Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-11-21
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Many of them have but little reading
matter of any value and their chief eup-
port comes from advertisers. Through
this class of papers fake advertisements
and catCh-penny schemes of every kind
reach the public. As they are not news
papers in a legitimate Interpretation of
the word and as the cost OF carrying
them in the mails was heavy burden.
the department is not TO blame in its Ct
fort to restrict second class privileges to
bona iide newspapers. But there Il
clause in the amendment that limits = &
ular subscribers to a newspaper to those
who voluntarily seek it and pay for II
with their own money If this rule Is
riyidly enforced every publisher must SIT
down in his office and wait until a pitlon
comes in and rays his subscription or
sends the money by MALL Agents and
,anvaSscrs cannot recommend the paper
ior the purpose Of getting Subscriptions.
Now we submit that this Is an unjust ais
elimination against every ncwsl aper pub
Usher in the country.
a short time ago the publisher Of the
Randolph Herald & News wishing to as
certain If voting contests for stov :,
pianos and other articles offered by b.
fishers ms prizes to the person VINO re-
ceivcd the most votes are lawful wrote to
the postmastcr-gcneral conc 'rning it. I II :
reply came that such method was not
legitimate. In these cases there wdS no
subscriber obtained paid the regular pric .
for the paper. The candidates and their
friends were simply CanVaSsers recoiVir z
nothing for their work. but animated by
the hope that n favorite candidate would
receive the prize. Yet the departing mt
rules il Illegal If n premium was Offer
ed to the society getting the most vot g
we presume the same decision would APP
ply although no single individual would
be better off than before. Hencefor II
publishers who wish their papers TO go at
second class rates must offer no induce
ments at all to subscribers and let the
, paper make its own plea for new SUBJ
scrptions and renewals
HAVE NO FEAR OF THE DEER.
CFrom the Brattleboro PhoeniX)
The Springfield Republican, which be-
came an authority on all matters pertain
ing to Vermont VIXEN it described this se-
mi-arctic region 60 miles from Springfield
AS covered with four feet of snow on the
level six months in the Year, WAKES latn
rNmosal in it's concern for the farmers an
fruit growers Of this state. who, IN the
brief period when they are compelled tc
lrar about on bare ground, find a great
hue-a-bOo in the danger of destruction oi
: ,rOps by the numerous herds OF deer Thf
f Republican says the farmers and fruit
= growers face the necessity OF obtaining
legislative relief of some sort, or Of put
, ting eight-foot wire fences about their cul
tivatsd lands and Orchards
The Republican may believes that il Is
T. disseminating the news and the trutl
e about it, but its statement appears moth
G ing short of ridiculous to ~ out of ever,
J. ep persons in this state. T~enty-uT'
= years ago deer We're extinct in Vermont
It except I'm the northeast corner Of the state
Wh,Ic thu primeva forest ctrcty hes AVA
j. to the great timber tracts of New Hanp
u shire and Canada. EnttrprSnC sports