The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-02-17
NewspsperP Patronage.

Three years experiences In the news-
aper business, says an exchange, has
Onvinced us that the term Hnewspa-
per patronage" will admit of many,
definitions, and thatmany, very many,
are ignorant of its correct meaning.
One man comes and subscribes for
the paper and pays for it in advance,
and goes homeiwith the proud salts
faction ofknoWing that It Is his He
hands in his advertisement, asks the
price, and pays, for It, goes to his
place of business and reaps the ad-
vantage thereof. This Is his under
standing Of the words, newspaper
patronage
i Another man says: "You may
pot mysname Cd the book and goes
of without saying a word about pay.
Time flies away and you want him to
payyons what Is honestly your due.
: He gets mad, perhaps he pays and
perhapa not, and orders his paper
: afopped This is another kind of
: ~"neBspaper patronage"
Another has been a subscriber q
I long time. ] He has read your paper
forSyears without paying q red for it,
andzcomes tearing into the Office once
ayear, and wants to know
hoH It comes he "got NJ paper last
week" BE goes off without saying a
word ahent what he has owed you SO
long. he finally wants a city paper.
Hetellsst the postmaster he don't want
your paper any longer, and you'll get
q paper; returned marked refused.
But does he call and pay your Oil
mo, he wants his money to pay for his
city paper--he can't get that without
paying for it in advance. He says he
viii pay you after awhile, But never
does nnlesa you see him. This too, is
called newspaper patronage.
Another man wants a fifty cent adj
vertisement and wants you to "throw
in" a 81. 90 puff, and if you refuse he
goes offmad. Thisis a very common
Kind Of newspaper patronage
Another man lives near you-he
don't like the editor-and the paper
/, l. too small for him-yet he begs his
neighbors and reads it, and finds fault
with and quarrels with the opinion of
the editor. This is the meanest kind
Of newspaper patronage"
Another man takes two or three city
papersb but cannot afford to take his
home paper, but he likesit, and comes
into the Office on publication day
picks up q copy, and walks out with
it. This is also newspaper patron
age.p
Another man likes the paper, he
takes a copy for himself and family,
and pays for it, and does all he can to
get subscrbers-he never grumbles,
but alawys has a cheerful word for
the editor. IF little item occurs in
his neighborhood, he informs you of
it This is newspaper patronage"
Another man has a patent of some
kind and wants you to give it a two
dollar notice every week, cit will be
of interest to your readers" he says !;
but although knowing at the same
time It will benefit him most of all,
yet he does not offer to pay for it.
This is called Newspaper patron
age"
Another man has taken the paper
for years without paying for it, and
brings in a ten dollar advertisement,
and wants yon to insert it "because he
is an old patron" This is called
newspaper patronage"
Another mania young mar
about toWnr-no use of his taking q
paper, he knows all that is going on.
BY and by he gets married and hands
in the notice with '.just hand me q
dozen copies" He gets them, and
when you mention pay, he looks sur
prised-you surely do not charge fol
such things" And this is called
newspaper patronage"
Another man (bless you it does III
good to see such menu comes in and
says : '.the year for which I paid, il
about to expire I want to pay for an
1other, and want to renew the ones
am sending to my friends "baek east
This is newspaper patronage
Now, isn't newspaper patronage 6
curious thing? IF this hits any of oul
subscribers in a tender spot we cannot
help it. Let them pay, and avoid
these plain facts We have a perfect
knowledge of all these various kind:
of newspaper patrons