The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1871-11-04
The local Press.

Under this heading the Olympia
CIV. T.) Irtbane has an excellent arti-
Gle. from which we extract as fol-
lows:
There Is not Il single paper OH the
Solmd that pays its proprietors the
interest OH the capital invested, and
fair days wages for the time devoted
t. the Iu>ineSs. We are among tho G
who believe that the people appreciate
the press. desire to s,,stain it, and need
oaly to know the facts to apply the
remedy. The coiidu, tors ofthe Soui q
papers are not mei.dicantS. and ask
only their deserts. Let men i'll all
branches of business advertise libcral.y,
and all who now borrow papers and
read them, subscribe and pay for the
papers they prefer, and every publisher
on the Sound wc,i.d receive due COM
,,eIiSatioil for his investment of money
and labor, and work With renewed
zeal for the interest and pro.perity Of
tie people.
The duties Of the local newspapers,
and the advantages derived therefrom
are titus set forth:
1t is his business to present i'll truth
! ftl. and at the same time the most
F.! favorable light, everything calculated
to interest and attract population and
| capital to his vicinity. The conductors
/ of his ..exchanges" sean his columns
with the same careful scrutiny their
| own have received from bim, and they
! repllbli>h whatever Is noteworthy. For
I instance, we. last fail, published two
/ little iteins-one about large Geets, and
another about an immense cabbage,
/ which we saw on different occasions at
the market of Doo!ey s. Rogers. Dur
| in" the next three months we saw
saw those items reproduced in ouF ex-
changes from Maine to Florida. accom-
panied, i'll many instances. with edlto-
rial comments. The notices published
in the several weeklieS of Olympia as
in the I'siban~l of the launch of the
| Itfldrood, with statements of her di-
mensions, are still going the rounds oi
the Eastern press, aud have been the
theme of numerous editorials, calling
attention to the unprecedented ship
building facilities OF Puget Sound.
| This system Of exchanges Is one OF
the heavy expenses OF the newspaper
publisher, and one for which his read
ers make no allowance. 1t i OF lnti-
LITE importance, especially to new
countries like this Territory, because
it furnishes Il medium through which
our varied resources receive extensive
gratuitous advertising. ardalso because
(ls We have shown) it enables the local
paper to furnish its patrons with llewS
tromall parts of the world
Copying the above, the STANDARD OF
the sane city. adds the following truth
ful pargraph:
Although the benefits derived from
| t1,a hIhrtli.It11
rent in all cases, they are admitted 10y
all sensible, observing men. Every
dollar expended for advertising Oh
subscription, in:sSmucil :s it advances
the interest of the paper or the enter
prise Of the publisher, is benefit tt
the community and to each individual
member of it. Nevertheless, how
often the pittance is grudglngly be
slowed, or an attempt made TO spongt
outright these benefits. Every day
the editor is requested to pull this o.
that object, without Il hint as to remu
neration in any form. Some one build
IL Shanty, and, although he may no
even subscribe to the paper, it is eN
pected to herald the fact. with laGui;t
tions OF the enterprise of its owner
Another may Introduce the '-l1istic sid
ing as Il novelty in building, or th'
"Ogee bracket on the rstke,' and til
less the press go into ecstacies over it
they are wanting in enterprise. Still
others will beg a paper, and never sa.
rs much rs .'th,nk you'' for it, not
withstanding it costs ready money TO
material to produce it. These indi
viduals would not think of asking
store-keeper to give a paper of pins o
a yard OF calico for nothing; yet th
cost is just as real to the publisher flo
his paper, as it is to the merchant 70
his articles. We do not wish to b
. considered mean or stingy in alludin,
to this small business, but mention
as one of the most remarkable evi
dences of the want of appreciation b.
! the general public Of the power of TIN
Archinedean lever that moves til
world.
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