The Red Cloud chief., 1879-12-04

Tie Argus man weeps bitterly over
the reduction of the price Of the CHEZ,
and devotcs nearly a column of his valu
able? space TO advertising the fact that the
price of the CHIEF has been reduced to
al 90 year. We hereby tender cur
thanks to our co:cmporary for this gra-
tu;tous advertising. We don't wish to
waste much space replying to his silly
article but a, he il guilty Of a number
Of glaring falsehools We will call atton-
ton to a few Of them. lie says that a
good newspaper cannot be published at
SI.O0 a year. We refer to the Chicago
Inter Ocean, the price Of which is one dol
lar a year, the y. Y. Sun is one dollar a
year, the Chicago News is ID cents a
year. Are these ''sickly' papers, eh?.
We might so on aud name hundreds Of
the best weekly papers in the United
States, the subscription price of which
is from fifty cents to a dollar AMI a half 4
year.
Our esteemed? contemporary refers tc
the CHIET as a "snidc concern" the
CHEF is one cfthe Oldest established bus
mess en'erpeizes in this valley, it. inter
ests aud those Of the hundreds of home
s;eaders in this county have been
Identical, and together they have borne
the hardships aud privations incident t.
the settling up aud Development Of a new
country, and yet this editor Of a strip
ling sheet that hopes to gain a livelihood
by charging so 0 a year for an %inferio.
paper, calls u a ''snide.' The CHIEF
his done more to bui:d up and develop
this country in the last seven years than
the stripping couii do were it to forcc it,
unwelcome presence upon a suffering
public for the next century.
The stripping says tha, it knows its cir
cula.ion is the largest. We will make
this offer and challenge you to take it M.
Call for an affidavit from each postmaster
in the county. ofthe number Of papers
received AMI distributed at the respective
Offices, if those aniiavits show the. Argus
TO have the largest circulation We vii
pay each postmaster So 50 for the truuh
lie of making aft !ayit. If it is shown
that the CHEF has the largest circula
ton then the editor Of the stripping pays
for the ahidayits. Idle words dou't prove
anything. set down to business. We
challenge You 20 the test.
The assertion is made that the ''circu
iation Of the CHEF has been growing
less ever since its.preSent proprietor took
control Of it," this Isl fa!sehood, as We
can prove at any time by our subscription
books which arc open fer inspection by
the public.
We are sorry that the stripping feels
so bad but We canno, help it. "e pro
pose TO run cur own business, and run il.
SO far as possible, in the interests Of our
patrons IS well as ourSeif. We don {
ask tie editor of the Argus to reduce
the price Of his paper, it is one of our
business, but we think that had he a soul
anywhere near approaching the size OF q
mustard seed, he would be willing 10
give hi few patrons a little benefit of the
late sweeping reduction in the price of
everything used in getting 10 uewsra-
per.
But VIC cannot waste more space reply
ing TO a lot of silly ialseho,ds that are
evidently the result OF diseased mind.
p. S The subscription price of the old
est and best paper in Webster county
will remain at $I.00 . year strictly IL
advance.