Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-11-12
citing; for rent. editorial and clerical

setting; for rent. editorial and clerical
WORK. Ihesemustal be met with in the
dally. The expense Of the weekly is in
the make up, the paper, press work
postage and clerical work connected
with that list.
On the other hand the county paper is
charged with all the expense of rent
editorial work and business manage
ment, composition, press work mailing
etc. The advertising columns of the
weekly edition of a daily paper are
very valuable on account OF tho large
circulation, whilst the county press,
with its necessarily limited circulation
On few cases over two thousand ard
often less than one), is compelled to
accept low rates and take. pay otfsen u
trade. The country weekly must LOOT
to local advertisers; whilst the grehl
city weekly can draw from the ADVERT
sers of the Nation. Hence, there is
more profit to the city weekly at S1.OO
than the country weekly &C ~.
And so wesay to our farmer readers.
we know that the county paper is offer
ed to you at the lowest rates it can
afford. Why, then, DO we say YOU
should support the county paper?
First, because it gives you the home
news. You can get that nowhere else.
In that field 1T is supreme, and if YOU
want to know what Is going on, you
must subscribe for it. You may COM
plain that it neglects your township,
but that can easily be remedled, by
dropping it postal card each week tell
ing, in the briefest way possible, the
happenings of the week. Sixteen good
farmers in sixteen townships can make
any county paper brim full Of news.
and the editor will be but too glad to
make it satisfactory to them.
Again. the county paper is your only
reliance in your local politics. Nine
tenths OF the taxes Of Iowa are local
taxes, levied lit home, and expended at
home. You are interested in seeing
them wisely levied and expended. In
other words, thelocal government is of
vastly more Importance to you than
the State government; and as politics
IS the science government ourlocal
politics is ten times as important t.
you as state politics. Now, if you will
lend Us your ears q moment we Will
whisper to youa secret worth knowing.
Ii a@~farmers il. any county give their
paper Q candid support end let the
editor know just what You want anu
must have, he viii stand by them and
snap lis finger at the town politician
who may have adverse interests. His
bread and butter comes first from you.
and second from the business mainland
he can't get the business mans adver-
tl5e?nent until he gets your srbscrip-
ton. Through your local paper you
can set any reform in your county
you wish, whether you
belong to one party or the ether. You
aeed not be afraid that the politici ans
will fail to see the drift OF public SEN
-iment. What you want is to m axe
mat sentiment known through the local
3arcr. The local politicians will abs orb
1t as quickly as milk absorbs odors,
\ gain. You can make every paper
u The county helper in agriculture if
you will. There is rot a county paper
u Iowa that Wculd not be glad to pub
ish original agricultural matter il the
.armers would furnish it. The editor
las not time, and often is afraid that
what he might write would not be
profitable, buthe will always be glad
% have the expression OF good farm
ers,"