The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-02-06
Friday. February 6, 1891.
About the Post.

months ant at the end Of each month its
business has shown handsome cash
profit The paper has reached circula-
ton considerably beyond the anticipation
Of its projectors. II is not only read by
large class in this immediate section,
hut il has even a larger circle Of readers
among the bankers, capitalists, manu!ac-
turcrs and investors oe the North There
is hardly paper published in the South
that hos SO large constituency in the
North and East.
What We now propose to do, however is
60 increase its circulation throughout the
industrial section of the South. Wo wish
10 make it accessible to all classes Of our
pcoDle, that the poor as well rs the rich
NAV derive bcncii; from its moral. roliti-
cal and intellectual i1eronce. Wills this
end in view the ptice is reduced to $l.25
.cr annum, scrcnty-iivc cents for SIX
months: and 10 clubs of Eve or more an
nual subscribers, the paper ~iIl nc fur
nishcd at one dollar, all payments strictly
in advance.
No one need apprchcnd danger OF losing
.y its suspension. It has rroSpcrcd from
the start, and there is no reason TO fear
q reversal of fortune. 1t has come to
etay: and though its managers may die
and pass away, the Posi- will remain
fixed and indestructihe institution.
This concession in the price of the
paner ia made 10 meet the needs Of Il new
and hitherto isolated community, unac-
customcd 10 much reading, and we trust
i, will find IN apprcciative response. We
wish to place tho Posr in the hnmblcSt
cabin of the mountain Businesses and to
number among its constituency the uncd-
ncated as we'll as the learned.
The benefits which Big Stone Gap will
derive from thus broadening the field of
the papers influence arc too manifest tor
comment; and our merchants, professional
and business men should avail themselves
of the superior advantages its columns
afford for advertising what tboy wish
made known. They should in other ways
give the paper AL tho patronage they can
confer, both in its advertising department
and its job ofico
The Posr does more FREQ advertising
for the city, both for the people collcc-
lively and individually, than most other
papers arc willing to do 1t sends out
cyory week hundreds Of specimen copies,
for which it gets no compensation what
ever. It leaves no effort untricd which
will attract the attention of capital, and
it spares no expense in getting ini"rina-
ton which will likely prove valuable to
the growth Of the city 1t has tried to DO
ms whole duty, often under cinbarraaS-
mcnts anu drawbacks which tho public
know nothing Of. Ii is GilIicnlt tn keep
Il sufficient number OF conpositorS, and
GOOD ones can not always hc retained
even hy the payment OF high wages.
Railroad frcights have been cxhorbitant
md express charges have not fallen far
short Of downright robbery. Material has.
therefore, been costly, and in order 10
make the enterprise successful VIC have
had to charge enough to cover these out
laws, and more than wo shall charge when
our transportation facilities arc i'm
proved.
Ii is conceded that the grade of work
done in the posIs job Office is equal in
quality to that turned out in Louisville or
Richmond. This fact being beyond
question, We should have the entire pat
ronase OF the community i'll that line
over any other city, if Inc rates of charges
are within reasonable limitations. In
pa.ronizing us our citi2cns not only keep
the money at home. hut thDy strengthen
an institution which is doing all in its
power TO build up Big Stone Gap. With
the Increase of patronage the power Of the
Posr Increases. It's sphere OF usefulness
ia enlarged; and when all that power is
devoted TO the prosperity Of the city, it
is indeed a short-sightod and pitiful pol
icy that would deny it tho patronage 10
which II is entitled.
Advertise Your Resources.
Now that the Force Bill is out of the
way, the states-particularly The South
ern States--should make liberal appro-
priations for crcditablc exhibits at the
Worlds Fair. The buildings will 10 dedi-
Gated in 1892 and the Fair will be opened