The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1878-09-11
NEWSPAPER PATRONAGE, I

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There appears to be many ,diife,
{ Eent' ways Of understanding the ttu
meaning ofnewspaper patronage, a
1litis called, and, asa Interested par
Fly, wegiyei place to a disqaisitionso,
the subject by one who know
whereof fhe,fspeaks.a It wiIlyserve
perhaps, asa mirror, whene certai,
persons may see themselyes; as Others
Esee thetti.s!}t jl8sa4n IS foaini
4 EManyIlongfand weary years have
forced the conviction upon, as thai
newspaper patronage is a. word o.
many definitions, and thai, q great
tmajorityofi mankind are,cither igno.
ranti Of the correct definition qor are
dishonest in astrict biblical sense OF
the word. b Newspaper patronage IL
composedd oboas many deolnrs as d
raina'o~, pand is as changeable| as a
chameleon. div ssoioia1 avsoiI
+ One man. comes Inc and'subacribes
for a paper and pays3forsitiin ad.
vance, and goes home and reads it
with theIproude satisfaction that 1t is
his.n,IH He handssinaKis advertisement
asks the price, pays for it, and goes
to Misplace ofibusiuess and reaps the
advantage thereof. +, Another man
says you may put my name on your
books, and goes of without saying a
word about pay. Time passes on,
and youwant money, and want him
to pay you whatlis honestly due you.,
He flies into!a passion, perhaps pays,
perhaps not, and orders his paper
stopped. This is called newspaper
patronage. t.
Another man brings in a fifty cent
advertisement and wants saltwo. dol,
lar notice given it, and if3you refuse
he goes off mad. And this is news,
paper patronage. q s Sasl}iui .se@.sss
e Another man lives near you-he
does not take the paper-he don't
like the editor-the paperais too
small for him-yet he goes regularly
to his neighbor and borrowsit, and
.quarrels with the opinions of the
editor Occasionally be sees an ar,
ticle heilikes; he begs, or gives half
a dime forsthe number. This. is
called newspaper patronage. nm FL
Another man likes the paper and.
takes a copy for his family and pays
for it,, and does ALL he can tolget new
subscribers; he never grumbles, but
always has a cheerful WORD for the
editor IL any little item Of interest
occurs in the neighborhood,a be I'M!
forms, the editor This is,newsplias-.
per patronage. baaaaaj
Another man has Ia patent and
wants you to give it a two dollar no,
tice every week, it will be of interest
to your readers, he says; but al
though knowing Il viii benefit him
most Of all, he does not offer, to pay
for ito This is called newspaper pa.
.tronage. II IN gta sitis beit {ef
Another man has taken the paper
for several years, but has not paid
for it, and comes in with a four or
five dollar advertisement and asks
you to insert it for nothing, because
he h is an old patron Of, yours. This
IS called newspaper patronage.
man t'a young man
about town." no use oftaking q pa
per, he knows all there is going On.
BY and by he gets married, and hands
in a notice with 'just,, give a dozen
copies" He gets ,them,t and when
you mention pay looks surprised
'''y gu surely don't charge for such q
thing!' and this isscalled newspa-
per patronage. Gng7 off 'taH !
Now isn't newspaper patronage a
curious thing? And in that great
day when the gentleman in black
gets his dues, as he. surely will, how
many fof, the patrons, enumerated
above will fall to his shared Now IT,
will be seen that while certain kinds
Of patronage are the very life, and
existence Of a newspaper, there are
other kinds Of patronage that are
more destructive than the deadly
night shade.-[Ex.
Mn. GEORGE B. SHEEpoN. Of In.
dianapolis, says the Herald, had a