Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-09-09
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HELPING THE PRESS.

A resolution from the Minister Of
Finance of Canada was adopted III 7
tie House of Commons, at Ottowa,
last week granting $1,000 a year for
three years. $4,000 for the fourth |
year and $4,000 for the fifth year to
aid the newspapers of Canada IL get
ting a special cable service with Great
L: tain
The above may SCUM queer to .nem-
bers of the Legislature who consider
any bill that tends to help the press
zs a Newspaper g,att."
In the past few years there hrs
rardly legislative session that has
rot enacted some law that has been
blow to the pocka. of the press Of
the State. The first was the bill abol-
fishing the printing of transcripts AMI
briefs in legal cases. The plea was that
the cost of printing was too much.
The cost was exactly the rate which
prevailed in California and yet the
Nevada publisher is obliged to pay at
least Is per cent more for his mater
ial and labor than in California. The
transcripts may be typewriter, AMI
this is fully as expensive as printing.
The profits which the papers derived
from the work simply goes to the
typewritters. With all due respect to
the deserving people who do this work.
we submit that the newspapers are
~: c.l siderable more benefit to the
community as they ADVERTISE its re-
sources. A bill was before the LegiS-
lature at the last session to allow the
work to be done by machines at less
tan halt the old cost, but the Senate
kliied it.
A few years ago a bill was passed.
which increased the work of printing
the tax roll at least 500 per cert
with no advance in the price. The
members who voted for it said they
did not know that it increased the
work that much, and assured the =
pers that the obvious injustice would
be rectified at the next session. Two
sessions have elapsed since that time
and at each a bill was introduced
intended to correct the mistake. L
was promptly voted down. This extra
tax On the capacity of the printing Off
ces has been so great that in soms
counties the papers have refused the
where newspapers own machines cal
they expect to do the work withou
positive loss
Some of the members who votet
against the newspapers were electe'
only by the hard work put in by tn
press in their political fights. Som
of them owed the newspapers TO
campaign printing which they nevc
intended to pay. This class of polit
clan is getting quite prevalent in NJ
vada and it is clearly the fault of tn
newspapers themselves if they alo'
this manifest injustice to continue.
IIIlIIlIlIllpnNIi
A new controversy has arisen b.
tween the newspapers IF Bern
Switzerland, and the municipal autho
tiles. The latter, thinking they wei
too freely criticised by the press witt
drew all Official advertisements, B
which the papers suffered conside
able pecuniary loss. Later the COVER
ment became very DESTROYS Of passin
a law for the protection Of animal
Every paper in town refrained fro
mentioning the bill or the desire
the government. The consequence WI
the law was not passed. The Poop
simply refrained from voting for
Berne city ordinances are matter
direct popular vote. 1t seems tn
there is a law which requires Il
government to advertise certain Of
cial business The press is now ;
tempting to prosecute the gcvernme
for it's defiance of the law.
OF course you are opposed to ;ri:
fighting, but, honestly when you pic
ed up the morning paper on Augr
5 didn't you look first for the S
Francisco date line?-Commoner.