The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-09-27
ITO THE PUBLIC.-My attention has
l. been called TO the following:

PUBLISHERS CARD.'
The publishers of the VIRGINIA AND NORTH
CAROIISA ALMANAC again present their work lor
nubic patronage. Its suspension was caused by an
effort OH their part 70 CRAFTY the public demand
MIR. DAVID RICH ARDSON, of Louisa county.
Va. Our application 10 him for ST WAS 1lnnnc-
datcly responded to In the affirmative and we Is
sued our last with his calculations. The Patronage
we received was ry fat crins. On applicati lon for
the calculations for 1872 We were informed OF an
arrangement a''tady ntde dGprifing nun Oh tue
Of such contemplated arrangement IN tme the re-
81, would have been different. The effect upon the
price of the laliacs Is well Known 10 ali dealers
air. David Richardson died during the year 872
7 he calculations for 1873 were THE LAST iiE.
MaD-. Neither of his sans have as Hct concluded
10 pcrpetua;e the Almanac by continuing he w"l
which We learn from Il personal nterrtep with
each Of them.
M hcInatlcal scholar Is known the w0ru over, con-
scented 10 prepare aIl Almanac for Us and perpetuatc
il from year to year so long as lie lived. lie pre-
pared IT. and his work was ready Tor the public
ne, too, suddenly died.
Ne present this edition of "TIIE VIRGINIA AND
NoRTiI CAROLINA ALMANAC" confident that 1t
viii meet with your approval: promising 10 use our
best efforts to improve each successive edl ION, ana
give hereafter the work OF The most ScentinS men
In The country. CLtMSl1I ooNco'
OCTOBER /, 1873.
Honorable competition has always been con
,ce, ed the life of trade and when so conducted no
one can or has right to complain; our wheh II Is
sought To build up business or otner tnlne AZ tlle
expense Of truth ans eyn Ro vi 5s pro.npt
nv uiedling with their ahAifs' IL sno"o w p'oinp
!! ~ ,s evident that The publishers of the "card"
, cnnt,np. Inv graluitously nisng informant ~
are ar , nmc Which they already knew at the Time
# occurred by All obituary In my almanac ana The
newspapers of the death or tie calculator , OF a
aiiempting to weakea its hold on the public.
In the list place the card" sets out with the an
nonncemcnt that their (Schoolcrs) almanac was
SspS med to crafty the public for Mr.. Richard
sons calculations II The public could be as easily
guile as they would seem to think they are br this
announcement. their gratitude might make them
now adopt their former "caSt-0t' But they are
not. They alicays could get MIR. Richardson cal
culatiolS Without their assistance, and the reason
| for abandoning SchUoler was that his almanac
would mol sell after the first year. owing Ia inaccu
r,cies or other cause: and If Ibis were not SO,
and their reason above stated the fact does 1t not
speak bad for their friendship and confidence as
well us Stamina. being, ~ they now say the best
m,tbcmatician III the State, TO abandon friend
because the public liked some one better!
| In 1870 the publishers of the card wrote Mr..
Richardson asking tile exclusive ust OF his cacula
lions, but owing 10 his friendship FOX me, and NY
having becn his pub.isner SO lung hs would not
consent to deprive of their use: but rns ut that
! time having heard from lie as TO my Wish to pur-
chase the .Xclusive use he consented TO allow Them
me to be his sole publisher during the remainder
| of his life aud that ended the conuecIion OF the
| cards publishers with MIR. richardson. 1t would
not have been otherwise, nor the result different
Ms the caru asserts had they known of my ARA ge-
| 1npn SOOner because MI. RICHARDSON wrote INT he
prefer red but publisher, and he certainly wuu
have given amy one else the preference provided
| ] would secure him from los.
"The effect upon tine price of the almanac ex-
tended only to those they sold that year. uid not
alter my price save but In one instance, and that
WAS to house that agreed TO take large lIautity-
more thun twice as many Is any other conc1'rn II
| Is well known TO the trade, however. that.on the
| c.nrrary have never attempted 10 ertOrt In con-
scQuenc. Of being the sole publisher OF Mr Rich
| ardsou. My price has always been uniform. They
seek To build up their almanac by putting down the
pricc-not relying on Its merits. IN the spring OF
! This year one Of the ards concern repaired t.
| Louisa 10 "interview the sons of Mr.. Richard
son. and having asc, rtaned thet they did not In
tend To continue to calculate, now make the an
| Gust the mputa1ion upon tnem of concealing tile
| time when Mr.. Richardson's calculations out
Was this honorable! Would IL not have been
better to have waited 10 see II their fears real
lied before In such Indecent haste making the
nouccement? Why not publish their pr0spectu /,
with the announcement Of The fuct OF publication,
without uuding 10 The business Of another la this
Indirect md underllaud manner!
have In my possession letter from the only son
of MIR. Richardson who would have continued the
calculation, in which he says that had lie made
them 'certainy should have had the preference
over all OILERS y
by reference to my Almanac II Will he seen that
the SOUS o: Mr.. Richardson express themselves
gratihed al the continuance Of The almanac under
the old title. and that they ISDohSE the calculation
Of Nr. BOwicS. ia rs +. 9UUDE,
cole publisher of the Warrock- Richardsol
Virginia and North CarUlinl Almanac.
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