Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-06-04
Country ~NeWspapers:

!, We commend tho following article
from the st. Charles Cos mos, to til,
editorial fraternity of Missouri es
pecially, and other North Western
States generally:
"wHAT. WE KNOW" ABOUT PUBLISH.
j ING 4 COUNTRY PAPER.
ave assure u friends of the Cos.
mos that we do not look for such
great results from tho Louisiana Ed
itorial Convention ; but VIC do expect
some work to be done, and that the
young members of the profession, like
onrself, will have Ill opportunity to
learn something from the older ones ;
and VIC should particularly like t0sec
tho Cosmos editors there, in the hope
that they may tell how it is that they
get up the best country paper in the
State."-[Troy Dispatch.
We thank the editor of the Dis
patch for his 1%attcring invitation.
We, must however, respectfully de-
cline. Success in newspaper publish
ing depends upon constant personal
application. 1t requires some time
to establish a reputation for a news
paper, and more is lost by one weeks
neglect than can he rcgained by six
months inccssant, we'll applied toll.
The "cue" to success, as we view it,,
is offered to Jul neighbor gratuitously
/. The proprietors of tho Cosmos
are practical printers, as should be
every II expecting to- succeed i'll tho
publication of a country paper. They
labor diligently every day in the me-
chanical department of the paper,
thus in reality "carning their bread
by the sweat of their brows." They
s~.intcrvicw" every n coming into
the Office, or whom they may chance
to meet on the street, and gather
local int Intelligence from every available
source. They have n nose for news,
and when items are scarce, they
"inanufacture," which is easier than
pumping" from some people. Each
evening they "write up" from the
notes taken during the day, read
proof, post books, and go to bed
sober, with no harrassing thoughts
about The dclinquencics ofbook Keep
crs or the incXcusable bulls of rascally
c%ompositors TO disturb their refresh
ing slumbcrs.
2. Instead of writing ambiguous
leaders OH the tariff, and scnselcss
theoretical discourses oil political
economy, they point to the overflow
ing grauarics and to the lack o~ftrans-
portation facilities, to the ruinous
figures ut which tho products of rich
fields are sacrificed, and to the oxtor-
tionatc prices paid forevery imported
article entering into daily use, telling
the sufferers their only relief lies in
the introduction of diversified indus
trics-the feeding Of surplus grain to
factory operatives, and the cxporta-
ton of surplus manufactured articles.
8. They believe their success is
owing not SO much to what has been
published as TO what has not been.
4. They write and clip with an
eye to the wishes and demands of
their patrons, not believing it essen
tial to thoir moral or mental we'll
being that politics should constitute
the seasoning of every paragraph.
3. They labor to promote morality,
and exert their influence in favor of
and order, leaving theology and
legal technicali,ics to tho pulpit aud
the bench.
G.. They don't abuse n man because
Iic chooses 10 call llimselfa Democrat
Dr. have abiding faith in another SIM
ply because lie claims to be a Rcpub-
'ican: ga mans a man for A. that"
2. They arc independent orrings or
sliques, aud hence trusted by tho Y
x;
8. They endcavor to make their
PAPER q welcome visitor to the homes {
1ircsides of their patrons. upou {
whose Ibcrality they rely for sup {
,ort. Their advertising columns de- 1
iotc the measure of-tlicir success. =.
y. Not being "opprcsscd' by adj l
cruising d~cad-bcats, they have no i
grievances 20 coIaplain Of. Hence no I
necessity of going to Louisiana. I