The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-08-24
Patronizing Home.

Patronizing Home.
There seems to be general waking
up all over the State by county com mis-
sioners in regard to the system Of pro-
curing blanks and stationery abroad
1t is full time that this matterswas re-
ceiving the attention of officials every
where. We have no objections to coun-
ty officers purchasing their blanks away
from home. when it can be done to ad
vantage, but where they have printers
possessing all the facilities to furnish
this class of work at as low figures and
printed in rs good . mAaAey.z they
should have the preference in all cases.
!: The Commissioners of Franklin county
have passed the following sensible or
der upon the subject:
ssOrdered by the Beard that all coun.
ty officers are hereby required to have
all the printing for their Offices within
the county, as far as the same can be
done; otherwise, no ozzOwaaess for the
! same will be made by this Board from
and after this date, and the County Au-
ditor is required to give said officers
proper notice. Northern 1ndianian.
We are glad that the county press has
! commenced drawing attention to the
system of swindling carried on between
county officers, Wholesale stationers
and large city printing houses. It has
| assumed gigantic proportions, and
should be checked forthwith. Agen ts
of the houses referred to frequently pay
| a bonus to conn.y officials to secure the
! work, and they secure it at prices that
justify the arrangement, = and leave
paying profit beside. Country offices
are thus cheated out of large proper
ton of the. county printing, ,n and the
money sent off out of the county to swell
the purses of the rich and grasping few.
, The agents Of these houses sneak about
and through court houses like evil gen.
fuses, robbing, clutching at every dime
that is comeatable, and virtually rob
bing the country publisher, who labors
continually in the local interest Of the
county. :; ..e.5,sfs,,,sf
We have long thought the system to
be an outrage upon the rights of pub
fishers. True, there are many country
offices that have not suitable presses
| for printing the blanks used by the
county officials, but every such Office.
with the assurance of. getting the coun-
| ty printing, would be enabled to buy
the necessary presses and material; and
would not this be much better than to
leave the Auditor, Clerk. Treasurer and
Sheriff at liberty to make any and all
q
these largo city monopolies. The same
rule will apply to all other branches of
| industry, and if adopted generally will
correct a great evil. Patronize your
| home papers as you should do, and
their advertising columns will not di-
rect your citizens to city houses, where
! they can obtain the articles you have to
SELL Starve5 them and they will seek
patronage elsewhere. There lis scarce.
ly town in Indiana where . newspa-
per is published, that could not sustain
la paper we'll, but where one business
man advertises, two do not. 81 This pros
titutes the press to the use of patent
| medicine men and foreign advertisers.
and ruins the local trade of the place.
To dry up every thing of that kind, and
give a healthy tone to home business,
patronize home industry and it will pat.
ronize YOU Manufacturer and Miner,
Clay County, Ind. 4o saa55gnI oaI