Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-10-30
No. THANK You.

The fact has been made known this
week that the Republican state committee
have made an attempt to renew their bull
headed and insulting policy toward the
Republican state papers, which they tried
on four years ago, of compelling these pa
pers to cut their own price % cents year
in order to avail themselves of clubbing
rates with certain city papers. The bald
announcement of the committee is that:
"Ths arrangement takes effect Nov. 1st
and after that date subscriptions are not
to be received from papers advertising a
larger price, except at the usual club rate
of 90 cents
The Phoenix has no occasion to discuss
this matter, for it was discussed at length
four years ago, both publicly in our col
umns, and in private interviews with and
private letters to members of the state
committee. Our policy will be precisely
the same now as it was then. Every sub
scriber to The Phoenix will be treated just
the same as every other subscriber. We
shall not pay one subscriber bonus of -
cents because he takes a club paper, while
his neighbor is compelled to pay full price
because he does not take a club paper.
When a subscriber pays Sl.j0 for The
Phoenix he knows that he is getting the
paper at precisely the same price with
every other subscriber. This has always
been our policy, and it will continue to be
so, no matter what the state committee
may say or do about it. We commiserate
any Republican newspaper in Vermont
that allows its business to be tampered
with in this way from any outside source.
The st. Johnsbury Caledonian in COM
menting on this move this week says:
The whole scheme is an insult to every sews-
paper published in the state. and an outI eouS
piece of impertnency Why the state
committee thought il necessary 10 again fost ii
upon us is past comprehension and are
glad TO learn that the committee meeting lasted
into the small hours of the night, and that the
final vote on the question was far from unani
nous. All honor to the minority who fought this
scheme. We desruuS of helping
any legitimate scheme Of the Republican state
committee but for them to dictate the terms at
which we shall sell our paper is just much a
piece of impertinence for our board of trade,
for instance To fix the selling price OF Gov Page $
calf skins or Senator Proctor'S marble slabs. We
submit that the eases arr, analogous.
The Caledonian is quite right and its
position is well taken. We sincerely hope
that every other Republican paper in the
state will take the same manly stand
1t is our impression that the state COM
mittee will find themselves badly ''left"
so far as the city papers are concerned.
We do not believe that the New York
Tribune, Mail and Express, and Press,
will allow themselves to be cut off from
the benefits of low clubbing arrangement
with papers that refuse to accept the COM
mittee's ultimatum. We have notice from
Mr.. Forbes of the Boston journal this
morning that the 45-cent arrangement with
the Weekly Journal will be continued, re-
gardless of the state committee.
The Phoenix is glad to know that the
Windham county member of the commit
tee was not present when this policy was
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