Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-10-22
InteIIiaent Cooperation.

II we were asked to name the pest
and most perfect example Of the neces-
sity for intelligent cooperation, and
the one institution which more than
all others, Is absolutely dependent
upon such intelligent cooperation, we
would not hesitate an instant, but
would simply say the newspaper"
The newspaper is the one ideal ex-
ponent of cooperation, it exists for CO.
operation and without cooperation, II
cannot exist.
Take this issue Of The Yorkville
ENQUIRER for instance, and consider
how much capital and experience are
necessary before it is possible to go
about producing it, and then how much
painstaking, labor and how many dol
lars are necessary to produce 1t. Let
us 90 on a basis Of a single paper
and If we could count all the expenses
that enter into the proposition, II
would be fair to say that this single
paper could not be produced for less
than about seventy-five dollars.
That is, that If there was to be only a
single paper of single issue, that one
single paper would cost the producer
not less than seventy-five dollars.
But, of course, after all the labor and
expense that Is necessary to produce
a. single paper has been put FORTH
additional papers may be produced at
an insignificant fraction Of the original
cost of the first one, and therein lies
the secret Of the ridiculously low
rate at which each individual may get
the benefit of all this preparation, la
Dor and expense for himself.
The same rule and the same condi-
tions apply to many other commodi-
ties, benefits and the like: but we re-
peat that nowhere is to be found a
more perfect or highly developed il
lustration Of the cooperation propo-
sition than in the newspaper.
And all this is preliminary to a
proposition we desire to make, which
proposition we think will strike our
friends and subscribers as perfectly
fair.
We are producing The Yorkville
Enquirer for the benefit Of the public
and mainly for the benefit Of our sub
scribers.
Our subscribers after they have paid
their subscription price and received
for about IL cents this issue which
cost about SIS to produce, have a
right to do with that issue as they
choose, and we do not seek to restrict
that right.
But really we do not think that any
man who is able to pay the price Of
subscription, ought to be allowed to
deadbeat on the other subscribers.
Here is what we mean: We sub
NIT that the record Of sixty years will
sustain the proposition that the
publishers Of The Enquirer have al
ways used all the support they have
received from the public in making II
still better paper. The growth of the
paper and it's present status is evil
dence Of that fact.
Every man who borrows The York
vile Enquirer borrows at the expense
Of all the other subscribers for If he
would pay his part like the rest, the
publishers would be able to give all
the subscribers the benefit Of his CO.
operation.
This might sound like little thing;
but we have already showed that it is
with these little things, less than 2
cents per subscriber per issue, that we
are able to give the public the splendid
paper we are giving it.
So let us make this request Of every
subscriber: Help us to induce your
friends, acquaintances and others to
subscribe, and we promise that the
more support we receive the better
Enquirer we will make.