The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-12-19
SHOP TALK.

rial of all kinds, many publishers
have been brought face to face with
one OF two alternatives: Raise the
price of subscription or cut down the
size of the paper. The first ;ilterna-
tive has been adopted as the better
way OF meeting the situation where
any change has been made.
We do not want TO do either. Ger
tainiy we cannot afford to reduce the
size of the paper. There would be no
profit in carrying a smaller amount
Of advertising than our columns now
admit Of, nor would it be agreeable
either to our subscribers or to our
self to reduce the quantity OF reading
matter we now give.
But something must be done. We
are up against a serious problem-as
every other publisher is at the i'll
creased cost of producing his paper.
One way out of the difficulty is to
get more for our labor i'll the way OF
surer pay-not in increased price Of
the paper and promises to pay,
which are not realized i'll too many
cases--Or ut least when it is needed
in the regular course OF business.
We have to pay cash for practical
ly everything that enters into the
makeup Of the paper-labor, blank
paper, type, etc. No waiting on US
one, two and three years and then
quit or be cut off and consider the
debt settled. It's "come across with
the stuff every time-andi it requires
money to do it. This may be strange
news to some fOlks-that an editor
needs money in his business. But
whether he needs it or not the folks
he has to deal wit act with singular
nnanimity as II they do, and while
it may be Il freakish notion on their
part III order to maintain amicable
relations and coax them to let US
have what we want OF them along
from time to time, we must crafty
that notion or the stuff stops coin
ing.
The moral OF this is plain The
blank paper, the typesrtting, the ink,
the press wOrk-everything necessary
to producing the printed pnge-must
be paid for cash down, aud yet
some persons seem to think that
the newspaper can 90 OH indefinitely
without being paid for-the amount
ID SLldll anu therefore Oh no cOilSt-
quence to the publisher.
This is to say that we are going to
revise our mailing lists and drop the
names OF those who are in arrears
and not paying for the paper. The
close OF another volume and the be-
ginning OF IL new year is an auspic-
ious time to close old accounts. and
while we would rather close them by
giving receipts for money paid, it is
preferable to close them without
this formalty rather than incur
further loss.
The date on your address label
shows the time to which your sub
scription is paid. If in arrears this
is IL polite. business like request to
pay what You owe. II you are not
behind then this never touched
you and our wish is that >your
tribe may be increased.
Speaker +. j. Justice takes issue
with the Governor and all the other
lawyers i'll the proposed compromise
OF he railroad rate matter. and SAYS
he will withdraw from the case her
than be Il party to the compromises
-Greenville RehectOr.
Smarter man than the whole
bunch, Justice doubtless thinks he is
COMMENTING on the too frequent
practice of fathers allowing their
boss to have guns, the StatpSville
Landmark says:
no ,,-IA
him with It gun would always shoot
the old man when the time came for
somebody to suffer for the foolish
ness, much could he forgiven But
unfortunately it is usually some i'll
nOc"nt person who suffers
The New Bern SIM has changed
from Il morning to IN afternoon
paper. This WAS done for obvious
reasons one of which was the more
convenient schedules by which out
OF town subscribers cOuld be served
more promptly and to better advan-
tage. But whether it radiates in the
morning or i'll the afternoon the Sun
shines Just as brightly and isequally
a
welcome wherever its sheds its RAYS
PRESIDENT W. \. Garrett and other
officials of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway have Just made an inspection
tour over the lines. The Monroe Jour-
nal says when the officials stopped
over i'll Monroe Mr. Garrett put out
the information that the Seaboard
Air Line had hauled 1900 more
e. passengers in North Carolina in
August than for the same month
last year and had received seven
thousand dollars less for so doing
The Oxford Public Ledger recently
entered upon its twenty-frst volume
whereupon we congratulate our good
friend Editor John T. Britt. Few
towns can boast of so good Il paper
us the Public Ledger Ii has been Il
great factor in the growth and pros
perity of its town and community
and we'll deserves the liberal patron.
age it enjoys. The Public Ledger j.
one of the best weekly papers in the
State and IS IL prime Eavoritp in this
office
II the Democratic press OF the State
can settle the question Of place for
the meeting OF the next State con
vention OF the party it looks like
Charlotte will surely win. We think
it is time to give that city showing
IN this matter We can see no reason
why she ShOnld not he the chnicn ~,