The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-01-13
Country Journalism.

adyersity because he has got to stand
1t when it comes, as there Is absolutely
no other way, but that the true test OF
a man Is to stand prosperity. 4
great many men are SO constituted
that they will declaim vigorously
against the robbery there is in taking
ten per cent. interest, when they are
poor and obliged to borrow money,
who would turn square around, If they
should meet with sudden good fortune
and become capitalists, and if they
could not get twenty five per cent.
they would take seven. Anyhow, they
would take all they could get They
would put away their former views on
the subject, cut ali their old acquaint-
ances and take exactly an opposite
position from their former one. 1t is
said that Senator Jones was hard
money, single gold standard man,
when lie was FIRST elected to the senate,
and he made q speech which was
chiefly influential in causing Grant TO
veto Il sort Of silver imitation bill that
congress had passed. At that time
Jones was Intensely wealthy and
money came tumbling in on him to an
extent that was positively ANNOYING;
but oil az once things changed.
Jones mines peterei out, he had be-
gun several enterprises that required
money to carry on, and he became
crippled and hard up. Then it was
! that Jones saw where he was mistaken,
and ever since has been u warm friend
OF silver, demanding that it be palced
on the same footing as gold, with free
and unlimited coinage The govern
mcnt can't issue too much money to
suit Jones now. Well, that is simply
an Illustration, and a preliminary to
what we were going to say about coun-
try journalism. There is probably
10 country journalist, who depends
solely upon his paper for support, who
does not hope for better things some
day. We recoIlect that was the view
we took OK the matter, and we recol-
! lect that we said then, if we ever got
TO be one of those metropolitan chaps
where it was all salary and diamonds
and no work, il place Of slab wood,
| duns and three mems work to do in
side the Office aud out, We would never
go back on the perfeSh though We
wallered in wealth Well, we are not
yet wallering in wealth, though it
would be idle 70 deny that the Sun is
success, and looking back at the
corduroy road over which we have
come, we desire herewith to renew our
pledges of devotion to the country
journalist Of the state we have known
in other days, and assure them that
our heart beats warm for our native
land When we think Of the hard
drudgcry most Of these enterprising,
indefatigable workers do in week,
and the small amount OF thanks and
cash they receive in return, we feel
as though something was wrong
somewhere. Why it is that III
many localities the people do
not appreciate the Importance Of d
good newspaper, and sustain it by a
liberal patronage, thus making it a
better paper, is one Of the most una
countable things in the world. We
have no urgent call now TO say what
we do, but we tell the people of every
locality where a paper is published,
no matter how small and insignificant
the Paper may be, that every dollar
they pay it for subscription or Judi
cious advertising puts two dollars in
cash in their own pockets. We have
figured on it, and we know. 1t may
lot look 50 on the face but it is very
very deceivins Lots Of schemes that
dD not seem to amount to anything
scarcely pan out whole handfulls OF
nickels unexpectedly. And the coun-
try newspaper Is Of this class We
are not at liberty to give the whole
thing away, by explaining all the par
lculars, but country people may rest
assured that we understand the mat
ter, and that we are not steering them
into the trap door game, that will let
them down out of sight, Subscribe
for your local paper and pay for it in
advance, and if you feel at the end of
the year that you haven't got your
moneys worth then your fortune is
made. You can 90 10 any museum and
get salary of $1,000 a year as curl
osity.
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