Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-07-05


We Will Admit that there ar in every
town cheap isba merchants Who send
away o. thee cheap conc-rns tor their
Woek. tas I an glad d say there are not
many IN N.ssi<sipni vhs viii send aut
o, their owa sow FOR printing when
there "a print~r IN Il who ean Do tho
work. and al they ask Is fair prsht
10 there ar. s.,,i pity them aud the
fature - their town. Frotn our three
years experience In the Newspaper
husine,. We hav~ learned thut the oaiy
intelligent way - run . newspaper IA
TO aud out what IL Gusts 10 do the work
aud then get price tha, will leave .
pruat. The printer who has NJ,
learned thls. and j. still charging bis
customers less than douhle the amount
he Is paying the man w ha does the job.
because b., competitor does. j. rcbhing
himself. his family and bis creditors
This cause could be rrmcsiiel hy the in
dividual printer. bat more erectually
through organization. because a. a
membsr - the sane they have but %
refer their customcrs 10 their adopted
Scaie. This has already been espe-
rienced by every Newspaper man in the
state when the pric- % legal notice
i collected In this case you simply
have 10 Ssy 10 the kicker. tho legisla
ture dNei the price NO, me aud the
money comes without murmur
Many a newspaper has been saved
FROM sasp~nsion by this legislative act
alone. such being true Il II the daty
of the association - discuss the matter.
select a commitcrc composed - ,t.
most successful newspaper usen. aud
let them Tr, together and adopt an sd-
v~rtis~men,. subscription aad ioh rate
that viii Insure living and a proht for
every paper snd me nbrr ~ the a>s.rria
tion, who can adopt u a. will To say
u cant be done is folly. for. know IN z
the epst 10 labor. material aad cireula-
tion. any bay who can rrp~s, the rnul-
tiriieat,ou table can calculate the price
10 charge. In proof - what I say
refer vou IA Pae~ a. of the Inland
Frinter 20 April and right here let me
in Mis~i,sirpi. whether he be editor ar
rrintrr. should suh-cribr far n he de-
sires - Improve or inform himself on
hts busiucssl aud YOU will sr~ rate
card made by Harry NJ Kenny. ~ Tar
iisie Fa.. which shows Il can he sue
cr~sfally done. Nov let this work %
reformation and organization be taken
M At encr- The prvsidcnt ~ the ar-
ganitation should appoint committeeS
to-day Ia look into this matter. discuss
u en YOUR trip 10 the West n possible.
AMI shape it for the neSt meeting II
the usNt asseeiation let there be a
thre~ days business meeting held in
the esty FROM which the association r III
take IL plcasarc trip for the slts.ussiaa
and transaction of business relative tn
the organization Again. We would
suggest that the husinc.s /, be- diS-
cuNsed be announced tn the minutes -
this meeting and sent - every ne-ssna=
per IN the safe. - that oar editors
may see that the old prl~r has taken an
new life AMI that their Interests Il.
''i " ~
thr organization II such a e'urse =
Pursaed az this meeting ! tsel that e
will increase the interest in the orr-aut-
sa'i9n. r'v an many 9.l memhrr'. ~
cure new ones. aud result IN general
good 70 all
Mississippi owes much 10 the press
fpr the great industrial movement that
is now being tnaugurated al over the