The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-01-06
To Our Maryland contemporanes.

To Our Maryland Contemporaries.
We give below letter from George
P. ROwell & Co, asking us to enter
into contract with them to publish SO
notices in the Special Notice column
Of our paper, and also our reply to the
same. We took charge Of the AD ocArR
10 March, 1865, aud from that time to
the present, with two or three excep.
tiors, VIC have studiously avoided all
connection with Advertising Agents,
aud believe that by pursuing such
course VIC have given to our readers
much better paper than they would
otherwise have received. A large por.
tion Of the advertisements furnished BY
Agents are "elap-trap," and the origi-
majors Of them know that it is only by
advertising ia the ruralpress that they
can reach that class Of people who are
likely TO invest their hard earned dol.
lars 10 something that viii make their
fortunes in ga short time" besides
thousand others equally rs fraudulent.
We have, repeatedly, through these
columns, refused to have any business
transactions with Advertising Agents,
preferriug to devote our paper to home
advertisements thus giving more read.
ing matter, 10 all our business trans
actions We cndeayor to treat all alike,
aud cannot see why we should work for
these Agents at less than one-third the
rates We charge others. If this mode
of doing business was adopted by our
contemporaries throughout the State,
George z, Rowell & Co. Griffin & Hoff.
man, Pettengill & Co. aud others, would
not be making large fortunes at the
expense aud labor Of country publishers.
We have invested our money in print.
ing material for the purpose of making
a living, aud were reared in that school
which taught that every man should
receive fair compensation for his work,
no matter what occupation in life he
pursued. This system of advertising
was started as an experiment about %
years ago, and it publishers generally,
and country publishers in particular,
had set their foot upon it, it would |
have died out long ago. We know how
1t is with many country publishers
Business is slack, aud there is more |
type to be set THAI usual, and in order
to save the expense Of an additional
hand they take advertisements from
Agents or others at whatever prices
they offer The ADvocATg for sew
eral years past has given more reading
matter than any other paper in the
State, outside of the city of Baltimore
When occasion requires it We do not
hesitate to take a stick and rule aud 90
to case; or as We have done time and
time again, set type all day and read
aad write until late in the night. If
our country friends will adopt this plan
they will soon have their subscription
lists increasing, aud their eonseicnces
viii be at rest. Let US, one and all,
make a resolution not to publish for
Advertising Agents, Patent Medicine
Dealers, or others, at less rates than we
charge our own citizens, and we eau
assure them that at the close OF the
year 1872, they will fluid that their
journals will have more subscribers, and
are more sought after by the public and
those who wish to advertise in legiti.
mate manner. This has been our ex-
perience. But to the correspondence
NEw YoaK, Dec. %, 1871.
Publisher Of Apvoc1rs, Westminster, Nd,
Please insert inelosed Fifiy-two Notices of
Plantation Bitters, &C., in news type and read
ng matter one notice each week for tfty-lwo
weeks (eyery issue. in your week
y edition. BE particular TO publish in the
,rder given, commencing with No. |, and
'harge our Agency $500. {thirty-ihree dol
ars. All necessary omissions to be made
rood at the end Of the year.
Your ob't sery'ts, !
GEO. P. RowELL 4 co.
Send paper regularly to "American News.
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