The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-06-23

The Richmond virginian invites
wholesome criticism OF this enter
prise, that Is IL your suggestions are
not selfish. III you know of any feas-
ible way in which the contest could
be more liberal. more fair or more
open-and- ahove- board. the manage
ment of the Richmond virginian
would be glad to hear from you.
Tne management Is satisfied, how
ever. that in working out the details
OF the contest II has been as generous
as could be expected, and the near
labor required to put you and your
friends in line for the large rewards
VIII be as much of a pleasure as task
and have enough excitement and
stimulus. in 1t without being a prize
affair or lottery to keep your interest
always at white heat. The manage
ment Is further satisfied that it makes
the conditions so clear and simple
that no one can misunderstood them,
and that there will be no unenviable
aftermath when the contest closes.
The contest and excellent prospect of
receiving a liberal reward for your
task of obtaining new subscribers viii
put YOU in a good humor and keep
you in a pleasant frame OF mind dur
ing the hot weather. You will be
surprised at the east with which per-
sons you approach agree to take this
clean paper, whose motto Is, and al
ways will be. "A better city and o
better State
Another liberal and alluring feat
ure of the contest is the fact that you
will be given generous credits for OBJ
tanning renewals OF subscriptions. On
the face of things, II q man or woman
is already taking the Richmond vfr-
ginians. Is II not most reasonable to
believe he or she Will gladly renew
the subscription especially IL he or
she is frienS OF your and anxious
to assist you in piiing up credits on
the contest managers desk? The al
lowance Of credits for renewals OF
subscriptions is one-half of what they
are in the instances of new subscrtp-
tons.
Declining Credit Scale.
BY reading the conditions you will
observe that the credits for new and
renewed subscriptions decline as the
end of the contest Is neared. This IL
done purposely, to spur you on to get
the new subscribers or renewals at
the earliest moment. SO they will give
the greatest number OF credits.
A new three year subscription on
June % will give you 10000 credits.
On September 30 1t Will count you
$4,000. You see, by delaying getting
subscriptions you miss $4,000 credits.
and for no logical reason whatever.
The Richmond Virginian Is said by
many thousands of people to be the
best paper In Richmond and the State
to-day 1t will have the same high
standard, cleanliness, brightness.
crispness and accuracy always. There
fore II Ii as easy to get new sub
scribers and renewals next Monday or
Tuesday as the end Of next September.
As further evidence OF its lib
erality. The Richmond virginian Will
give you 5000 credits as soon as you
are nominated as candidate In the
voting contest. All that Is necessary
to get the 5000 credits Is to clip the
Nomination Blank from The Rich
mond virginian and send 1t to the
Contest Department
Still another inducement is Of
fered.
Every day from the beginning to
the end Of the contest The virginian
will print coupon, good Tor 20, rs,
10 or credits. II you cut the cou-
pons from The vir6inian during tina
first week they vii lbs worth 40 cred