Associations of the Sta es to
Irite with us in petitioning Congress 70 the
of a law to carry ouG the project;
which | have no doubt Congress will prompt
y do as soon as they find that it will increase
5he income of the Post Office Department. to
4 great and very acceptable extent.
In conclusion, | Wisn that this Association
may take hold of the proposition, digest it
we'll, and if considered desirable and bene-
icial reform, take the lead in carrying it out.
Anu Ill bcCOn npJlSHeu, anu NOrhinS wen all
over the county, we can then, at future
meetings, with pride look back to the meet.
ing of the Editorial Association of Wisconsin
at Oshkosh in 1862
ANNUAL POEM.
The following poem, an extract from one
was sent III by DR.. J. w.
Hoyt, of Madison, who, through some mis-
understanding, did not write one specially
for the occasion, as it was expected he
would:
HEROES OF LIFE.
Dur war has had end, and wars will end
And this, pageants that have gone befoIc,
Will leave no trace of all the glittering show
That stood in radiance of the morning sun,
When armies moved and victories won
Where grand as forests old of Tyrian flame,
With sacred fires agloW.
And not one hero out of all our hosts
OF whom the generations will not say.
Behold what greatness from the earth
Has passed awayl'
And say, at length, cit is the last
AS latest foot of soldier shall descend
To crowd the muffied chambers of the dead
With heroes of the times that come no more
To shake the continents with BATTLEFRONT.
Shades of our fathers will it come to this,
That deeds heroic from the earth will fail,
And hero-worship from the heart die out?
No, by the faith in Him we do not name,
By all the vanished years of proud acclaim
1t cannot be
That men are builded to the gracious hight
OF nobleSt worth
Only through thoughts that N the centuries,
Only through deeds that ring und the world.
Give Faith and Arms
Their high behest
OF earth's alarms
And affairs best.
Noblest and bravest of these mighty kin
Must purge themselves of every guile
n npir n
Before the unmarshaled heroes yet uncroWned-
Heroes of Life! whom never trumpet blast
Called to front rank of glory or of gain
Upon the dsis of this mortal scene.
The men aud women, noble, that is all,
Who answer deily to the Masters call
Heroes of Life, who keep the worlds by-ways
Renewed in purity and bloom
By gracious odor of their own fair lives.
Masters of self, with aims inborn,
OF greater souls than circumstance.
And equal to the hour,
When all temptations ply their devilish arts,
To find them trodden under footof scorn,
And still behind the thrones of life,
These are the power.
This is the highest. He who needs the faith
That lifts the soul beyond this mortal ken
To help him bear the ills he may not miss,
Or he whose bravery is of starry flags,
Is only half hero. Faith and Arms
Have each their pageants. Not the less
Do crowns allure us and victorious palms
Wave anthems that appeal to fainting hearts
Because they glitter in that far serene
We name eternity than does the pomp
Of hosts with banners, lefame and steel,
If tleee have not their heroes, why, the world
Is svraightway dumb with wondering.
But when the least of all this peopled earth
Accepts the narrow lot
Where, do his best It's very narrow still;
And does his best
And murnaurs not,
Or when the manhood of noble man
Stands up alone and keeps the one highway,
Though Fame may brush the paths he viii not take
And for its own great sake,
In counsel of himself
AS in the market place.,
Still wears the honor of an honest face,
Come look at it; it bears the light,
This 6feat good thing,
Which, being good alone is grand
Right for the sake of right.
No wonder life so oft distrusts the sight
Life does not understand
A hero unawares,
With heroism worn so royalty,