The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-12-12
THE CASE OF MIR. SNYDER WITH THE
nARRnN AnYonATE.

For many years, perhaps from time |
immemorial it has been the unwritten !
law Of great many people to get all
they could from the newspapers in the !
way of advertising at free rate. The
CARBON ADVOCATE was not excluded |
from this universal rule as a review of
our columns will prove, for instance in
the year 1899 we published gratituous-
ly 145 lines of purely local advertising
at a cost of s145O in 1890 we pub
lished 149 lines at cost of S149O. For
this we received, asked for or expected
nothing. Again this year, Mr.. Snyder
sent to this office over GOO words of
matter to be used in advertising his
lectures. This matter was sent us
Wednesday and on the same day, few
hours later, a representative of this
paper called on Mr. Snyder at his office
and explained to him that the manager
Of the ADVOCATE didn't feel able to
publish so much matter on one sub
ject without some compensation, mot
full price, inasmuch as everybody con-
nected with the institute ana lecture
course we're paid for whatever services
they rendered. Mr. Snyder refused to
pay for the local advertising in this
paper for 1891, and as a result his copy
still hangs unused on our Office hooks.
The CARBON ADVOCATE views the insti-
tute matter in precisely this light: Mr..
Snyder receives a salary of $500 per
year for his enthusiasm in the cause of
education, he can accordingly afford to
be very jealous in his work; the hall in
which the institute is held he pays rent
for; every teacher attending the insti-
tute is paid at his or her pro ratio of
salary; all the lecturers are paid big
prices; people who attend the lectures
must pay the admission price; the
teachers pay s1.00 each to be a member
of the institute and the county chips
in 800 to help pay expenses incurred.
This is true, and you see that every
body connected with the Carbon
County Teachers Institute receives
pay for services rendered. Why then
should the newspapers of the county
not receive some compensation for ad-
vertising the lectures In all Of Mr..
Snyder's local notices there was not
one single reference to the day sessions
of the institute, every word was for
the evening lectures, and accordingly
the CARBON ADVOCATE asked for some
compensation for the work of advertis
ing that part of the institute run for a
profit. Mr.. Snyder looked on our re-
quest as an insult to the powers vested
in him and he flies into his customary
"boot strap" attitude. He goes into
print, and then with all the principles
of an innate coward assails the repre-
sentative of this paper in public hall
where he can not be answered His
efforts to stand as a martyr in this
case is only an exposition of his weak
ness, an effort to gain sympathy at our
expense, while at the same time he
gives vent to some of his low, mean
and contemplate little prejudices
that have warped and twisted what
ever better nature he ever had into a
vicious and contemplate disposition.
The people of this town know Mr.
Snyder, they know what we say to be
distinctly true, only a good deal worse
The teachers know that if they do not
bow to him they incur his ill will, and
to those who do and are not the pos.
SCISSORS of permanent certificates woe
Nbetide them for he is vindictive as his
Satanic majesty when displeased. This
is the case of Mr.. Snyder against this
paper, for we have no case against Mr.
Snyder and make none. He refused
to pay the ADVOCATE for advertising
that settled it with us, we had nothing
more to do or say to him. In conclu
sion we say this, that all matter of ad
vertising appearing in our columns
must be paid for. We leave the people
and teachers to decide this business
principle. If Mr.. Snyder is right il
asking for free advertising then We
are wrong, if he is wrong then we are
right. If Mr.. Snyder receives pay fol
his services why should not the ADvo
oATEY That's the question in a nut
shell.
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