The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-03-13
Business is Business.
We clip the following from the Athens
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DP1Vctabman.
4 merchant ofthis place sent in all ac-
count few days ago made out on a bill
head which we knew had no been print
ed in Athens. We informed him that
we could have bought the goods in New
York for which we were then paving as
easily as he got his printing done there.
He said he wanted To get &c as cheap as
possible. We replied that We, could
save more i'll the purchase of goods
than he could in printing, and that if
everybody should adopt the policy of
sending to New York for their sup
plies, the merchants occupation would
be gomez: that they depended on Their
profits for a support, and were the last
persons on earth who should set the ex-
ample OF Questioning their patronage on
other communities; that If, There was
any coed in ii, we would be compelled
to seek a livelihood at some ether bus
iness.
He acknowledged the Justice of our
conclusions, and we then inquired what
his biil-heads had cost. and had the
satisfaction of informing him that we
would furnish them ut 81 less per thou
fgand than he had paid for them. while
he admitted that ours were printed in
better style. He then showed cs some
cards printed in New York. which we
found cost him just double what we
charged To- them.
I These facts will serve to- show how
jmcn overrcach themselves sometimes
in attempting to get Things cheap.
I " hen a man settles down M Il cOlnmu
nifty upon whose patronage he is dcpcn-
dent for success, ;,nd sends ABROAD for
everything. he wants, there Is q screw
loose certain! Live and let live" and
Help, one another" are the maxims
which build up prosperous towns and
communities. Aselfish. cut-thrOat pol
icy will never pay in the long run.- |
Every reader of the above article will
admit the soundncss of the reasoning,
and no doubt s.raightway make the ap-
plicatiou TO his or her calling, and attri-
butte much. if not all their discourage
ments and ~non-success, to this very
system of conducting business: while
at the same time they are as guilty as
any other members OF the community,
ofthese same acts of which they COM
plain. Perhaps no one knows as much.
or is as able to Judge of the extent of
these complaints, as is the Newspaper
man, and it is certain 10 one has more
or better reasons than hc for making
them 70" with no ona branch of bust
ness in a community does as much res
possibility rest, neither is so much de-
manded ami expected. The wealth.
prosperity, social, political ana religious
standing Of a town or city ~. depend
IN 4 great measure upon the character
of its newspapers. At home it wields
an influence for good or evil; abroad
and to strangers it is a true index of
the place in each one of these specified
relations. If we are correct in the
above assertions. what. then, is rcqnir-
ed of the business community. of this
and all other cities? The answer is
plain and dircct-enconrage your news
papers in every possible way-thc more
and better your patronage, the more
elevated and influential Will be YOUR
press. Many think that if they sub
scribe and pay for their home papor'
theis obligations cease. In this age of
the world, all ought to know dat the
profits on a newspaper of any ordinary
circulation will hardly pay for the salt
a poor editor eatstn his hash. For X
ample, the REPUBLIcAr; it furnished to
subscribers for one dollar aid fifty cents
per year. The blank paper costs about
onc-half tina: amount, leaving Is cents
on each subscription 10 pay the expen-
sos incident 10 making 4 newspaper.
How common is the complaint made.
land much oftencr from those persons
whose patronage is very limited, OF
none at ALI that'"your paper isn't good
for anything, why don't You do
this Or that p To such we have a good
and ready answer always, Why don't
you help to make Your paper what it
ought to be? Ifyou don. do it, you
certainly ought not to complain, but
ought to migrate to a town that is not
large enought TO have 4 ncwspfp per. We
doa't propose TO make any criticisms
upon GIL papers, But, good or bad, sup
pose thcy should both stop their publ
cations. Torld il not be very detriment-
al To ycpY town? AnsWcrtlis question
fairly and honestly. and then ask your
scIfifyou are acting justly TO those who
are. dag and night. iaboring for your
good. Cultivate the good viii of your
local papers, help them, and they vii
help goa.
An Encouraging Sight.