The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-12-10
THE HOME PAPER.

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THE HOME PAPER.
Isg As time is approaching when our
country friends make their arrange
mepts for reading matter for the new
year, we take orcasion to say a few
plain words on Hasutject Of impor-
tance, at least TO us. In starting
out we insist that every family should
have their home Journal and where
rcircumstanecs VIII admit, should also
take a first class city weekly, as il is
Impossible with the limited space al
his command, for the country editor
to even briefly notice all 1nportaat
events as they transpire. l-s % .ITs.
- THE CHEAP WEEKLY. .s5nb
30 The principal argument used N fa-
Iyerof the city weekly is ita-cheap :
ness, only Sl150rs ar Sl55aa year 10
clubs even less, 5while, the. nOantry pa +.
per, not as large as either, costs SO. 90
or 2.5Q.ns Without stopping to exam
inc if there be any cause for the dif-
ference in price, some persons at each
postofice at once sets out to get up a
club for the city weekly. n ''a
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q Gnr yrl THE DfFFERENcE;s ;sI, -l.l
New let US see how it is. that the
city papers are afforded at such low
rates, for their rates are very low, and
furnish reading matter that lin any
other shape would cost ten times as
much. Reason: Outside of the cost.
of white paper, ink and mailing, the
city weeklies cost the city publishers
nothing; while the entire cost of
type-setting, press-work, paper, ink,
mailing, of6ee-rent, fuel, Q etc., is ad-
ded to the cost of the.country pub
lisher's paper The type is all set
up and paid for on the daily paper
Of the city publisher, and it is merely
transferred TO the weekly, while the
pressman being hired by the week !,
receives nothing additional on the
weekly so that all the city. printer
receives above. the first. cost of white
paper, ink and mailing, is so much
clear gain, and he can therefore make
m)re money by furnishing his paper.
as low as S1.25 than the country pub
Usher can at SO year. I'd AZ
. ANOTHER ITEM.
Again, the city publisher issues
from ten to one hundred thousand
copies of his paper weekly while the
country. publisher counts his sub
scribers at between one and two
thousand only, his sheet being con-
sjdered as in a very fcurishing con-
dition if its circulation comes within
FIVE hundred of the later fgures.-
Ten cents profit on each yearly sub
scriber gives the city publisher a
handsome income, while the same
profit on the country publishers list
would not pay his rent, The country
publisher is paid just when it is most
convenient for the subscriber, and in
altogether too frequent instances it
never happens to be convenient;
the city publisher. receives his pay
in advance, has no bad debts, and
has money to Workion during the
year. His advertising counts him
from one to two dDllars per line; the
country publisher is considered very
"hard in the mouth, if he charges
two dollars. for twenty line vendue
advertisement. We might go on and
fill the column with. comparisons of a
similar character, but it is useless. q
ia =aI BE FAIR ABOUT. IT. @.'
a. We only ask our friends, when
they hear their heighbors, who bor-
row their paper, complaining because
it cost 50 mach and they can get a city
SO much cheaper, to just set them
thinking on the facts stated above
Also ask them when they want
marriage or death notice published,
why they don't send it to the city pa
per; turn about is fair play, you know,
and it's poor rule that won't work.
both ways. We don t offer heavy pre-
miums for new Subscribers; We can't
afford to do so. In order to give our
readers a paper worthy Of their sup.
port, we cannot throw money away
in that shape, our subscription price
being as low as can be afforded, We
want all the new subscribers we can
get, and will feel duly thankful to
our friends for any efforts in our be-
half that they may make, but ind it
impossible to give them all gold
watches, sewing machines, or shot
guns for their services.
FINALLY.
The man whose spirit in favor Of
supporting his home paper is so weak
that it surrenders for fifty cents a
year, should be thankful that lis
neighbors have more liberal ideas, or
very few of the presentcountry week
lies could live at all. Live and let
live, and don't try to starve your
home paper.
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A certain preacher who was aceus-
ed of importing his sermons by the
barrel and remodeling them to suit
the home market, was one Sunday
morning interrupted il a brilliant in
PRODUCTION by the entrance of grave
old gentleman, who seated himsel
close IN the nulnit and listened with