The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-05-16
A Wore About Country Newspa.
per Publishing.

The editor Of the Mt. Sterling Senii-
nei offers the following sensible advice TO
publishers Of country newspapers, which
IL heedcd will secure them against loss
and suspension. There Is much good,
sound practical sense in IL, and is Of
more value TO the country pres than the
whole Of watersOn's admirable address /;
"We have read with great pleasure,
and We hope With future profit. an ad-
dress delivered BY MI Henry Waiter.
son, Of the Louisville Courier-JOuraal,
on the evening Of the 6rSt instant, be-
fore the convention Of Indisns editsn at
indianapolis, on the subject of Jour.
nalism."
That portion Of the address devoted to
country journalism is very good 40 fer
as it goes, but then it stops short Of the
sore that works more harm to. and Grip
pies and ultimately kills more country
newspapers, than all other causes con
bined. Our experience has been long
and varied, and what we have 700 say
about country Newspaper publishing Is
based upon knowledge dearly bought BY
years Of hard and thankless toll and nc
little worry Of body and mind aud vex
ton Of spirit.
The greatest enemies to success in con
ducting q country newspaper are-ths
credit system, and gratuitous advertising
or putting"
The dues Of the country publisher are
necessarily -..sll. II he credits a couple
Of dollars here to A, and a couple there
to B. and so on through the alphabet ol
subscription, these credits will amount
to handsome sum in the aggregate, ol
which fearfully large per cent. invuri
ably proves to be total loss.
The publisher who will credit sub
scriplions, transient. advertising. and
job work, knowing that he is compelled
to pay cash for his material, has no
right TO complain that his business does
not pay, and Of all men has less cause
to be astonished at the necessity that
Ieompels the suspension Of his paper.
Another thing to avoid Gratuitous
work for party or candidates. They
have no right to expect il. Office is in.
sep,ratsly connected with salary. And
the salary is what nine out Of ten candi-
dates are after. The candidate has as
much right to expect his tailor to keep him
clothing without charge as to expect hia
publisher to devote his paper TO his glo-
rifcation before. the people without pay
therefor, Make tho politician pay tn.
same rs other advertisers. And nevel
allow Eae Of "puG" To appear in your
paper without pay. Your merchant OIL
grocer does not expect TO supply youl
family from their stores without pay
and they have no right 10 expect you t.
advertise for them without remuneration
Selling goods or groceries n their mod'
Of making living. They can not give
their goods away without loss, and yor
can not give sway space in your paper
without loe. That which will bcggal
them will beggar you. That's the whol'
truth Of il.
In the days when we used to devol.
column after column TO the business o.
elevating Tom, Dick and Harry 10 ofic'
simply because they belonged to our par
ty, and never dreamed Of asking oent
Of pay for our services : 60 long az ",
filed our paper with puAs Of This, Tbal
and the Other, because they were good
clever fellows, and did it for nothing, W,
found il the hardest matter in the worlC
to get along. But since We turned oyel
a new leas, aud made real business O
publishing a paper, just as. Tom, Dici
and Harry make business of running
fof Office for the emoluments, and This
That and the Other make a business o
selling goods for the profit. we hav,
prOspered. To-be-sure We have nst, Al
vet, accumulated mammoth fortune
but then we have built us up a goo
paying business. secured us home W
are not ashamed Of and are able 10 pay
our way as We go. Under the old sys,
tenn We scarcely made enough 10 pay oul
bills and provide us change of linen
As Il is, we get fair wages for eur labor,
live decently, and have DO cause to com
plain Of the world. And 20 il will be
with all our brethren Of the country
press II they will do as we are doing
ssehsw all gratuitous work and cut th'
credit system ahsolutely out"