Connecticut western news., 1890-06-11
 Pony, Montana, May 26, 1890.
PONY AND NORTH CANAAN.

PONY AND NORTH CANAAN. A COMPARISON, AND A CHAT WITH OUR
 TowNsNIEN.
 "Our Letter from Montana" IS we'll worth perhsal, and is all the more inter- esting because written by one of tour boys," J. c. Benton, recently of Canaan Valley In this connection we take the to show the contrast between western and eastern public spirit and enterprise. Since last fall, Pony has grown from a hamlet of 900 persons to village of 1000 population. A weekly newspaper, the "Pony was started there March 27th. A copy of its issue of May 21st is now before us. It is seven column folio, "patent inside," published by A. L. Crosson It already has over eight columns of local and vicinity advertise ments and business cards. Over fifty business men are represented in those columns and many more in it's reading notices. They understand that the best way to boom their own business and their town is by supporting their local paper, and yet the subscription price of the "Pony Express" is $3 per year.
 North Canaan contains over 50 busi- ness men who ought to be represented by an advertisement or business card in THE NEWS, yet about nine-tenths of them are conspicious by their absence. This state of affairs is not owing to any i'll will toward the editor on the other hand he is fully as we'll if not better patronized than his predecessors were, but it showe how the majority of men doaat do business in North Canaan and how the majority of men in Pony do business. The majority of business men in North Canaan apparently make no effort to draw trade into town" If they do, it's s' still hunt" and cit wont do to mention it in the local paper because then everybody would know it.. Busi- ness men in Ct Burlington, Falls Village, Bridgeport, Norfolk, Hartford and Poughkeepsie are drawing large trade from North Canaan. They are not on ssstill hunt" for 1t either. They frankly say through the advertising columns of THE NEWS that they want trade and are offering inducements to get it.
 THE NEWS has labored faithfully for years to boom the town of North Canaan, and it also alUdys prefers to sell it's advertising space to North Canaan business men, but if they aoont advertise, wont hold their trade and also wont draw new customers into town it cannot compel them to, there fore THE NEWS has to accept out-of- town advertisements or else starve to death.
 In it's issue of Dec 24th., 1884, THE NEWS devoted several columns to show ing the value of local newspaper to a community, and the duty of advertising in it; showed that advertising was a duty that business man owed to him. self. to the community and to the local paper. THE NEWS mentioned forty two firms and persons in town who should either have an advertisement or a business card in their local paper. It gave each and every one of said firms or persons 8 free advertisement in that issue and it invited them to try the ex- pertinent of yearly advertising. Only one firm responded to the invitation.
 We have already written more on this subject to-day than we intended to, but, dear friends. "we are confronted by a condition" of affairs that is deplorable How much has North Canaan grown within the past 10 or 20 years How much will it grow if we let other towns capture our trade And capture it they will if our business men remain silent and let {" the other fellows" do all the shouting (advertising) for trade. You cannot afford to, and you don't wish to, let your local paper starve to death and yet it must or else be supported by home advertising or by foreign adver. Using. Remember that local news. paper is the barometer of town. The advertisements and business cards are g sure indicator of the business enter. prise of the place. A farmer cannot rear unless he sows, and the business man $ harvest depends on the amount o1 advertising he does. You cannot starve the printer without dwarfing your own business and directly and indirectly injuring the whole town. Townsmen
 our interests are mutual advertise ir THE NEWS and you will find it a payirp g investment You are cordially invited to try the experiment. This chat ano invitation is not confined to the merchants but includes aU our business men, manufacturers. tradesmen anC skilled workmen, every variety of busi ness in short, "the butcher, the baker and candle-stick maker"
 We thank all our patrons, advertisers subscribers and those who favor u!
 with job work, and we assure them tha
 we always endeavor to give them al
 equivalent for their money.
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