Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-09-11
RAT NEWSPAPERS.
Why There are SO Many of Them In
Nevada.


county, 10 its i'll advised course in "ratting''
the price Of newspaper advertising and
charging less than legal rates. The Dayton
paper replies as follows:
"If the Sheriff Of Ormsby county has
printed in the Appeal notice Of Shertl's
sale; if an attorney for the estate Of de.
cea .ed person orders different matters con.
nected herewith advertised in that paper, OF
the directors Of a mining company publishe
a list Of delinquent Stockholders in its col
umns, does the law Of the State Of Nevada
require that any certain price shall be paid
for that work? No; there is no such thing
as legal rates for such work. "
AS the Appeal has frequently said before,
Senator Westerheld Is competent mill man
but knows absolutely nothing Of newspapers
and sill less of law. Regarding illegal
rates" he is referred to section 4eo4 and gas,
General Statutes Of Nevada Of 1885, CON-
piled by Bailey & Hammond.
These sections set forth in the plainest
terms the prices of official advertising at
81 50 per square for the FIRST insertion and
81 90 for each subsequent insertion. These
rates a, laid dowa by the Statute books were
held by some lawyers to refer only to certain
kinds OF advertising. In order 10 test the
matter I'll. Appeal brought suit against the
County Of Oem ,by for he full rates OF official
advertising The suit was decided in favor
of tn: appeal by Justice Carey. and the
money paid.
| Still this did not quite satisfy certain
class Of people Controller IIlllock refused
to pay warrant in favor Of the Appeal, aud
tied by tn. Board OF Capitol Com 'ioners.
The Appeal again sued for the illegal
rates" a, set down in tn. Statute books OF
the SAFE. Jusuce Gaig: rem Tered judG ment
for the full amount. llallock took an appeal
on behalf OF the State to the District Court.
and although the case was fought inch by
inch, by no less a brilliant lawyer than Col.
Ellis, and every trick Of legal defense re
sorted TO, the case was again decided in
favor OF plaintiff for the full amount claimed
and costs.
| 1t would seem that after these decisions
| ln- Icbdl Iate' io' OihSldi auNClt'SiS "Sie
fully establi,hed in this Safe a, they have
been established for years in California.
Regarding the employment Of printers in
this office, the APbraI will state that it does
not believe that any paper in Nevada, GU.
side of the two papers published in Virginia
City can afford to pay the established Union
rates for composition. The disposition on
the part Of numerou. Individuals TO run pa.
pers to crafty their personal vanity, has
caused numerous irt. sponsible sheets to
spring up in communities which cannot sup
port them. These papers take advertising
for little or nothing in order 10 freez: out or
cripple some well established paper, and the
result has been a steady decline in printers
wages all over the Safe.
Four years ago the regular newspapers Of
the State form ID an Association 10 keep up
regular advertising rales AMI prevent the
spread OF what is known as amateur and
mushroom journalism.
For some years past the appeal has been
charged with charging high price for coun
~ work and several Grand Juries have been
used by individuals who under a pretext Of
defending the County Treasury are trying to
worm the knife of business competition into
the Appeal.
The Association took the ground that no
paper could live in the State which did not
charge legal rates for all legal advertising.
The correctness OF its theory was manifest
when six papers (who were unable TO join
the association because they rated adverus'
ing rates) went to- the wall ti-
For the benefit OF all parties interested in
this controversy the .4bpenI states that for
all work upon which full legal rates are paid
the Appeal pays for the type'setting. the full
Union rates for composition.
That the APPEAL has not overcharged the
county is manifest by the following which
we cheerfuly reproduce from our Dayton
contemporary.
"If there is such thing as 'legal rates,
how was it that in 1855 the TINES Of this
county received over $500 from the county,
while the appeal done greater amount Of
work for Omsby county in the same year for
about half that suma"
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