The pioneer express., 1912-12-27
Emerson Branch. r. g. MASTERTON, MGR.

1n6C tnero are puOllc0CIOnS W0lC0 take
advantage OF the cheap rates of the mails
to send out large quantities Of papers
to non.subscribers simply as advertising
vehicles, is very true, but IL these are the
people that Uacie Sam is after is it
necessary that every legitimate paper in
the country must prove it's legit,macyf
Because there are medisorderly houses
should it be necessary that every hosse
holder should prove that his establish
ment is properly kepts Is everyone
guilty unless he proves his innocenoef
In this again, the department is also
failing to distinguish between the rights
Of corporation and privately owned news
papers. This is the obstacle over which
the courts have been stumbling for ell
the years since the litigation against
monopolies and trusts have been in
augurated. That the government has q
perfect right to inquire .anto and make
public the affsirs Of . corporation is
true, for the reason that the corporation
is given its existence by the government
and that there is an implied contract be.
tween the corporation aud the people.
livery corporation charter is given in re-
turn for certain benefits to the people.
The corporation is given particular
privileges in consideration Of general
benefit. Hence the party Of the second
part has right to see if his part Of the
bargain is being cerried out.
The individual however, is born with
certain inalienable rights, among which
are the pursuit Of life. liberty and happi.
ness. The governhent does not give
the individual any rights. be is born and
is heir to them.
There is therefore a large difference
between a private business and cor.
poration business: but the post-oaice
people don't seem to make any dis.
tinction.
The assumption Of the post-ofice de.
partment seems to be, that everyone re-
oeiving q paper for two years without
paying for it is no longer subscriber.
+ That, n effect, brands every such sub
scriber ss q rogue and a dead beat. It
assumes that the publisher doesn't know
his business and is giving credit to people
who do not intend to pay.
That there are persons who take q
paper and deliberately refuse to pay for
the same in certainly true, but after
some twenty-five years Of dealing with
delinquent subscribers, We can say and
prove from our books that at least nine
men out of ten will pay if they are able
and given time. We have many instances
where subscribers have been delinquent
many years during times Of crop short
age and bad luck and when later pros
perity came to them have settled up in
full and now pay invariably in advance.
Others have never gotten out Of bad
streaks and have never paid In most
Of the latter cases because We know they
would have paid il able. they are vel.
come to what theyigot from Us.
In our own experience we find that
at least three out Of four pay sometime
though they may be many years delin.
quent.
The country publisher personally
knows almost all his subscribers. and in
a general way knows their financial con-
dition and like . merchant selling his
goods uses judgement in selling news
paper. Like the merchant he is some
times disappointed, but usually gets his
pay il the crops turn out al right.
Personally. the publishers Of this
paper protest against the assumption Of
the depa1 tment, that we sre sending out
any large numbers Of copies Of the
Pioneer Express without pay. Or that
our subscribers who happen to be more
than two years behind are therefore nou-
subscribers-an IL non.subsoEibers then
they arc getting the paper without the
intention Of paying for it-and arc these
fore dead boots.