Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-23
ISt, Cloud Times.I
ATalk or "Patent Tnsfaes."

4 Talk or "PGtent Insfdes."
The Argus is not half large enough. Sub
scribe at once and we will Print both sides at
home. County Argus.
Now we will venture the assertion that IL
both sides of the Argus were printed at
home, there would be general dissatisfac-
ton among it's country readers. We could
we'll afford to print both sides of our paper
ourselves, but, by having one side printed on
the cooperative or patent plan, We are en-
abled to furnish our readers twice as much
reading matter and one-half more news than
we could do by setting all our own type. We
lately noticed boastful article in the Fergus
Falls Jour al, announcing great improve
ment because in "had discarded patent in
ards" We turned to look for the "improye-
ment,' and found that where formerly there
had been six Or seven coimns of live news
matter and the same amount Of selected mis-
cellany, there was only six or eight columns
of love stories and dry literary stuff. We
doubt if the readers of that paper will admit
the improvement
Take, for example, the two st. Cloud pa
pers. The Journal Press is printed entirely
at home. Compare its outside with our
''patent" inside, and candidly say which is
the best for subscribers. The Journal Press
outside each week is made up of ten columns
of romances, literary selections, etc., which
have been going the rounds of the press for
the last quarter of a century, and contain not
a particle of news. On the other hand. the
''patent'' side of the Times contains every
week from six to eight columns of late news,
including two columns of telegraph news,
which appeared in the dailies Of the day pre-
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selected miscellany. Is this not infinitely
better than such a selection as these entirely
b me- made papers furnish? TIE two
weeks following the national con-
ventions of both parties, the
Tines "patent" side furnished full reports
OF each convention four columns in length,
and on the home side, an editorial review.
The Journal Press furnished the editorial
review alone. Which was the most valuable
to the respective readers of each paper?
This is but a sample of every weeks issue of
the two journals. Of course everybody
admits the superiority of the Times local
and editorial columns.
We do not draw this comparison for the
purpose of belittling other journals; but be-
cause we are tired of the clap trap used by
some papers against patent insides, when
their editors know. and an examination of
their columns will prove that their former
patent sides were vastly superior to their
present homemade, dead matter make up.
AS We said before, we are abuldantiy able
to print all our paper at home; but, as the
present plan gives our readers more ne,os
than any of the home spun sheets, we are
constrained to consult the interests of our
subscribers.
IPipestope News.
Tine Martin County Sentinel has discarded
"patent outsides" and is ROW printed all at
home. In speaking of the change the editor
berates at some length the "patent" system
OF "stale news" ETC., but glance at the out
side OF the same paper does not reveal much
improvement liz that regard, so far as we can
see 10 our notion it makes very little diff.
ference to the reader of miscellaneous mat
ter, whether We clip the items printed or
some one else. The only real Improvement
we have ever been able to see between pa
per printed all at home and one using the
"patents," is that the former controls its
eva advertising columns. But this Idea of
one particular person selecting miscellany at
the home office for the outside of uewspa-
per, assuming i. to be an improvement on
patents" is all bosh, for in nine cases ont
of ten the miscellaneous patent shsets are
far ahead of the bodies of the great daiIies
In the variety of selections.