Salt River herald., 1879-01-08
Newspaper Patronage.

There appears to be many differ ent ways of understanding the true meaning of newspaper patronage, as it is called, and, as an interested party, you give place to disquis i tion on the subject by one who knows whereof he speaks. It will serve as a mirror wherein some peo- pie can see themselves as others see them.
 Many long and weary years have forced the conviction upon us, that newspaper patronage is a word of many definitions, and that a great majority of mankind are either ig- norant of the correct definition, or are dishonest in a stIict biblical sense of the word. Newspaper pat rouage is composed of as many col Ors as the rainbow, and changable as the chameleon.
 One man comes in and subscribes for paper and pays for it in ad- vance, and goes home aud reads it with the proud satisfaction that it Is his. He hands in his advertise ment, asks the price, pays it, and goes to his place of business and -reaps the advantage thereof. An other man says you may put my name down on your books, and goes off and never says a word about pay. Time passes on and you want money, and you want him to pay what is honestly due. He flies into a passion. perhaps pays, perhaps not, and orders his paper stopped. This is called newspaper patranage.
 Another man brings d fifty cent advertisement and wants a two dol lar notice given it, and if you re- fuse he goes of mad. And this is called newspaper patronage.
 Another man lives near you-he does not take the paper-be don't like the editor-yet he goes regular ly 10 his neighbor and borrows it and quarrels with the opinions of the editor. Occasionally he sees an article he likes, and begs, or gives a bit for the paper. This is called newspaper patronage.
 Another man likes the paper and takes it for his family, and pays for it, and does all he can to get new subscribers; he never grumbles, but always has a cheerful word for the editor. If any littleit of interest occurs in the neighborhood he in- forms the editor. This is newspa- per patronage.
 Another man has a patent and wants to give it a two dollar notice every week; it will be of interest to your readers, he says; but, al- though knowing it will benefit him most of all, he does not offer to pay for it: This is called newspaper patronage.
 Another man has taken the paper for seveval 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 is an old patron of yours. This is called newspaper patronage.
 Another man-yOung man about town-no use of taking a paper, he knows all there is going on about town. By the by he gets married. and hands in a notice with '.just save me a dozen copies" He gets shem, and when you mention pay, looks surprised-you surely don't charge for such thing! And this is called newspaper patronage.
 Now isn't newspaper patronage curious thing? And in that grea: day when the gentleman in black gets his dues, as he surely will, how many of the patrons enumerated above will fall into his snare? Now it will be seen that certain kinds of patronage are the very life and existance of newspaper, there are other kinds of patronage that arc more destructive than the deadly night shade -Er.
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