Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-08-16

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red burgeois for the former, and non
pareil basis for the latter.
@. What price for subscription?
Was of the opinion that all country
papers would have to come down to
$3.50 per year, but advised publishers
to get 81 as long as possible.
q. What price for advertising?
On the 800 per column per year ba-
sis, and all fractions of columns in this
proportion.
@. What advertising ought to be
free?
| Thought that no advertising should
be done for absolutely no return what
ever, but if such was to be, he thought
it should be for philanthropic and be-
nevolent institutions
q. What at reduced rates?
The institutions mentioned above and
advertising agents who pursue a strictly
honest and legitimate business
q. What advertising ought to be re.
fused?
Medical humbugs, quacks, lotteries
and liquor houses.
Q. The cost and advantages of steam
in country Offices?
| A good steam engine can be bought
for $500 to 1850, and fuel will cost from
% to 40 cents per day. Advantages in
Vulnerable in both time and expense.
Bro. Bailey was in favor of the quar-
to rather than the folio form.
Bro. Talmadge, West Union Gazette
urged, as there were but few who
took whole-column advertisements. tina,
measurement and price of space by the
inch was the best. On the subject oi
canvassing, he stated that he was in the
habit of going to the merchants the
evening before publication and remind
ing them that if they wanted anything
in the paper it must be given in then
He thought this plan worked well
which was generally concurred in.
Bro. VIM. Toman thought that il
$l.5O per year for our papers were
adopted, the rule of advance payment
must accompany it.
Bro. Ram was in favor of $15O in
advance or 50 on time.
Bro. Shannon asked if an 8 column
paper set in burgeois, with 1000 circu
lation, one-half reading matter and one
half advertisements, could be printed
for $3.50 per year subscription.
Bro. Ram thought not.
Bro. Woodruff, DEBORAH Bee, was OF
the opinion that it could
Bro. McClintock thought that an ad
vance pay system was the best policy
but was of the opinion that such sys
TEN could not be easily brought about
arguing that to stop paper as soon as
it expires will engender trouble between
patron and publisher He thought that
if it could not be strictly enforced, this
system had better not be lnaugurated.
Bro. Ram took the ground that the
country paper could never attain sue.
cess financially until system of advan-
ced pay was adopted; that the public
had got to be educated to it, and the
sooner it was commenced the better
that this system would shut off dead
beats; that one or two years of this
system would do the country press
more good than anything else; that the
public would pay for the country press
if compelled, as readily as they will pay
for foreign paper.
Bro. Woodruff endorsed Bro. Rams
ideas and stated that his views were the
same. He announced that he should
commence the advanced pay system in
January next.
Bro Toman thought that no publisher
should trust a subscriber for more than
two years, after which his paper should
be stopped and the delinquent continu-
ally dunned.
Bro. Bailey considered that the pub
lie patronized the country press for the
quality, not the quantity of news, and
thought that a Z column paper well ed.
tied and set solid, was better and cheap
er than 9 column paper set loaded
Bro. Hancock stated that he had some
time ago made decrease in size, and
that the circulation of his paper was
not affected by it particle.
Bro. Shannon thought that our papers
were too large, and that it was policy to
reduce them; was in favor of advanced
pay, but at the rate of - per annum.
Bro. Bailey estimated that a paper
printed as he had before described, not
taking into consideration the Job de.
partment of the same, could be printed
for $55 per week
Bro. VIM. Toman brought up the sub
ject of advertising, and thought there
was too much spread eagle about oul
advertisements; that modest but at.
tractive advertisement would look bet
ter and give as much satisfaction; sug-
gested uniform style of setting adver-
tisements
Bro Ram thought the hell-box was a
more appropriate place for fancy type
than an advertisement.
The subject of "Propriety and value
of patents, plates, &c. was then intro
duced and discussion was led by f. M
Hancock. He took strong position in
favor of them, and made estimates
showing them to be much cheaper than
the home print, and fully their equal.
Bro. Grave, of the Nashua Post then
made some remarks upon the subject of
home advertisements in patents, and
said he had often been mortified by
swindling advertisements appearing in
his paper through this avenue. On the
whole, he was in favor of patents with
home advertisements. Thought they
were much cheaper and gave better sat
isfaction to farmer readers.
Bro. Ram made a forcible point of
the fact that if we encourage and pat