Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-04-09

paper they will have anyway The
publisher gets nothing except thanks,
and sometimes not that, for his
trouble.
Speaking Of trouble, the clubbing
arrangement is the worst nuisance in
the subscription department OF any
paper that follows it. Were it ones
own paper only the subscriber was
considering, he could decide in mo-
ment whether he wanted it or not.
But what club paper shall he take, is
the invariable question asked. Often
times the publisher has to take up the
matter in correspondence and have
sample copies OF different papers sent
the prospective subscriber. Finally
he pays for one, under the impression
that the local publisher keeps about
half the sum for his trouble, when, as
matter of fact, he RENTS the whole
amount in every case, investing his own
time, stationery and postage. Then
if the club paper doesn't come within
day or two after the order is left, the
party calls ON the publisher to see
about it, apparently fearful that in
stead of taking halt OF the pay, the lat
ter is about to depart the country with
all OF it. Sometimes mistakes are
made in ordering club papers, and the
local publisher and his agents get
call-down that makes the hair curl.
Oftener, the paper faithfully ordered
fails TO come. and the irate subscriber
lays the blame to the local publisher
and demands "his paper or his money,
one or t'other, quick Long-drawn
correspondence follows and finally the
paper starts, but 1t doesn't expire next
year until after the local. paper, and
the latter is allowed to lapse until both
agree again Then if a subscriber
changes his address during the year he
usually orders his ''papers" sent TO
new postoffice, and it devolves on the
meek publisher to hunt up when he
subscribed, what club papers he took
and write in TO have them all changed.
He can, of course, decline to do this.
but he has to write a declination and
that takes time and dlspleases the sub
scriber.
The clubbing deal is of some advan-
tage to the city publisher, who sells
his paper where he would not other
wise sell it and gets his cash without
any trouble. 1t is also of very great
advantage to the people who buy
these papers at cut prices through the
local paper. But in our honest opin-
ion the latter gets few dollars that it
would not otherwise get, is endlessly
annoyed and in the grand roundup
loses instead OF gains by it.
1t seems to us that a fair arrange
mcnt would be tor the local publisher
to charge a small fee for each subscrip-
ton taken and forwarded for a club
paper, not enough to serve as a source
OF profit, but to compensate him In
part for his trouble and for the accom-
mediation of saving his subscribers
money, labor and time in ordering
themselves. We believe that most
people viii see the justice OF this posi-
ton. Ten cents is little enough to
charge for this service and fair COM
pensation only. Holding this opinion,
we announce that, beginning with this
date, ten cents will be added in each
case to the club rate heretofore
charged, and the rates hereafter, until
further notice, will be as follows
THIS PAPER and RUTLANDN1 ar
WEEKLY HERALD one year, - 30
Not good In western Vermont
THIS PAPER and MIRROR AND1 or
FARMER one year Lou
THIS PAPER and THE BOSTON, IN
WEEKLY JOURNAL one year, .0U
fGood only in Nermont.l
THIS PAPER and NEW YORK; 76
THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD l'iJ
one year,
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