The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-01-19
AMERICAN
NEWSPAPER
DIRECTORY.
1000 PAGES. PRICE, $500
GEO. P. R0WELL & CO.,
RURLx9xx MAS.
Contains . Complete List Of Newspapers and PERL
odIeais In the United States, Territories, and
Dominion Of Canada, Arranged Alphabetically By
Towns, Giving Name, Days Of Issue. Politics,
or General Character, Form, Size, Subscription
Price per Year, Date Of Establish ment, Editors
and Publishers Names, and
CIRCULATION!


The object OF the AMERICAN NEWSPAPER d.
EtCIokl u not very different from that ~ the we'll
cities The later Keep their ubscrbers Informed 4
the character haDfr. reputation. business ability and
likely 70 have business transactions. enabling them
thereby To 20 requisite those transactions secure
be likely Is result ID uaie annoyance N lo..
! The DIRECTORY CONVEYS the hest ebtalnaole In
newspapers. ~ patrons the men who eNpcnd
money u advertising large and important ciassl
kEtTOkY, In their capacity ~ advertising agents
derive their pronss ara support ii g them. and
Of faithful service. The theory that advertising agc
vance tncir Interests ART / annhiaied ~ ra sys
TEN long adopted by publishers. almost without ey
called agency and d maintaining the right 10 appoint
competitors IN the same Held without the consent Of
AZ rnE MOST IxfoRTAST PORTION or TnrrSroR-
NATION SUPPLIED nr MKRcAsfILE AGENCY cox
TIM rEnsoN AnorT WHOM IxronnArioN IL xskrn
20 ~ THE CALCULATION or NFwsPAFFR GENERAL
1IoN WILL IA or MOST VALUE 70 TiiE ADvEnTfs En
There are, among merchants. some ~ho deny the
vsfe affairs ala y 10 decline giving any information
rRo s Which rep9r NIX se eases; nat re mersa
nrcport u gets from other sources the nes obiana-
es asa 81 u s ha me- sasn
parry Y gncaiicn = aiinost Away attributed 9
rrndcaI u ia ereif Tie report made = ther e
lore. hkel5 t9b, 'ess favorable than u would lave
ptch hal INC lhlv lhiph asked TOT Deeh cuecrfuiiy
and frankly furnished.
50 ai-o there are among newspaper publishers some
who deny the right Of any one 20 inquire into their
Affairs. IL nas been the policy OF the DIRECTORY TO
omf All information about circulation whenever
plainly and unequIyOcaly commanded to DO 50. In
such cases the matter 10 disposed OF BY annexing 70
the report the words "o cts 20 sfdfig cfrcui0fi0n"
In every case where the above command 10 not plain
" and uneqnltncAly conveyed 10 the publishers Of
manner pursued BY the mercantile agencies In esti-
mating The financial strength " merchant. aud like
tDc Institutions referred they decline reveal the
sources from which they have obtained their nforms
ton.
II Il undoubtedly true that no publication OF this
Character is privileged and that In instance where
? merchant or newspaper IL seriously injured
furnish remedy, aud both mercantile agency and
Directory publisher will be held responsible for
tua damage shown 70 sccruc 20 IN injured party from
report prOvci upon trial to have been erroneous.
This isA liability which the publishers 81 tile III
EFNIOlif cannot cscape u - therefore which
they hold Themselves NJ All times ready ~ meet
HE greatest possible care " taken ~ make I'M Dl
Piled 70 very systematically. All Information taken
In form which exclude any bat hcnnifc siNtf
which cannot be misunderstood. while every effort Is
made ~ protect honest publishers AGAINST such
unfair adv ntAxe.
II has r,reiy been found thsf cansc of complaint
has arttn against any rrnc' hitch has anneared IN
RY already ssued which has nei resulted either from
The iegref ~ the publisher ~ pond ~ appeals for
Information. effort hs part ~ substitute 9TH
er and different infofurlon instead ~ answering the
plain questions upou the blanks furnished for pur
pose IRON the DIRECTORY nfice.