Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-06-14

II there il one duty which We owe .
ourselves. 10 each other and to the sorl
that we neglect more thsh any ether,
is the duty Of Independent. discrimiuAiin
and fearless criticism. Weowe il to our
selves because We cannot afford To hazar
our reputation BY passing slipshod op
inioa to each other because the eountr
press cannot maintain local reporters i
all parts and must Of necessity dopcu,
upon its contemporaries, aud TO the worl,
because the people have a right to be pro
teeied from humblgs BY those who's
business it is to knsw aud report.
At last come to speak ofour rewards
and the rewards, / notice, generally com,
last. Why is il that as a class, editor
of Vermont are comparatively poor
Why do they grow prematurely old, ant
finally retire, not as the prudent merchan
can, TO princely estates. but TO some othe
business that will be less burdensome witt
cares and yet afford sufficient income Il
keep souls that have grown great in bod
les that have grown shrivelled aud small
There is no other kind Of business, re-
quiring the same capital, equal talen; and
aud as much labor but what pays a large
per cent better than our own. Every one
of you can count up dough-heads in your
neighborhoOd who are amassing wealth
and enjoying elegant leisure, while you
continue to scratch on, straining every
wearied nerve to meet your bills, and
stealing time from worship and from sleep
to solve those other problems which press
upon you in the realm of thought. Your
garden spots are the reprOach of your re-
speetive neigh6orboods. You are com.
PEELED to neglect society, and are there
fore almost ostraciscd. Your families
flor the old maxim Of "foos for luck and
poor men for babies, will still apply
grow up almost without your knowledge
and would need an introduction, if by
some strange chance they could some day
be dressed in style. If this picture is
ovcr-drawn as to some, ii is not as to 9th.
ers, and again | ask why is this thus? 1t
is thus simply because the publishers Of
Vermont have for generations done their
business in the most unbusiness like way.
Two or three years ago this association
resolved that henceforth all newspaper
ought to be paid in advance.
How many Of you have pdhered to the
rule thenproposed A? Not one.third, Why.
Because you have feared that you would
thus reduce your lists. Had you not
better reduce them by every man who
does not pay? To be sure. Very well,
then, will any maa who cares for the pa.
per be willing to 60 without it long when
the OIL y consideration in the way is the
difference between paying for it now and
paying by and by2 "But," it may be
plead, 81 charge more for it if not paid
IN advance, and thereby make rather than
ose." DO you make? Let such subsuri.
Der come in and begin 10 hint about some
other paper and you will hardly stop to
talk along about that extra half dollar,
so that if you should figure up the result
1t the end of the year, you would find
that you had not received half nor quar-
Ter enough of these extra half dollars to
offset those pleasant little papers from
pOstmasters in all quarters, marked ''ofi-
,ial," and informing you that your paper
addressed to such AN one, is refused, or
remains dead in the office, or must be dis
continued because the postage is not paid.
No, gentlemen, the greatest fallacy VIC
have is trusting strangers for sum that
is too small to collect and then hoping TO
make it up from those who pay but will
not pay extra without grudge, and then,
if exacted, will not renew.
The newspaper has only two possible
OF income-subscriptions and space
while its expenses are many. If it fails
% utilize its resources to the utmost. it
will either go under itself or leave its pro-
orietor under at the end. 1t is like a
'bip, which bears precious cargoes if right.
y sailed, but which becomes heavy, un.
and almost worthless if too
many barnaclos are allowed to form upon
is hulk. Dead heads are the barnacles
# newspaper. They Accumulate with
surprising rapidity and stick like brothers.
here they will propose to help you by Sc
'uring subscribers or holding those you
have; some will give you an advertise
nent and expect the paper to be "thrown
1.-THE same as ladies sometimes expect
/ gift of two dollars worth Of buttons and
bread when they buy ten dollars worth
# dress.
And SO the list grows, until sometimes
t amounts to hundreds, and rarely to less
han scores-and what is it all worth |
Not one quarter what it costs. | knew