The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-04-18

| Another good chance to invest money
shu gam experience. The Leavenwortf
democrat is for sale. IL this thing con-
'innes the people will suffer for the want
OF Two or three organs at every cross
roads TO toot the praise Of some indi-
vihusl who i hunting for Office. The
Time is soon coming when the pnhlica-
tion OF weekly newspaper will be look
ca upon as a legitimate business. and
NOT a. begear upon the public. starry
Ing itself upon the promises OF dead
bcs's who are alwayS free with their
lencour2g cement and patronage 50 long
| ~ there is nothing for them 10 pay but
who. the moment bill il presented. re-
mark senTcniiously: II don't intend
10 support your paper any longer. I've
Deen supporting ii now for three wears
and | never had anything like that sent
70 ME before. Well have paper start
Ell here that'll be OF some amount, Yonr
paper never did amount TO ANYTHING NJ
Inc latter portion OF the remark in many
cases is alas, too true. 1t Is because the i
patrons themselves never trv 10 make I'll
70 20. partly: and partly II lies in the
very starting point. In too many in
stances the parties starting a new paper
90 not ask the question whether there Is i
any demand for snch business. neitherl
20 they expect to make permanent oc-
rnpafion oft. bnt they first canvass The
situation IN order TO see how much pei
c,uhiary assistance they can receive. and
,ow many pledges thev can get from
snose who have few dollars worth of
patronage 70 bcstow, and then make Al
no'd dash. The first issue comes out
bright and spicy. 1t is a new thing. II
ana several weeks Of labor have been! u
spent upon 1t; and Of course il fairly y
'parkles with wit and wisdom. TheI 4
second nearly equals the first. but abonilS !
me third week the news Of the town
nave become exhausted. the same steam Ia
boats pass up and down that did the q
week before. the corner Jokes have be- *
'ome stale from familiarity. and-andlb h
ne pills become to come in. Then theih
.diior with big E.) begins to realizela q
hat AL that glitters il not gold > andl 4
'llnost wishes that he had LEFT the aIongI
eli want untitled. He discovers thaild
y siis zeal to please everybody he has 4
pinched the pet corn off,
ONE other party. ard in revenge there =,
ore they intend 10 withdraw their pat
onage. They have never paid dolar.!fs
Ut their patronage Is great. aud thevlti
ow intend to transfer II to some o,berl
aper. Thcn the subscribers begin. onel
TER another 70 inform the editor thatl
iey don't want the paper anv longer. ''ls'
iey can get paper from Cincinnati or =
hicago with twice a. much reading- ".
after IN for less price. or. they are TAX -
e 50 many papers now that fhev must
y on some Of them. and a. the home M
lper Is the poorest. they will cut off,
~. As The editor sees hi. boas,ed ~
'omises OF support gradually vanish. ~
9 away. be begins to turn his afteu- m
on TO some other mode Of making the ~
per pay the fast accumulating bills. III
"a IN so doing the paper graduallyI ~
'ows dull and uninteresting. ana luu,u
other void i created and another "a ~
= is wanted to fiji 1t. If people who 20
tronIze newspapers year affer wear ~
''hout ever paying cent. would only W.
y their honest debts. we wonld moi CO.
50 many long felt wants . 10 bel
Ied. and the business OF newspaperl
,,uld be placed on the same footing A. Ian
Try goods store, or any other honor he
~ conducted business. fro
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