Connecticut western news., 1884-02-06
THE New Milford Gazette of January


 intellects would take place between the Gazette and the CONNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS and one or both contestants would probably bite the dust.
 The gladiatorial contest occurred as advertised and the Gazette announces that it has retired from the arena and does not purpose to prominently contin- ue the discussion next week, as 1t would be wearisome to its readers and not ln good taste.
 The Gazette of the 1st will probably be transcribed upon the historic page and future generations will vainly at tempt to initiate the eloquence and logic of Bolles, Beckley, James and Addis.
 But laying jokes aside and taking up facts, we find that the Gazette highly in which 1t has conducted the discussion and presented its side of the case. We do not wish to take undue credit for intellectual ability and we think If the patent outsides have come off victorious they have won the case on its merits. Brother Bolles showed admirable skill in advocating and defending 0 weak case. We do not intend to weary our ? f6au6rS WlUn TeNl6W Ol buC CuSC, OuO we wish to refer to several of Brother Bolles' remarks, because they convey Q wrong impression.
 The Gazette says, "Will Mir Beckley please name any considerable list ot patent outside papers that equal or ex- ceed the usual circulation of papers with home-printed outsides?" Our reply is we have the material at hand for such a list, but to publish 1t would be an unkindness to editors who have taken no part Tn this discussion and unless we have been mis-informed in regard to the circulation of the Gazette, Brother Bolles would not be pleased either to have such list published, but if he has any doubts on this point. we will refer him to Rowell's or Ayers newspaper directory.
 Brother Bolles says "nothing can be more valuable than advertisements or the money they represent to the pub fisher who is trying to get living. " Brother Bolles evidently is firm be- hever in this doctrine, but why not carry it out still further and fill the Gazette completely with advertisements? We prefer to take the middle ground end run only certain portion of adver- tisements and give our subscribers their just proportion of reading matter and retain their subscriptions.
 Brother Bolles says ''A home printed paper and the New York Weekly Times or Tribune cost $3, while the NEWS and Connecticut Farmer cost $4." To be sure they do, but the Gazette and Con- necticut Farmer also cost $4, therefore the patrons of the Gazette who want the general news of the day must also take a New York weekly, which brings ul the cost to $5. Pecuniary difference 1T favor of patent outside, $1.
 Bear ln mind, the NEWS has goo6 many agricultural articles on its outside in course of 8 year and frequently or the inside pages are found letters iron farmers in this section relating theil experiments.
 What harm if patent outside pape, in Connecticut is similar to one in some other part of the United States l only shows the people demand @ gooC article. With equal propriety you nigh denounce the international series o Sunday school lessons just becaus' every back woods Sunday school super intendent cannot produce their equal.
 Those "old reiables, the Litchtiel( Enquirer, 58 years old, and the WinsteC Herald, 31 years old, are held up b, Brother Bolles, who says "they stil flourish and surpass the patent outsid papers of the county in circulation ant and influence. We will not say wor, to iniure either of these friends, bu don't lose sight of the fact that tn patent outsides of the county are youn, ASN years old.
 Brother Bolles goes into an arithmeti cal calculation on the census report and claims that an increase of population does not increase the possible number o subscribers. Very well, Brother Bolles we are not particular which horn of tn dilemma we place you on if your theor is correct, then certainly all the sut scribers to the patent outside papers c of this county have been taken ava from the "old rellables." See?
 The Gazette says, i've find by lookin at MT Beckley's patent outside that contains large display of patent med cine advertisements. We admit 1t an also know they have been no greate eyesore to our subscribers than to ou, selves they were there when we pu chased the NEWS, but we are happy t state several of these contracts expil shortly and we have no desire to rene them.
 We won't quarrel with the Gazette 0 the question whether 1t published instead of 12 columns of reading matte in its issue of January Is and MT Bollt says he publishes an average of 16 co umns of reading matter each week du ing the year. We will accept his stat ment, but when he claims he is givir his subscribers more reading matter the column than the NEws does, h statement will bear criticism. TT most of his paper is set with long prim type while the NEWS IS set with bou geois type. It takes only 112 ems long primer type for an inch space b it takes 139 ems of bourgeois type f the same space so even If he sets whole paper solid (which he does not)I gives only tritle more reading matt to column than the NEWS does leading its bourgeois type and by t way we frequently find it necessary set our paper solid.
 He admits that we give our reade four more columns of reading matt each week than the Gazette does, but claims great credit for doing more ty setting in his composing room than t NEWS does in its composing room.
 very poor plea to say the least. o subscribers, as long as they get t reading matter, don't care whether t type IS all set in our composing roc at Canaan, or whether we have part 1t set in New York city. We have
 pay for type setting ailee samee, wheth it's done at Canaan or New York.
 The Gazette asks us to refrain fro pitching into home printed pape, Rest assured we intend to. We ney court 0 quarrel and the Gazette twice
 succession, without any cause or prov cation, pitched into patent outsides, b Ma did not renlu ,1ntil un fnlt if a