St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-04-07

low llI aflICie from Tie NJ. Alb:lll@ -Tt'
"Dyp, applicable TO other communilir.
than 81. AIbans, that we copy it:
Ii has recently lccume the practice oj
Il few job printing offices in the larg'
cities to send drunmcIs into the smaller
cite, and lar%a country towns 10 solicit
business. They carry with them sam
pies CT bill l,eaIs, letter hc.d-, hu-in,s,
cards, blank receipts, notes, checks, etc,
and offer 10 print according TO sample
and at prices which cannot possibly nj
ford a profit They tell the merchants
/ that these country offices neither have
the facilities nor possess the skill to DO
equally good work, and that by r"ason
of not having 50 much t" do, cannot, Of
course do it 50 chcaply. This appears
plausible, and gentlemen who have GOOD
/ taste, and an eye to the economical a
wei! ~ the beautiful, will Give them
their patronage and on the principle
that Il man always has a right t. trade
where he can trade 10 best advantage,
will feel justified a"ainst amy complaint
that We poor devils may he li~i,0>rd 10
make.
Now a word We admit the lar"cr
facilities ot many city offices, and admit
that many of them employ cngravrrs,
which c"nm!ry offices cannot afford to do:
but We do not admit that they can do
y,mt,.y cheap + or better li.an amy well
stocked and well kept country Office
Ihei: rents are higher, Tie wa."- nl their
employees are hi"hcr, and nothing which
they u>r about their work l. cheaper
tlyn the stock which We are ufi.cl To-
keep OH hand. Aud n for Lcin" able
to wuih cheaper because they liay,. more
work tudn, this applies only to the lar,c-
nc,, ul Jobs and not to their multiplicity.
The same rule applies with us. An Of
ti,cS can print 1000 copir, rrnportionaIIy
ch,apcr than 300 But mo- oili, can
print Il thousand ,H6;r,,i l.Ls Lsrrupnrtion-
ally cheaper than five hundred, unc>~
they have not otherwise sufficient employ
mcnt. or mic~., they have a remarkable.
samynr-s in their work. We do work 50
reasonably here in the country that we
cannot atiarI to send runners ..Lum-
mcr," we had almost sai,l-rIro,i.h
small towns To solicit bu-incsS. They in
ll.r cite. must yet their pay for il from
some source, and Is it probable that they
love the country 81 much better tLan the
city ~ to make thrir home patrons, ray
ii Not vcIy NJ. the Ji,1i that nine
tcn'hs oi their cnuntry patrons are de
crivcI 10y them deceived a- to the ahil-
iiy of "ilirr> in their own Villages To do
the same work ; deceived ~ To the ac-
tual cost ut it : deceived n 10 the quail
iy Of tie imk and paper bv these city
concerns, and deceived as to the "-kill"
cmploycd. for many of the san pic4 which
We have seen are loud AMI iawdry be-
y"nd NprcS>ion-outra"c. upon GOOD
taste, and Just such chrap and iiashy
things rs CITY Sn"bhery '"nrrI'"' that
'on'''ry iaSir ''',il!'r'@'
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II 'I'''r N"rh i 'lleAltr l"IllCl' we urhy)
- '!tI' enough S''ci ny me country
III r'I''''. OF h''''h'r :" ''at ne can al
io'" !" mus "''htl' any institution "i
MS own I"Wh Here l. the p"l'lt' ana
We want II UNDERSTOOD every country
Once mn-t depend entirely on home pat
iol'i%e or II must :" Gown. i''!" "nr
J'' ""o'''''-> ''''' we '''''l"' SUSTAIN our
h'" papers \ merely local paper can
l'l "y ANY P"SS'''''''y '''"'H i circulation
/" ;' ',''-" I" pay IL 'N''i'>'' ana al
''''' S"''''r'' rr"'t 10 'hs,aG' S"'' talent
~ can ai""' Illht II WortlV any pfHl"h-