White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1869-05-27
Kansas Newspapers.
The Leavenworth Conservative, alter
r;v;no n list of Kansas pewspspers, says:

The Leaven VI orth Conservative, alter
giving list of Kansas newspapers. says:
We think as many papers at ieas. agve died
In Kansas as there are now published here.
Bot those who have given their attention 20
the business, and who deserved success, have
succeeded. Men who have attend
ed to their papers, and knew what a newspa-
per was-mer like Speer, Thacher, the two
Martins, Miller, Baker. Taylor, Stotier, frou-
~. Murdock, Elliott, Roberts, and others, in
GLIDING several in this city-have not whined
about want of support, although our State is
newly and sparsely settled, and the rivalry has
at times been very great, and unnecessarily
bitter and personal. We have all worked more
for politicians and made more foi them than
We have for ourselves. If we read our exchan.
yes right, that day is over. So far as mere
money making is concerned, there Is not one
of the men we have mentioned who would not
have been richer had he gone to farming,
opened almost any kind of q store, or worked
at a trade, and invested his money in Kansas
lands and city lots. And what has been true
of the last twelve years. will be true of the
next twelve. Still we scribtle.
There is nothing truer than that man
who is not a practical printer. or at least
who is not experienced in the newspaper
business, is out OF his element when he
undertakes to run q newspaper in the
the West. A practical printer will make
q paper live and flourish, where another
person would signally fail.
We have seen many a man, who con-
adhered himself talented. sharp and chee,
ky, undertake to establish 9 paper, and
make it the leading star Of journalism
for . while he went on swimmingly. fell
sure be was soon going to monopolizs
the field. and carried a high hesd; bu'
suddenly be collapsed. and went into OBJ
livion. A man who is not q prsctica
printer. is dependent upon the judgmen
Of some other man in conducting his bu
siness. and Is generally the victim o
some other mans sharp prac,ic or dis
honesty. before be is through with him
1t may all go we'll enough while thing
Nare prosperous; but when an adverse tid
sets in, which all papers must encounter
he is beyond his depth, and goes under
The practical printer is ct home on sucl
occasions. He has himself to depent
Hpou, and knows Just what be is capable
of doing.
There is one thing. referred to in tn
above extract, that amounts almost to
disease with some publishers-and it i
usually found to be those who are no
masters of their business, and who real
ize that the flow of patronage is not suf
fcisnt to satisfy their craving maws. /
is'au incessant whining about insufficien
patronage, and ding -donging the people
to support them. They keep up th'
song increasingly. at all times and upor
all occasions, until it becomes q chronic
nuisance. and disgusts their readers
The public are continually importunet
to patronizs the paper; the community
Is called stingy; the highest encomiuu
tha. is bestowed upon an individual, i
the statement that be patrouizes the pa
per; people are commanded not to dea
with merchants or tradesmen who do no
pstronizs him; aspirants for Office ar
given to understand that their qualifica
tions are to be gauged by the extent t.
which they support him; small retail
dealers OF the town are punched and stir
red up, and told that they ought to ad
vertiss in the same style. manner and ex
tent as the millionaire Wholesale dealer
in the cities-in short. the public or
persistently reminded that their ever
thought and duty, sleeping or waking
sick or well. in joy or sorrow. should b
to devise ways and means to give ir
creased support to his paper.
As for ourself, we have this to say
We have been hard enough up in on
time. but weathered it through. Their
are many persons in town who do nc
take our paper, and Q number of busl
ness men who do not advertise. Will
we have always recommended our read
ers to buy of those who advertise. "
have never yet. by word. hint or slu'
endesvored to keep trade away from an
man because he did not see proper t
take our paper or TO advertise in i
The result is. that ct the end of twelv
years very hard labor, we think we al
at least as we'll of, and have as man
and as true friends. as those who cam
In with q blow. fused and 6zzled for
brief season. and then went into nothing
ness with very loud explosion and
very small stink.
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