Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-12

The Farmer and his County Paper.

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The Farmer and his County Paper.
Many do not understand why a cona~
try newspaper cannot be pNp.sflel as
cheaply rs a city paper.
The Iowa Homestead, puts the trnth
concerning county newspapers SC ably,
that we reprint il in full below
eve do not believe Us a rule you
either do them the good YOU ought.
nor receive the benefit You might east
lv receive. You think $1,G or SEQ
per wear Is too much foI a country pa
per. and ask why ~theycannot compete
with the weekly editions of the dali
les in the large cities. We Will tellHou
why.
The weekly that has.a daily edition
is made up from mayer already used.
Ii costs nothing f2E composition, Or
stype setting; for rent, editorial and
clerical work. These must'all lie met
with the daily. 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 country paper
is charged With all the expense OF rent,
editorial work and business manage
ment, composition. press work, ma&l-
ing etc. The advertising columns OF
the weekly edition of a daily paper are
very valuable on account Of the large
circulation, whilst the country press,
with it's necessarily limited circulation
Cn few cases over two thousand and
often less than onel. is compelled to ac-
cept low rates and take paw often in
trade. The country weekly must look
! to local advertisers, whilst the great
city weekly can draw from the adver
>. tisers of the Nation. Hence, there i:
more profit to the city weekly at Sl.o(
!, than the country weekly at $500.
And so we say to our farmer readers
a we know that the country paper is OF
ferad to you at the lowest rate it eau
afford. Why, then, do we say. YOU
should support the county paper
First, because it gives YOU the HON
. news. You can set that nowhere else
In thai ease it is supreme, and if yo'
A want to know What is going on, yo'
e must subscribe for it. You may com
S plain that it neglects your township
l. but chat can easily be remedied, y
y dropping it a postal each week telling
is in the briefest way possible, the hal
penipgs of the week. The editor vii
be only to glad to expand it. SiXtee
t. good farmers in sixteen townships ca
il make any county paper brim full @
news, and the editor will be but to
t. glad to make it satisfactory to then
Again, the county paper is your onl
reliance in your local politics. Nine
: tenths Of the taxes OF Iowa are loo;
taxes. levied at home, and expended ;
y, home. You are interested in seem
~ them wisely levied anG expanded. /
- other words, the local government is {
vastly more Importance to sou tina
- the State governments; and as polite
- is the science of government, your L
- cal politics is ten times as importal
- to you as state politics. Now, if yo
y will lend Us your ears a mQment W
will whisper to you a secret wort
g knowing. Ii the farmers in any coul
"V ty give their paper a candid suppo
~ and let the editor know just what th,
'l want and must have, he will stand |
70 them and snap his fingers at the tow
'a politician who may have adverseinte
'e0 ests. His bread and butter comes fir
y from you, and second from the bu:
=" ness men; and he can't get the bu:
ness mans advertisements until
Inv gets your subscription. Through 20
AL local paper you can get any reform
MS county government you may wis
IRIS whether you belong to one party ort
no other. You may not he afraid tn
the politician will fail to see the dri
of public sentiment. What you wa
m is to make that sentiment through t
up local paper. The local politician W
absorb it rs quick. as milk ahsor
MI odors.
per Again. You c"n makeevery pap
We. in The county d helper in agricultu
if you will. There is net a county |
GA per in Iowa that wouldnot be glad
publish original agricultural matter
we the farmers would furnish it. The {
itor has not time, and often is afra
.ed that what he might write would L
pa he profitable, but he Will always
he glad to have the expression OF go
zen farmers"
zen -
F" Farmers Arouse.
lis We send you good news and 81
~, tilinGS. Like the mother who saws