The Worthington advance., 1882-02-09
WORKING FUR NOTHING.

seem to think 1t an honor u do county
work, for they pay u bonus to get IL.
Last week the. papers were called upon
to bid for the tax list, one paper agree.
ing to set the type, furnish all paper,
and give tho county $40 for the hon
or" Of doing this work. The oppOsi-
tion saw this bid and went it 81 better
and was therefore designated us the
"otlicial" paper wherein the tax list
shall be printed. just how this sheet
will get even on this bid is more than
we can see. Perhaps several hundred
new subscribers will roll i'll for the
''patriotism'' displayed in doing 4 big
job for nothing and beating somebody.
to be q great mania among some Of tho
it is belittleing the business in tile eyes
of the fair dealing business men. The
paper makes no more friends y work.
ing for nothing than were the publish
er to charge living profit, for it you
work for county for nothing il little
extra must come out of the people in
order to make both ends meet, and this
you will he caught in sooner or lat
er. Just because you are running
patent newspaper and in i small place.
don't think you must cut and slash
right and left without any regard to
the fact that yOu are losing money,
and wearing out your material. A pa
per in i small town can he made as re.
spectacle rs the largest daily il it is
run on business principles. This thing
Of doing work for nething is not one Of
the characteristics OF the Argus; we
charge living profit, and no more; we
treat all alike; if you want i job you
can have it us cheap as your neighbor,
and no less, while if you want to adj
vertiSe we are pleased to accommodate
you. you pay the price we furnish for
all, and consider yOu have your mon
ey's worth when the work is finished,
and that's all Il man asks. II We can't
get living rates for work we let the
type lay in the case; it won't wear out
there, while cheap work hangs up an
Office in Il little time. We like to see
the newspaper business conducted on
good principles, and when we hear Of
slashing in rates, it hurts us almost as
much rs if we were in the war. Don't
do it. 1t isn't right. You can't stand
it always.-SiouX Falls Argus.
The Argus probably did not read up
the whole history of that matter. The
Journal, knowing that the majority of
the nev Board were elected on the In
dependent ticket, expected to beat us
out of the the tax list 10y publishing 1t
for nothing ard:pa;ing $40 for the privi'
leqe. The ADVANCE put in bid Of
fering to print the tax list for = ot|'ing
and pay Sl1 on condition thai tue rest
of the printing was voted to us At reg
ular rates and the commissioner p1o-
ceedings at 35c folio. This bid the
Board accepted. 1t makes the AD-
VANCE the official paper and secures us
fair rate on all excepting the tax list.
II NEW RAILROAD.
III these days Of active railroad build
ing. the ordinary individual not closely
identified with railroad interest, passes
over the frequent announcements: made
through various sources, OF projected
or recently completed lines Of road, us
of no interest to him III particular; and
while this may he true in remote
cases, cur readers are certainly very
greatly interested in and benefited by
the completion and opening for bust.
ness of the Milwaukee and Madison
line of the Chicago Il North
Ry. This liEe, beginning in Milwau-
kee. where it connects in same depot
with the Chicago Il Milwaukee line (>o
and the Milwaukee and Green Bay
Line of the Northwestern. as we'll as
that of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore Il
Western Ry., runs directly west. pass
es through Waukesha and Jt fftrson
counties to Madison, with the follow
ing stations and distances:
Miles Miles
Milwaukee Jefferson Junction 47.s
S,;1h1 SH1,n Greenfield IS s Lah3a kahS Mills Ss
WaukeSha 1872 Deerfie'd f3.i
WalSs 49,, 2S4 e. G"ttage Grove ;"2
Sullivan 81
The increased facilities afforded for
getting about, or from one part of tile
State to the other, hy the completion Of
this line, will readily be seen. 1t giyes
/; new route between Milwaukee, and
Madison. and places all points upon the
North Western Ry. north or south Of
Madison within easy reach of Milwan
kee. or rice rersd From Fon du Lac and
points north OF there it gives choice of
two routes to the capital Of the State,
viz: One via Milwaukee,; another via
Jefferson Junction. 1t gives the towns
| IN the counties west or MadlSon. upon
the Madison and Montfnrd Line "f the
same company. direct connection with
Milwaukee, and consequently with all
points north or south from there. a.
gain, it gives passengers travelling he
tween points upon this line ant! Chica-
go the choice Of three routes between
these points, as follows, viz: One via
Milwaukee and the Lake Shore
Routes" one via Crystal Lake. James
vile and Jefferson; and another via
Harvard, Beloit aus! Madison. We nm
derstand that through trai's Of this
company between Chicago and st. Paul
are to he run via this line. and with
their new Day Coacins s. Parlor Cars
and Pullman Sleepers, it will be pop
ular route from the start.
! How II P4i VS.
There is but one man in Worthing-
ton, so far as we know, who believes
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