Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-15
THE COUNTRY PRESS.

The publisher of a country paper
who has sent out bills for subscrip-l
tion arrears, received the following
from farmer who had lost two or |
three crops in succession, and was
consequently short of cash.
Dear Sir.-Enclosed find two dollars |
in payment OF bill for subscription. AT
first intended to stand you Off until
fall, but after thinking about it, con-
cluded that you were probably as poor
as l am, SO send what l can. A. =.
This farmer had the right spirit. In
this time OF depression every interest
suffers, but none more than the local
papers. Those who can buy only the
necessaries of life are forced to drop
everything else that costs money, and
many discontinue their papers as
luxuries that can be dispensed with,
and one Of the sources of income to
the publisher is thus cut off. These
local papers areof the greatest value
to the counties and towns where they
are published, and there is no class OF
citizens who do more gratuitous work
! for the public good, or who really con-
tributes more to the growth and pro
gress, than the editors of what is
classed 'the country press.' While in
character and callber editors are fully
equal to professional men, they are
not so well paid, and III times CT de-
cfr1r~rr1p jn1,
existence. In many cases, these inn
portant enterprises will have to go
, down, if subscribers do not do al in
their power to sustain them in q spirit
of mutual helpfulness. The receipts
I. of newspaper are gathered from
many small sources, q dollar here and
dollar there, and q small sum from
each subscriber will make an amoun
sufficient to tide over the hard times
, which one good crop viii elevate, Ii i
doesnot end.
Ills good business policy as wei
as justice to help sustain, even at per
- sonal sacrifice, the country press
which will do more to restore goo
times and to set all wheels moyin!
again than any other single agency
q Northern Agricuiturist.
II There is a great deal OF surmisin
. as to whether the Republicans Will pu
). an equal suffrage plank in their plat
e form. 1t would he {; grand brav
r stroke for them to make. The Demo
u Gratis would not do It, and the lndt
n n pendents "dasn't," now let the Repul
D. licans show that they are not coward
n but are willing to shoulder the respoI
5 sibility Of champloning the cause {
~ ~ right.
a. The Original Package Bill has passe
y both houses Of Congress, and as it Ell
- bodies the expressed wish OF the low
30 prohibitionists they will not be likel
10 to put out Prohibition ticket. A
the Prohibitionists want is prohibitio
- and if the Republicans give 1t TO the'
they are satisfied. But sometimes til
80 grand old party Of reform kicks out c
W it's traces and then we are glad to se
~ =. the prohibitionists or Independent
w. whip it back to 2 proper realization {
'.o WHAT'S expected Of it. That is tt
10 way we look at it.
if Onr room is now adorned with
ha handsome colored hanger just issue
We by i. H. Eagerty, state commission
,re of emigration and statistics. sou'
tai Dakota is represented as handson
90 woman, and of course she ought
70 vote who holds q scroll in her han
)a- on which are beautiful engravings
ell all the public buildings of South D
we kota. at her feet lies an open boz
ble containing statistics concerning pc
,nt ulation, wealth, public schools, e
,an The principal products OF the sta
the are represented in the border, l
49, omitlng the arteslan wells, winch :
shown N the lower right hand corne