The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-31
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Fairmont Times by the time the sun
rises next morning you can hear a
fnournful yelp eminating from that Of
flee clothed in the disguise Of a PLEA.
FOR THE HOME PEOPLE. This
sophistry is indulged in upon the
slightest provocation and you can new
er tell when one OF these spasms are
liable to occur. The cause of the last
attack seems to be that the West vir-
ginian Is breaking In on the line Of
foreign advertising that the Times has
had SO much to itself in the past. It
shows the animus that prompted this
unjust and misleading criticism when
1t asserts at is true that mail or
der house may sell sugar at IS cents
for 80 pounds, AND ADVERTISE
THAT FACT m A LOCAL JOUR.
NAL" Ali there's the rub, "THE Lo-
CAL JOURNAL. referred to is NOT
THE FAtRMoNT TIMES.
II that is the cause Of this worry,
why does not the Times say so and
not try to carry It's pre3udlces to the
door Of others to be nursed?
The patrons Of the advertising col
umns of the West yirginian know that
no papef is more loyal to their inter.
est than the West virginian. The FIR.
niture stores, the dry goods and de-
partment store who advertise with
the local papers know that we have
had flattering propositions to adver-
tise for Pittsburg, Wheeling and
other foreign concerns and have sub.
mitted these propositions to our 10.
cal patrons for consideration and at
their request ADVERTISING AT
FLATTERING PRICES HAS BEEN
TURNED AWAY BY THE WEST
vIRGINIAN.
The West virginian has space to
sell that is worth money to any mer-
chant, and IT IS FOR THE HOME
MERCHANTS FIRST and when It is
not used by them, what is left for
any paper to do but sell 1t in the next
markete We have weighed this prop.
osition thoroughly and had the very
points raised by the Times under con.
sideration when we accepted this ad.
vertising, which is not only be-
ing run by us, but which is al
so being taken by the Charles.
ton and other State papers, probably,
for the same reason we accepted it;
that is, that the line affected is not be:
ing advertised at all by home mer--
chants. There Is not grocer in Fair.
mont that has as much as card in
either of the daily papers giving as
much as the location Of his place OF
business or his telephone numbers.
The Times asks, How much do these
mail order houses spend for adyer.
Using with the local papers?" We ask
how much do the merchants carrying
this same line of goods pay the local
papers for advertising? Nothing-isl
the answer to this.
That is our position and that is the
way We have protected our patrons In
the past and that is the way WE WILL
CONTINUE TO PROTECT THEM.
They are not only getting the benefit
of the space used but in addition get
the benefit of having other competing
out-of-town lines barred from their
competition, and also get the money
back through their daily trade that
they spent with the local papers.
The argument advanced in regard to
the fact that these mail order houses
pay no tax here is all right, but
would sound much better from ONE
WHO PRACTICES WHAT HEI
We do not ACCEPT AN ADvER.
FOR THE FAIRMoNT
BREWING COMPANY. WHICH IS A
LOCAL CONCERN PAYING TAXES
AND LICENSE TO FAIRMoNT, AND
THEN TAKE A SIMILAR LINE OF
ADVERTISING FROM THE REY-
MANN BREWING CO., A NON.
RESIDENT CORPORATION WHICH
PAYS NEITHER TAX NOR LICENSE
TO THIS CITY.