The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1881-04-02


press Il e. our puIpose md object in
much g al argument against thAt claes
who oppose 10 adoption, as to show
some 81 the benefits arising from its
use among the rural journals OF the
land, and more particularly In the State
Of Louisiana.
From an investigation Of this subject
it is ascertained that READY PRINTS,
or as they are more commonly known,
Patent Ilsides and O,ttsides. have
been in use only q little over ten years.
Their first appearance gave rise 70 nerce
opposition and relentless attacks. not
only by thecontemporarieso fthe papers,
but also from numbers OF their sub
scribers, It was urged that this plan
was g death blow to local interests, q
stab at the honorable calling OF journey
men printers, and an exhibition on the
part Of editors, OF deplorable lack of
intellectual and mental ability. thus
lowering the profession in the opinion OF
communities. Such is usually the case
with all inventions which tend to lessen
labor and the expense OF producing.
The same opposition met the invention
Of sewing machines, threshing machines.
cultivators. mowers, IeapeTS and other
products Of mans contriving genius to
decrease toll and superinduce an en-.
larged production. Yet it has never
been conclusively demonstrated, that
these innovations have proved detrl-
mental or ruinous to the several classes
whom they affected. On the contrary,
| they have rather become powerful aux
iliaries to aid these various laborers to
carry on their avocations and keep an
even balance between the great ques-
tons of political economy supply and
demands.
"READY PRINTS are becoming more
popular, and already over 5000 are in
use in the United States and the demand
| for them is annually increasing. Why
| is this?
Fgst-Because they are q matter Of
economy to newspaper publishers.
jSecO7ad-Because they are an actual
aid to journeymen printers.
Third-Because they give greater
scope to editors to attend to soliciting,
collections, job work, ETC..
Fourt1,-Because they furnish more
amplitude of opportunity and scope for
| the treatment Of local subjects, as well
as q greater variety of reading matter
than can be obtained by any other
method.
| 1. As matter of economy to publish
ers it is only necessary to state that
g READY PRINTS are furnished at a
trifiing advance over the cost Of blank
paper; it saves time to editors in fur
nishing miscellaneous matter, which
he would be compelled otherwise to Gull
from multitude of exchanges; he
economises in the quantity OF matter
selected; one-half in press work, be-
sides the wear Of type, presses, ETC., and
fthe quantity Of materials used.
g That it is injurious or in any man
ner detrimental to printers is a fallacy
easily exploded on the grounds already
urged, l. e., that everything which facili-
tates any particular avocation or bust
ness, but meets the requirements Of de-
mand, which necessarily Increases in
| the exact ratio Of the advance OF popu-
lation and civilization and the agricul-
tural and commercial prosperity OF the
country There is a constant augmen-
tation in papers, the natural result OF
| the growth of education and the desire
for knowledge.
In the country, good printers, as a
rule. are difficult to obtain, and hence
&c READY PRINTS fill up the vacuum
which would otherwise exist without
them. Many an editor who is physically
and Intellectually Frustrated by over
work in the editorial room and at the
case, bears testimony to their benefits.
s. This naturally brings us to the
third consideration-tha they give to
the editor a greater surplus OF time to
attend to other work, particularly in the
rural districts, where he combines edi-
torial labor with typo, book-keeper, job
printer and pressman, making himself
a huge complex printing machine, with
out relaxation, Frustrated in mind and
body, incapacitated for writing editorials
with the required polish, or properly at
his multitudinous and distracting duties
from accomplishing his work thoroughly
in any one department, and hence he
works under a constant tension and at
disadvantages which too often prove
ruinous, both physically and pecuniarily.
4. Because ''READY PRINTS furnish
more time and space for the manage
ment and treatment of local subjects.
| This is the great desideratum to be
attained at the present time.
The LOCAL Press is the power that
moves the people. 1t forms and con-
! trolls public sentiment. It is a verifica-
[ ton Of the axiom that 'sthe pen is
mightier than the sword" tits the bea-
con light which points out the shoals
and rocks, and warns the public to avoid
their hidden dangers. It is the great
electric light which illumines the whole
area of our advanced civilization, and
rivals in it's brilliancy all the bright suns
of enlightenment which have illumined
! Cl1C VOllO, 1tuu CO-uOy 10 LIZ pOWOAAo!
champion of constitutional liberty and
the rights Of man on the globe.
LOUISIANA particularly now needs the
aid of the LOCAL PRESS in her behalf
Right royalty, too, are they battling in
her cause. They are turning the full
force Of their giant and herculean pow
ers towards the development of he1
home interests. They are striving
heroically for the agricultural advance
ment of her broad and prolific acres
they are struggling to build up her COM
mel cial prosperity to enthuse her PEG
pie with the spirit of enterprise; to in
fuse life into her manufacturing and
railroad enterprise and to develop he1
internal improvements.
It is an important and momentous
task that these men are daily, weekly
and yearly deyoting their time and
brains to task which would dismay
others less resolute. They need all
their time, every energy Of mind and
body to devote to this work.
What better furnish these than READY
PRINTS with their columns of well
selected matter, embracing home and
farm, politics, proceedings of congress,
personals, commerce ard industry, crimes
and casualties, condensed ne1Cs ct home
and abroad, interesting eUents, foreign
gossip, light literature, poetical gems,
science, in fact, such a weekly encyclo
pedia Of general information as nc
country editor could possibly afford OF