Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-09-07
RAT NEWSPAPERS
why there are SO Many OF Them

in Nevada.
Recently the APPEAL called tn
attention of the News Reporte
} of Dayton, Lyon county, to it
Had yised course in rafting" th'
price of newspaper advertising ant
charging less than legal rates. Tn.
Dayton paper replies as follows:
If the Sheriff Of Ormsby county
has printed in the APPEAL a notice
of Sheriff $ sale; if an attorney fol
the estate of deceased person or
ders different matters connected
Herewith advertised in that paper,
or the directors Of mining com
pany publishes list Of delinquent
stockholders in its columns, does tie
law Of the State of Nevada require
that any certain price shall be paid
for thar work? No; there is 10
such thing as legal rates for such
work.
As the APPEAL has frequently
said before, Senator Weslertield is
a very competent mill man but
knows absolutely nothing Of news
papers, and still less of law. Re-
garding legal rates he is referred
To sections 1891 and 332245, General
! Statutes of Nevada of 1885, com
piled by Bailey & Hammond
These sections set forth in the
plaiuest terms the prices of official
advertising at 81 30 per square for
the first insertion and 81 30 for
each subsequent insertion. These
rates as laid down in the Statute
books were held by some lawyers
to refer only to certain kinds Of ad-
vertising. Ia order to test this
IL after the APPEAL brought suit
against the County OF Ormsby for
the full rates OF official advertising.
The suit was decided in favor of
the AppEAL by Justice Carey, and
the money paid.
Still this did not quite satisfy a |
certain class Of people. Controller |
Hallock refused to pay a warrant
in favor Of the APPEAL, audited by |
the Board of Capitol Commission
ers. The APPEAL again sued for
the legal rate" as set down in the
Statute books Of the State. Justice |
GaiSe rendered Judgment for the
full amount. Hallocl teoh an APP
peal on behalf OF the State to The
District Court. and although the
case was fought inch by inch, by
no less brilliant lawyer than Col. |
Ellis, and every trick Of legal de-
Tense resorted TO, the case was
again decided in favor of plaintiff
for the full amount claimed, and
costs. /;
1t would seem that after these
decisions the legal rates for official
were fully established
IN this State, as they have been eS
for years in California.
Regarding the employment Of
printers in this office, the APPEAL
will state that it does not believe
hat any paper in Nevada, outside
If the two published in Virginia
Jity can afford to pay the estab-
ished Union rates for composition.
The disposition on the part Of nu
nervous individuals to run papers
o crafty their personal vanity, ,
las caused numerous irresponsible
heets to spring up in communities
Thich cannot support them. These :,
apers take advertising for little or
othing in order to freeze out or
ripple some well established pa
er, and the result has been a :,
teady decline in printers wages T
Il over the State. !.
Four years ago the regular news n
apers Of the State formed an Associ h
ton to keep up regular advertising
ties and prevent the spread of h
hat is known as amate ur and h
ushroom Jour nalism. y r
For some years past the APPEAL Il
as been charged with charging e.
igh price for county work and sew "
al Grand Juries have been used I
y individuals who under a pretext il
defending the County Treasury al
re trying to worm the knife OF I
lsiness competition into the Ap- S,