Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-03-18
TYPE AED PAPER.
George ". Peek Sends a Petition to Cen.
gress for the Repeal Of The Duty on Type
aAd Paper, that will Cause laughter il
Nothing Else.
ORFG,R or PRRsIpgST OF Wis pONs,N Fpr-
ToR' mi Pl BLISuEKs' Ass.CIArI ~,
AILHAUREE, FEB. 20.

TONS AND lhLINuEkk ASSOCIATE ",
AILHAUREB, Feb. ~.
To = natuss n % Men brrs OF Congress-:
lt becomes ny painful duty to address you
a iFW lInes ard u Y,g will pay attention ard
IL ow the idtsi herein advanced 10 gently
enter you' several systems without the aid OF
n surgical operation or n Shotgun, IL Will DO n
cussed sight more than We have n rieht 10
expect. At the annual meeting OF The VS.
con,in cdi,ors' ana pnblisLefs' association
hello last June At Oshkpth, alter tie mymo, y
had been formally admitted TO the insane
asylum, they passed tie following Wbeu asss
sud II soiutions, hetS cen free luLches and
uicnics, end mado ME The humble instrument
OF torture 70 bring the af re,Aid Wheresse,
snd resolutions To your stteutio,i
WHEREAS, TIE type fOundrIes Of tie Unit
Cd States have formed "a C mbinstiOn ipy the
purpose Of imposing such termk and f,gula
lions upOn trade; aud
Where's, They have been aud are using
their oreAp'ZItlOn 10 the giRAitst disaoynt
tSgr nni n Try OF their patrons, the printers
spd publisL, rs of the county; ~ q,
Wncres', The Oriinsfy and lermAuen,
III difficulties 10 the way Ol obtaining type from
foreign couhtrirs are SUCH rs 10 afford ample
p%rotectio 10 Apericsn type iuuBdrirs with
Il A. the addition oi the safeguard OF a lsIin;
tkt relr re-,
Resclsed, That the jpst interest of The
printers and publishers Vt tie United s atrs
t,q lire ;hst the tariff on ype metal and type
DO removed.
RESOLVED, That the representatives. OF Wiz
consln IL congress sre urgently requested to
uGs their influence and Efforts TO secure u
speedy OboliIiOI OF such tariff,
Now that you have read The resolutions.
il 10 = supposaGle case TINT you will IecI that
your next out, Is TO throV them into The
wAIle-baSket. In tho nsms of 40, 900, 100 pto
pie, be the 'Hrae morr or lea, ask y'u not
10 lose yOuE cuddy, but ruminEtr, NJ il were,
aud think over the highway robbery tbs. is
being pracLcsd upon Jour pptOpLisucated
constituents by the type founders, who are
ioun Teri ~ Lha DC wspSpeFs, As il IL nov.
they stand 10 The entrance OF the editorial
sancium and take the money tina, Gomez IL
on subs riptOns, and only allow The publish
or the cotdwcoi and iArp produce. b. the
protection yocr slltged honotHb . bod,
,Hurds them Ia the way OF tariff, they gr,p.
ple the throat Of every newspaper in Amrrlcn
and Say : X no." Nhlls the Gswspsper pub.
Usher can only rsturo h 6 chips 10 tue dealer
aud say 20 h-lIw Every article that is
used by 3 Newspaper msn, except secondhand
ulster ovPrcoats and llvsrpsds, Is prutt cipd
BY . taria that makes the cold pbilIs run up
bic spine.
Another thing That the association DID not
pAsa .Any resolu ion about, but which the,
probably will 1T the next meeting. II there
are enough OF them left outside OF the Door
house to meet, before they meet on thai
beautiful shore, IL the resent acton OF the
manufacturer Of paper, VINO SIRE endeAyoring
10 screw down ths lad OF The nswspaper cunin |
wbieh the tvp~e-fognden are preparing Tor
The grave. In he last thrre months, by THAR
own sweet will, they have run the prlcs OF
paper up Almost 100 PER c,nt. There il moth
irg 10 prevent them from doing IL, as foreign
manufactured paper Is Kept out OF the coup
Try by the tariff, Every article that goes in
70 the construction OF rag paper, except bass
wood, sweat and waller, has y tnrihr on ir. /
Toe coda, AsFhf9iids aud blns mass or Nhat-
ever IA used TO deodOriz4 undeIshiTts and
cast. q drawers 40 that they will sasll good
VI = Newspaper, hAs q corn on II In The shane
OF 4 tstif, So that the paper Manufacturing
thrsa card monte chaps havs ~ eacase 10
bleed newspapers To the last drop. What /
hs newspapers want, add they believe II Is
not IA unreasonable dtmAbd, h the nmoy,l
OF the tar'i on tlpe, on rags, on paper, ana
on chsmic9ls used IN ihe mauUfsotufs Of "a.
per. In = taria on rage tf There ia no tsItfI
on rags you hgd better lat one on, units
,ou rempve thu tari1 "a he rest OF the stuH;
II a tarld Is a good thing, ynu can't have too
much al ~ tor ins'SnGe, whom do YOU pro-
ter Nobody but gQtteTsnipe tag pt kprs.
old maids who ave up rags 10 buy stuff.
81 Il tin peddl-rs VINO trbde 'ii dippers ma
skimmars oeeasianal, TO- n u .ur sark (lll ol
bar smelling rSes Are tht r L piekprs and
Odd meids your principal cons iiuent,?
Tue new papers " he country believe
'hAt lhey are esu1led 10 some Consideration