Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-09-25

yersy between the editors of the Milt0nia,,
Gazette and Democrat in reference to the
price of advertising the Sheritf's sales. 1t
appears that the editor OF the Democrat
now prctends to be willing to contine the
Sherif's sales to one or two papers, and
alleges that the costs come too high to pub
lish in so many. Whether our neighbor is
sincere in the matter is questionable. We
know very well that when he had the She
riffs advertising he found no objection to
charging an eXhorbitant price-about one
third higher than bis rates published at the
head of his paper. In reply to the Milo
| MAN he says:
"We were informed by the editor of the
| Anericdn, shortly after the election OF the
present Republican Sheriff, that he was
willing to reduce the prices for advertising
| Sheriff>s sales one-third, but that the editor
of the Mltonian protested againstit How
is that for high ~
The truth of the matter is, that when the
present sheriff was elected, we told him
| that the editor of the Democrat had regu-
| ltI6u Ii1t IIlCc VI CllO . 0NhNi bloALiS
ten cents above his usual rates that we
| did not believe III extortionate prices, espe-
cially when imposed upon the distressed,
the costs coming from the parties whose
property is sold, and not from the officer !;
that our rates were 20 cents per line for
three insertions, being ten cents less than
the Democrat charged The Sheriff then
took our rates as the regulating price.
When the bills of the W't0Rjal and GUzettc
were presented they had charged according
TO the former prices of the Democrat. The
Sheriff reduced their bills 10 correspond
with ours. Perhaps the editors of those
papers did not like it, but they readily
acquiesced in our suggestion. But what
most astonished us was that the editor OF
the Democrat, who was not concerned in
the transaction, also complained TO US
about the reduction saving that we were
foolish that we might have charged the
same as he had done, and no one would
have known any better, and desired us to
return to the prices he had established.
We replied that we would not charge more
than our rates, 20 cents per line, rs we con-
sdered it an imposition upon those whose
distressed condition should be taken into
consideration.
If the editor of the Democrat is sincere
il the controversy to which we refer, he
certainly would not have asked us TO raise
the price after we had reduced it. But we
believe, as does the HltonjGa, that he
thought then that he would probably get
the advertising again, and have the same
fat job he had before.
To show the inconsistency of our neigh
Dor as regards prices for advertising, &c.
for the county offices, we allow any one to
examine for themselves, and they will find
that our prices have averaged thus far, one
third less than his were when ne did the
county printing.
In 1873 the Auditors Report was pub
lished in this paper and the Miltonjdn, and
the charges for each paper was SO "a.
This year the Commissioners saw proper
10 give the a6vPriiSiFSs 10 the ''t~cttc anu
Democrat who charged the county SIP
each, a difference of S109 SO from 1873.
The Commissioners at first refused to pay
the bill, but through the persistence of our
neighhoIs they received the amount Of
their bills. If the editor Of the Democrat
had not complained about the costs after
charging one-third more than is charged
now, and still persists in his extortions
whenever he gets a chance at the county, |
he might now be thought TO be sincere in |
his profession Of mercy to the unfortunate
whose property comes under the Sheriff's
hammer. We cannot believe in his since
rity under the circumstances and we be-
lieve that were his party TO get into power
again, he would te the last to urge a reduc-
ton, and the first to recommend the esta-
blishment offormer prices. The charges for
the county advertising in this paper and the
Miltonian have been One-third less than
those ofthat ofany other paper in the coun-
by, and if our neighbOr is sincere, we would
like him to at least give US the credit Of max
ng the reduction Ct which he at one time
Will you do it neighbor?