The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-01-24
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NHshvIlh ronueT
The increase % sahsesia- r-se
from 81 co to ( y ga q nv inc
Brownsy!l { Iap"rs hae given occasion
10 many II U.3S country exchanges @
Coniin9:'E i-;1n tic Iuv e., I.t-ssjDi
figures It = inch a coau:rr 4cek V
: can tc published with any Profit.
( Tine Prevailing rr.cc for vcar.r .ub-
I @rripIioIis l. SI.C:, through J.Iuuy pub
/ fishers cIIarge i 80, and sumo tew
$500. nc>c j.ubily!!crs ut tho high
! or RATES hold tiat good paper c"uuut
! hc printed, exec IL J,a IoS., a.; 81.
: This Is a mistake, > ms nt ;he bcS.
cdi;,-d exchanges that 1-e receive are
! printed and sold al that G@uGc-und
, the publishers must uake some pro
/ til, else i.Icv could not :l,anuCe to 1--we.
/ But. IN pointing nrt this nti>ta ke. we
10 not intend - b,. uldcFstuUtt ~ fl.
vorlng the 81 03 rae. !. i tc3 dow
entirely too low. ktum experience,
wc i,nu" that, FOR publisher to make
u Sutl!rip~t IEul4t al this price eDun
which tu tive costio-tah!y, he HsuSt
do he work Of editor, mana <cF. col
lector, solicitor, mailing, clerk fore
man, and about hA.f oi the press work
and Il consideF~i,,c portion Of the
type settiag Ia oti4cT words, Ire must
10 as 4nuCh manual labor as auT com
NOR +i-elng, and III addition, az much
mental work as he can pes>Sbly com.
lDaud W hen a country editor and
publisher thun lJec,me5 q slave, he
cNn make u good pa4SeE tor enc dollar
per anmum and llYc--at Feast he can
realize enough money OH which to live.
lhOWgh the work may Kill bin. But
the profits made are not at all in Ia'o-
port on to the labor performed, and
people ask, Why sl,'rs't YOU c&argc
rPore for your papcy?~' The aI!syvcs
is easy 1.-THE -ubscr UPTON I42-e is
incrca>o,l, many @-1Incti0trs Ci$con-
tana1e tneir pat1'tAaEc5 advertisers are
less numerous, and the last cundi-
ti'ql ss verse titan the first. I&is re-
sRit Is sros because the I'uI,er i worth
rfo RI, re ttaan one dollar. bEAt because
readers can get ncw,p2pers-reg regular
blanket ,shcc.s-at that prie.~ The
week Iy t<lFkicnS of city dailics are fhc
cause fog THIS condition Of the cogsntEy
publisher, and ii is wrong, too. Be
cause the type for the former is alrea-
dy set, aud the expense for publica-
ton Is only slightly more than cost Of
white paper, the price has beer feiuc-
ed 20 such Ggure t4&aT colNEgvtsti ron
by country weckica has become
desperate struggle The Publishers of
wecklies of R;ity @ailirs are no more nor
less than grasping mOnopo!E5ts Of the
very worst sort Some Of them are
not even satisfied with this cum(rti-
ton with country COnter0 JrdriCS,
but make iii effort 10 take from them
their very Substance by Offering
"prizcS" 10 new subscribers. Ifthe
Tennessee Press Association would do
the good lkGng, the mem bcrs viii r.
gulato subscription prices to weekly
papers aud place them II such 4
iigqrre that there may be some p!eas
urc and profit III publishing Them at
nj county towns. No one viii deny !
tie value and importance Of country |
papers, and the immense influence !
for good cXcrtcd by them, nor will |
it he questioned that that influence |
would be increased a:d better pnpcrs !
be made if mere rCmuncratIve prices +
could be charged. Ii Is 4 public !
necessity that country editors be on !
couragcd in the publishing ofthc very !
hest pnptrs posslb!c-and no eucuur- /
agement would be greater than an I
Increased Subscription price. |