The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-21
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We have received the following cir
cular:
GENThEMEN: We have been robbed
long enough. 1t is now time for US to
take decisive action in conserving our
own interests. For years printing,
which should have been done at home,
has been caIted off to other cities, the
profits thereof accruing t. Strangers,
while we labored zealously; AID for
small gains, in building up the pres
perity of home enterprise. A visit to
Chicago, about week ago, brought
this grave abuse strikingly to my mind,
and 1T once Investigated it. found
that one disreputable concern III that
| city was doing nearly all the work
which could have been, and should
have been, performed 10y us. l found
that Grummers for that ;alping house
swarEed the West, Northwest and
Southwest. found that county clerks,
sher1fs, assessors and others are offered
and frequently accept, valuable presents
on condition that their office material
is purchased, and their printing done
in Chicago. | found that, in my own
town, the officials were thus induced by
bribery to get their supplies in the man
ner and place above indicated. But
| they'llno do that again, nor will their
successors, or they shall hear such
a storm about their ears rs will mar
their political future.
Now brothers of the country press, we
should all demand, and in no uncertain
| words, that county tax books, circuit
court record books, assessors and other
blanks, and miscellaneous county print
| ing Should be done 1T home. Weare in
titled to t!lis-entitled, ut least, to the
refusal of it. 10 me this work is worth
i considerable sum annually. In addi-
ton. we should strive to induce bankers
to give us the printing Of thicr checks
ald anything else which can be done as
well by us us by others, who have grown
rich ont Of work taken from country
printers. We uphold home industries,
and labor for their advancement. and
should in justice to ourselves insist up
on proper recognition III return.
! Frat-rnally yours,
A COUNTRY EDITOR.
Well. we are in favor of the largest
liberty in business as we'll us politics
and religion. If men prefer to send
their work away in the hope of saving a
few cents, or of getting better quality,
it is their privilege to do so. But men
who do this ought to be remembered by
their fellow business men and dealt
with accordingly.
Runners for job printing houses are
covering the country and securing a
large share of work that could be just
AS neatly and cheaply printed at homa.
Country printers caanet, as rule, com
pete with the steam machinery, large
stock bought at wholesale rates, and
the canvassing men of the city houses
Ifhome men have not local pride and
interest enough to build up their own
newspaper we can only wait until we
we can afford to have first class steam
printing offices and keep canyassers ir
the field.
What we object to is calling men pub
lie spirited and enterprising business
men, and giving them credit for home
liberality, when they will send to the
city for a little job work in order tt
save at most only few cents on a job.
Where county officers accept bribes
of course, they should be exposed, anG
nobody else can punish them so severe
ly. as editors can:
-Four thousand sl,oemaRers are on {
strike il Cincinnati. Is that awl.--
saltwater Gazette.
Not awli if. they Keep ''peggin2" away
Their ''sole" object is increase Of wages
Their employers are trying ''toe'
''heel' over the breach. But they are
preparing to ''strike" back till the
''last"armed foe expires Worthing-
ton ADVANCE.
They should "wax warm" and ''bris.
tie" to the ''end' that their tongues