Connecticut western news., 1884-01-23
THE New Milford etazette of Jan, IS


 THE New Milford Gazette of Jan. IS, contains a two column article headed "The value of home printed outside. " The editor has been looking over his file for 1888 and appears to be perfectly overwhelmed at the discovery he made. We'll, we don't blame him, it is remark able and worthy of publication. He has discovered that during 1883 he occasion ally published on the outside of his pa per an interesting article, and several of them are really worthy of notice, and fearing that others might not have mo- ticed the same wonder, he proceeds to name these newspaper articles. He Is SO elated that he goes into raptures over g home printed outside. We don't en- " him any satisfaction or consolation he derives from his discovery, on the contrary whenever publisher of home printed outside is entitled to any credit for his productions, by all means let him enjoy 1t Discovering that home printed outside may occasionally be wor thy of favorable mention, he jumps to a conclusion that patent outsides as rule ''are not worth the paper they are print ed on." He then raises the editoria cudgel and belabors patent outsides, but every blow only rebounds and strikes himself, and his efforts to show what patent ontsides fail to accomplish, only result in showing what they do ac- complish and proves their superiority to home-printed outsides. He has discov- cred that by taking home-printed out side and New York weekly 8 person can obtain both the local and general news. Gollyl what diScovery: but mark his admission. Years ago the pub tc discovered that patent outside news paper gives local and also general news. Bear in mind that almost all of these home-printed outsides are relying on some other paper or publication to float them. If they give the farmer all the information he needs, why are they of- fering as premiums some agricultural paper, clubbing with some magazine, offering lottery scheme of giving two years subscription for one to & limited number of subscribers and resorting to other dodges to hold their subscribers. He says livery rarely, if ever, has pa per with patent outside gained large circulation, and he cites certain home printed outside as having as large cir culation as six average patent outside newspapers. He is very careful to quote @ paper that has been established 5C years in wealthy manufacturing and farming town ir county of over 70,00t inhabitants. He might have said witb equal fairness that many patent outside papers exceed the circulation of home printed outside papers. We wish every subscriber of the NEWS would read the Gazette's article on ''The value of 8 home-printed outside" then open the Gazette and after examining one entire page of advertisements with type as large as circus poster, we think they would come. to the conclusion that pa. per ought to have some value on it's in side pages as well as on the outside pages. Patent outsides don't pretend to be agricultural papers /; they expec every farmer will take the Homestead the Connecticut Farmer or some othe first class farm journal. They don't sa, tostEfeir subscribers, we give you onl! local news and you must take Nev York weekly if you want to know wha is transpiring outside your own doc yard. We think the Gazette makes { mistake in belittleing patent outsides We assure the editor of the Gazett, that we entertain the most kindly feel ings for him and the success of his pape but we feel it our duty to defend paten outsldes, and if while doing so we ask comparison of even his own paper wltl patent outside, we trust he will see th' propriety of 1t inasmuch as he opened fire on patent outsides in general, ant while we admit and affirm that tn, Gazette is a good paper, we are sorry tC see it attack some of it's neighbors be cause they prefer to use patent out side. If the public do not desire pa per. with patent outside, why do the. patropize it |? The Gazette in alludins to the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS, say ''Mr BeckIey gets out good paper anC we hope that he will some day be abl to afford home-printed outside" w assure the Gazette that as long as tn patent outside maintains it's presen superiority oyer home-printed outsides we shall not infict our subscribers witl a home-printed outside. The Lltchfelt Enquirer, in our opinion, is the mos desirable "home-printed outside" in thi county, because it not. only gives loca news, but publishes large amount O general news and it shows that its edi tor expends large amount of time il selecting and arranging general new items and writing short editorials on tn principle events of the day, but bear il mind that it's editor finds it necessar. to charge the following prices per an mum:
 County subscribers .........$2.O Ot
 If not paid in advance ce...... .$2. 5( In bundles (outside the county) .$2 O(
 If not paid in advance =. -. .$2. 5t In single wrappers ...... .....$2. 5C It's advertising rates are also high, oth erwise it could not live. The Winstet Herald of Jan IS throws mud at paten outsides, and says ''they are printed fo 500 different newspapers, changing on ly the heading and are just as servicea blo ;r HnIifn,nin OF Kansas aa in Con