The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-11-25
Re miniscences of the Press--NO..9.
BY THE EDITOR.

signing hi mseIl ID n. Patterson. U y maTsHal,
N. II. D istrict as Messenger" This gentle
| man, IL seems il aIrunging-''wilh Oihcrs"-the
rather disjointed financial affairs of j. X. Bar
rett d Co., "adjudged bankrupLs upon I'D eir
! own petitions" This firm has become known
TO Gr,e through the medium Of Tic press
This communication from J. n. p, was very
! interesting TO US, and as we 10 ll0Ned down us
| close ~ Printed cOlumns-six OF theln-ahd IL
mlliar names met our sight, we coGlI hot Silllle
of the DemDcrata a good fellow, b ut Democrat,
so il we're worse tlon folly to waste consolation
! on A i'm. especallysas he g:ts lhe county pfllt-
! lng Nhich Is ''fat take. Van save by tlat
letter he is better of tlIan lie thought, having
| only lost an x when he thought it was 4 V
more Then there was Bond Of the Gazette. Now
the Gazeiie man is jolly sort of fellow and we
| know he eniOved That letter. Lots of fun to
read that long list of yictlmized brothers of the
Quill Putnam and tue Register man-their
names are there. Hl Ina la The former
also enjoys the P. ?. which b'ing written meons
public print ing. The latter is neutral" so we
presume he will say nothing abn : the matter.
We wonder if Wilsonffound any poetry in
that communication, or ii the Jackson STANDARD
found food for" Random Thoughts. In coming
Years IL will form the foundation for a. lew
Personal Recollectons." However We cAn1ot
enunlerate oil the familiar'nanes lound in this
letter and ''desist.
What lesson is taught us by this bankrupt
notification We expect there Is no printer
but can anBwcr. What is the remedy? CdI in
adr ance. This round did not cost much, and does
not hurt very badly that is we will not have
I o suspend in cGpst stQCcnCG-but In the pocket
Of the bankrupt II Is quite an item.
Little ssreGms Of water,
Little gains Of sand, &C., &c"
We W ere caught tliis timy' but declare 1t wns
no fault of ours, as what we did was under an
old contract made with our "ustrous prede-
cessor. - II foreign patent medicine men, and
ether foreign advertisers 20 "up In a balloon"
they shall not be able in the future to poke fun
at us We make no contracts with these fellows
that do not give us our Ry in advance, and II
they are not inc Iii cd to do this they NAV look
e scwhere for their Victims we are not dcsirous
Of being ne Of them. Let the press establish
til { cash system with those fellows, let them
| learn to expect II and there will be no lengthy
communications frUm U. s. Marshals
Mr. Barrett 81 Co. have shamefully robbed
| the lpts LAtt, West, North and South, in city
and village, ,t0rd then politely request MS TO con-
tin ue The advertisement as they intend to pros
eeute the business in the future. We will ad-
vertlse for lhtm If they ray us In ddrance not
otherwise An honest house CAP be contracted
with upon thc cash principle; dishonest one
may want tlme--to break
swindlers, Barrett Il Co. In that notice they
claim to owe&9. 90. This Is mistake They
only owe Inc "a 90.
have I'D good deal Of experience with
advertising agencies, and advertisers at dis
tance, and Ipropose to make this Barret case
the text for few remarks upon ;he subject.
lrartly now get swindled by any foreign ud.
vertisers. almost invariably demand payne nj
in advance, or some security.
Some two years Ogo man came into my
oflic and SOld he desired TO get short adver
tisement one year, for Barrett Il Co. He pro
pos ed to pay me quarterly. We agreed up0r
twelve dollars, three dollars to be paid every
three months told him that was not &C
qualnted wi th Barrett e. Co.. and must hayt
payment In Advsnce, or security. He said i
would be perfectly safe, as he had left the medl
cine for sale at DR.. Mller's Drug Store, ln Jack
son. When the advertisement had been in th
paper three months, | wrote to Barrett 4 Co
that three dollars was now due Igot'nO an
swer. In month wrote again, when The,
answered SAYING that they had sent me th
money. | wrote again, telling them hnt
never recc ved IT, They then wrote very
lnsolent eter, saying they had sent the money
and they believed had received II. was then
convinced that they were swlndlers, and | wen
: to Miler'S to see what amount Of their medicine
was there, ns / intended to attach 1t. But
found that Miller had bought the medicine, ant
that the agent had lied TO me about leaving I
there to be sold n commission. aft erward
made inquiry at Portsmouth Ironton, and otheI
p places, but In every instance they had sold tn
medicine, and | could find nothing to attach
So took out their advertisement. For Yea
or more afterwards saw "Barretts" advestlset
In nearly every paper nl over the country.
was satisfied that they would all be more heavl,
swindl ed than had been. And these bankrup
notices prove this TO have been the case,
II publishers demand advance payment in al
cases they sometimes lose profitable advertls
ing. Many papers are started up and soon fail
SO advertisers also have TO he careful Whel
George P, RowCll & Co. first proposed to nd
vertl Sc with me, they agreed to pay in advance
We agreed upon the price, and they sent OF
their advertisements. l sent them back, an(
wrote that they must send the money before tn
advertis sements. could go Into the paper. The,
returned the advertisements, saying that is sool
as they received the first copy of tho paper con
talnlng the advertisements they would send til
money. But II WNs afraid TO trust them tha
far they were afraid TO trust me, crushe,
their letter and advertisements In my hand ant
aimed to throw them In the hre They strucl
the CRATE and fell into the Osh pan. Aiter look
Ing over thei balance Of my mail noticed
the BUNCH Of papers not burned, aud picke'
them up, sLulghtened out the advertisement
and had thtm inherited They were paid for
aud since that time have done several hundred
dollars worth Of advertising for this firm, all o
which has been paid for
once made contract with a frm In Pitts
burgh, to advertise sewing machine, They
pro missed to ray me five dollars just as soon ~
they received the paper containing the flrs
Insertion Of the advertisement, | seut them lht
paper, aud wrote them several times, but have
never heard of them sllco. That was more than
year ago
These are some Of the difficulties with which
have met In dealing with foreign advertisers.
Edward KetChnm.