Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-21

40 hesltancy In saying that a six
per cent rate would work irreparable
injury toall of us who have money
borrowed or who may expect to Dor
row. 1t would be disastrous in the
extreme. You are mistaken, it
would not hurt the lender half as
much as it would hurt your neighbor
and yourself. He would simply trans
fer his capital to other places where
he could get double the rate of inter
est and better security. There is
golden mean here also. Let the rate
be as low as possible without driv-
ing the capital away. The exact
rate we cannot give but we are sat
isfed that it must be higher than
six per cent. at this time.
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There surely can be no question
about the rates charged for public
printing. That is an item that should
be cut away low down. Some of our
papers are becoming quite respecta-
bic and decent. 1t shows that they
are not running behind, and We have
topay for it. OF course an editor or
a printer never does any work. All
they have to do IS to sit around and
have their subscribers bringin chick
ems, watermelons, ETC., adj in finitum
and the people have to keep them
up. Let us see! Suppose, instead of
full legal rates, the county printing
was done for nothing. In Trego
county it wouldn't make FIVE cents
difference per capita, and if done at
half legal rates it wouldn' make two
cents difference per capita. The rail-
road, and foreign corporations pay
the bulk of this assessment. We
don't believe there is a citizen of
Trego county that would not be
willing to stand such an infniteSi-
mally small assessment in order that
his community and his county might
be represented by decent and cred
liable paper. Your community is es-
timated largely by the character of
your local newspaper. 1t is 4 stand
ing advertisement every week in the
year. Doesn't all this talk sound a
little like buncome? Who pays for
publication notices and sheriff sales?
1t is the loan companies who do that
as a rule. Who pays for the delin-
quent tax list? Those whose proper
ty is advertised. By the individual
owner and not by tax payers gener-
ally. How many thousand men in
Kansas depend for a living upon the
financial success of newspaper pub
fishers? If newspaper publishing is
unremunerative the wages of this
class of workmen must be curtailed.
the newspaper itself must become a
mere apology instead Of a live ex-
ponent Of the interests of the COM
munity. Commence anywhere to
practice economy but be careful
how you strike your best friends,
for the newspapers Of Kansas have
done more for the state, for less pay.
than any other agency. They have
done more to build up and populate
the state, to transform it from des-
ert to a paradise, than all other
agencies combined. They have work
ed hard, for newspaper work IS hard,
in season and out of season and YOU
can scarcely point to a single pub
Usher IN the state outside of half
dozen cities who is much more than
making a living. Certainly none
outside of the larger cities.
We trust our readers will not get
the idea that We are opposed to econ
omy in the administration of gov
ernmental affairs, for nothing could |
be farther from the truth. Not only |
dove demand rigid economy but we |
endeaVor to give it a practical illus
tration. There is an ancient adage
that warns US mot to be penny |
wise and pound foolish" This is |
what We would guard against. True
economy does not ALWAYS consist in |
the lowest prices regardless of every
thing else. Above all we would guard |
against being fanatical. Don'5 be-
lieve everything you hear. Because
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