The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-10
HOW IT z
The difference Between FRO
gressive, and Stand-sti'''
People!
BETHANY, W. VA Feb. q.

BETHANY. W. VA. reo- =.
ST. have seen q copy OF your pa
~ that saws > good deal In favor OF
mr. state But after looking oVci
yonr advertising Columns, | tind 10
,Jver,is.ments of stock for sale. Are
ne farmers of North Carolina progress
s;ve as a class Are they taxing steps
lacking toward the Improvement "i
stock 4 Is North Carolins u hog raising
S,s,a would like tt read your pa
per. and am thinking OF having 4 'r''i
advertisement OF Al inch space Tor ohe
month. What would II cost me
Trusting to have an early answer
remain yours etc.
II will cost you 3. 80 for one month";
81 for two months; 81 for three; - Tor
six. Sl5 for n wear. We do not wonder
that YOU are surprised TO see no stocA
advertisements in the paper. Inc 'ea
son is two fold our people have nor
| vet got their eyes open 10 the beheA.
of advertiseing: while those who Woui'
like 70 advertise are unwilling 70 pa.
| our prices for their cards. mere are
occasional exceptions Last years We
advertised for Capt. 5. B.. Aiexandcrs
stock farm near Charlotte and capt.
James Norwood's near Hilisboro; on.
/ 10 a few months they wrote tht' thes
already had more orders than me.
could fill, 50 you see how 1t works.
But right here we beg 10 sag q Wpro
not specially for the Farmer mt Ne
cLnaic. but in behalf the State, ana IN
State Captcl.
a-g- Wlde-awake Northern capital.
lsts who think of investing III tn
South, almost iuvariable 90 to the Ad-
vertising Agencies to examine hles OF
Southern Newspapers; for IN all coun,
tries a town is judged by The signs OF
business displayed In its local Journals.
Such men are astonished TO find I'll,
Farmer and Mechanic daily d~evotlns
its columns to the development and
best interests Of North Carolina, yeI
showing only a few symptoms OF bu'i
ness life at the State Capital
We thought Raleigh was a city!
they remark, or write. TO us u
yoH seem to have no wholesale dealer
except Messrs. Lewis Il West ano
Messrs. Briggs & sons, no Commission
men. Insurance men, Foundry men
, Mill men, Fertilizer agents, Hotels
., Banks, Brokers, Lawyers, or other Pro
fessional men, What sort of Il vlllag
have you =
OF course We can only say hat Their
] are a plenty OF gentlemcn IN all tines
: avocations, but hat they heretoior'
perhaps have failed 10 realize the I'M
! portance of inviting business from
distance etc, etc.
{ $50 it seems they reply - Blu
that is not a good way to bull'
''up a town,-esp,cially, d State Capl
''tal, with Railroad ,rma stretching TO
ward all points OF the compass !
: paper like yours, that as you say
t 'goes to $50 offices in your State, be
: ''sides those outside ought to have tn
t '.card of every Business man in Ealeig
land every Factory and NIL, for on
"hundred miles around
''Well, | am sorry to make so poor
? showing for our Business and | ar
t aware how damaging it is to have sue
impressions prevail abroad. But 20
must admit the Farmer and Mechdn'
i is doing all it can, both for the town
and the State. We are giving on
a time. ~taient, paper, and money, to ad
f. ~yertise them both. And as we offe
our culumns to Business men at yer
t low rates.-conslderlDg our clrcula
F: ton. and invite them to examine gu
r Rocks what more car we do ? Possibl,
g we night have more cards IT We shoul'
= 90 around. and torment the lives out @
b the merchants. But we dol't do any
thing of that kind, and we don "ur
dsr-cut our rates, not gives pulls
to catch advertisers. OF course, whe
Is a man becomes a regular patron, W
d are clad to notice his business, froI
sine to time, because the rule in tn
e Farmer and Mechanic office is, Away
to-stand by those who stand by lit
= favor those who favor us However
: we are glad to say that Raleigh
If Frightening up. Our People are show
ing more life and energy than fc
h wears. and we look for better thing
le Many of US, as you know are, sti
!, under the shadow Of the war, and I'll
ton succeeding years Of misrult
g Wounded Business, like crippled ship
Il must go slow uLt repairs are mad'
re and breezes favors. The South no
n enjoys domestic peace, and prosperol
a gales; SO h~enceforce we shall 60 ahea
in good style.
To show Advertisers the gener
~ character Of the Farmer and Aechnntt
y. circulation we invite inspection Of !
Is mailing lists, containing names Of mo
he than 300 merchants and trades; mo
as than 200 physicians, dentists, and A
e torpevs-at-law more than 100 cler0
Is men and preceptors OF schools, more tn;
TO- cotton, tobacco and machiner
manufacturers, more than 100 Judge
a ex Judges, members Of Congress, al
sc of the Legislature more than 80 ia
way managers and editors Of newspape
re and about 900 of our leading farmer
or gentlemen easily recognized as amor
the most substantial citizens of Nor
Carolina. They are situated as Il
lows; at 225 postotfices in the 4th, 5