The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-04-03
Partow Man Kicks on Small Profit
From Sale Of His Book.
SAYS MIDDLE HES GET TOO MUCH
Speech Of Senator roar, Pralslna
Southernera, Pleases William
lmmenacly-However, He
Is still at Outs With
Roosevelt.

army Of middle men that it takes to
carry on the trade and commerce of
this country. verify believe that
they make more money than the man
ufacturers and there are twice as
many Of them A friend Of mine re.
Gently visited a large mandatory of
sewing machines and the superintend.
ent told him that the prime cost of
hrstclass machine was $3.50 and they
jobbed them off for $50 to agents, The
agents retail them at S35, for he has
to rent a store room and keep a horse
and wagon and make repairs free and
sell on installments and sometimes
has to take machine back for non
payment. When the original Bill Arp
moved to Texas he took his wifes ma
chine with him and let his note be-
hind with $40 unpaid. Shortly after
that a new agent was sent here who
was not acquainted with the Arp fam
lily and he came out to my house and
wanted me to pay the note. had
hard work to convince him that was
another Arp. The note was signed
William Arp, his mark, and Cinderella
Arp, her mark. My wife was very in.
dignant that she should be suspected
of making her mark.
Well now, you see how much mon.
ey went to the middle men after the
machine left the factory-S2z-twice
as much as 1t cost to make 1t. Just so
1t is with thousands Of other things
that go through the hands of middle
men.
was Eliminating about this because
/ received a report of 500 copies of
my new book that Mr.. Byrd had sold.
TIE book cost IS cents to electrotype
and print and bind it, and was to
have half the profits arising from the
sale. The price was $125 postage
paid, which was II cents Thirty
copies had been sold here a. the book
|. store for $3.50. The DOCK store KEEP
% per cent, or 1897 Mr.. Byrd got
S28.13. The freight and incidental
expenses amount to cents a copy.
So the cost was 88 cents and it net
ted SO cents and my half of The differ
ence was IL cents on copy. The
publisher and agent or middle men get
about all there is a a book. am not
complaining at an body but myself,
lor Mr. Byrd told me that the price
SSould have to be $3.50 20 make any
thing, but l wasn't thinking about
agents charging so nue. and wanted
the people to have it as cheap as pos
sible. But it can't go on this way The
publication must stop or IAe price be
raised to $3.50, and If an agent won't
sell for 25 cents a copy, he needn't
sell at ALL He runs no risk. He loses
no time. The books sell themselves
on the counter But Mr.. Byrd can
continue to sell on mail orders for
$1.25 and 10 cents more for postage.
This will be a fair divide all around
and give the poor author about Is
cents copy.
Senator Hoar's speech a. Chicago is
before me- Nothing since the war has
so cheered me and impresse4 me as
that beautiful speech. Why doesn't
every newspaper In the south copy it.,
or that part of it that pays such a
tribute to southern people. When
finished reading it would have hug
ged the old man, If he had been near
enough. Listen-"My life politically
has been a life of constant strife with
he leaders of the southern people, yet
as grow older, l have learned not
only to respect and esteem them, but
Love the great qualities which belong
l. ny countrymen of the southern
states They are a noble race We
may well take pattern from them in
4 me of the virtues that give strength
3 i glory to free people. Their love
OF home; their chivalrous respect for
woman-thelr courage-their delicate
sense of honor-their consistency which
can abide by an opinion or a purpose
through adversely and prosperity and
Though years and generations. And
there is another ng-covetous-
IHess, corruption and the low tempta
zion of money has not yet found any
place In southern poliucs
my friends, we cannot afford to
live in a state of estrangement from a
people who possess these qualities
They are friends of ours, born of our
booming, flesh of our flesh, blood of our
bMod and If I have a right to speak
for Massachusetts, viii say, 'Entreat
me not to leave thee or forsake thee