The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-12-12

are firms in Cleveland that hire pants
made from six to twenty-five cents per
pair and mems shirts for as little, but il
cannot be done so in Wellington and the
man who would insist on such prices or
go to Cleveland for his work would, we
hope, get little sympathy from our people.
We state the truth and nothing more
when we say that every dollar that we get
for work in advance of Cleveland prices
costs US absolutely two dollars more than
it does them. Nor can it be done here
with the facilities the business of town
of this size will warrant us in providing,
more cheaply.
Business men recognize the advantage
and necessity of a newspaper and job Of
fee in a town like this, and the question
for them to settle is, do they want US in
order TO meet Cleveland prices, TO do work
at less than would afford reasonable
margin of profit on capital and labor in
vested and if we will not, will they take
their work to outside offices and leave us
to pick up precariOus living as best we
can. We have several improvements in
view which would be much to the credit
and advantage of the town and our read
ers, but they involve greater outlay than
present subscription and patronage will
warrant. If our friends could see that
their full obligation to support home
paper is not discharged by subscribing for
it; that they owe it also job work and ad-
vestising patronage, and that the sacrifices
necessary to sustain it are not all on their
part we should be nearer to a solution of
the question, show shall we manage to
keep our home paper fully abreast the
necessities Of the timesr"
We still have to meet the objection that
the price of our paper is too higb,-ttat for
one-third less they can get aclty weekly.
containing double or quadruple the read
ing matter and of better quality, but it is
the same old question of retailing goods
at wholesale prices, of furnishing paper
for the same price with circulation of
one thousand that is charged for one of
$1,000 to 100000. City offices publish a
daily, which of itself affords large profits
and the weekly is made up of matter pre-
pared for the daily and already in type,
and involves no expense for editorial work,
composition aud proofreading, but is SIM
ply question of paper and press work.
The two are on an entirely different basis
and cannot be produced for the same
prices.
Again, they fill entirely different places
in the wants of the public and one cannot
be made to take that of the other. Your
city paper, it is true, will give you the
general news, political or otherwise, and
if anything happens in your town of suf-
ficient importance to interest the general
public, such as theft, robbery, murder, fire,
railroad collision or bankruptcy, you will
get that too, but how will 1t be with the
thousand and one matters of less import
but which vitality concern the progress and
welfare of your town, and of the individ-
uals too, which your paper is expected
to champion How with regard to an
nouncements of public meetings, political,
social, religious? How about society no
tices and events, marriages, deaths, obitu-
aries, resolutions, cards of thanks and
nameless other things which a country
paper is expected to publish free, but il
obliged to insert in a city paper would
cost from ten to twenty-five cents a line
and then would not reach one in ten OF
home readers.