The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-12
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER WRITES TO
CARRIERS

For the encouragement and inspiration
of its own carriers, The TimeS-News here
with prints a letter written by AdOlph
Ochs, publisher of The New York Times
and The Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times to
the carrier boys of the last named paper.
This newspaper hopes the carriers will give
this letter careful reading, and then cut it
out and keep it for future reference; and
we also urge all readers of the paper to
give consideration to Mr.. Ochs' message %
the carriers of the Chattanooga paper. 1t
is as follows:
81 am proud that began my newspaper career
as one of your guild.
S"Sixty-fve years ago, when was boy II years
of age, my first acquaintance with newspaper
office was when was given a newspaper route on
the Knoxville Chronicle at Knoxville, Tennessee.
81 had to appear at the office at five o'clock in
the morning. The lalsr CorIe ION the press I'M
folded and the carrier boys had to fold the papers
by hand. There were fifty papers to be delivered
on my route, anu / rad to walk nearly four miles
to deliver Them then nome for breakfast and thence
20 school For this task l received 25 cents day
(S1.5O per week..
Il did my work conScientiOusly, and in wet
weather l saw that the paper put in a dry
place In those days we had Carrier Boys Christ
Address, and, so excellent was my service on
my route, received nice little Christmas present
from every one my route. One of the notable
recoIections of those days is that Father Ryan, a
Catholic priest at Knoxville Who perhaps, had been
carrier boy in his boyhood, gave me two dollars
as a Christmas present.
MY work was not matter of choice, but If
was welcome little contribution to my family's
needs. thus learned to work, be helpful, and to
do my work cOnscientiouSly and thus attracted the
attention of people who gave me goodwill and
encouragement. Now, as l look back upon those
days, regard it a fortunate episode in my life
that began early to work and be helpful tc
my family.
81 wish you all joy in your work Be interested
and do your work to the best of your ability
Choose good company, and try every day to learI
something useful Respect yourselves and you will
win the respect of others. Do not spend your TIM
idly looking for opportunities. There is bette
chance at opportunity if you apply yourselves in
dustriously to your task Do nothing that will maxi
your mothers ashamed of you, and the chances arr
that opportunity will be looking for you, and COM
to you unsought and unobserved"
An interesting statement made by Mr.
Ochs in the foregoing letter is that in re
gard to the work he did for the Knoxvill,
Chronicle as a carrier and the amount h,
was paid for it. No doubt Mr.. Ochs' wage
were as good as the average for that time
but ne made much less than the averag,
newspaper carrier is able to make today
In fact, careful compilation of records
for the country shows that 100000 carrier
now employed by the daily newspapers @
the country make an average wage @
profit per week that is little more thar
double what Mr.. Ochs was paid in Knox
Vile
When The Times-News' new rate fo1
the paper by carrier goes into effect tn,
carriers of this newspaper will be able t.
do better than that. If they are good bust
ness men they will be able to make NOR,
than the average for the United States
That is not what could be called poor pa,
for boys in little North Carolina town. j,
view of the fact that the average carrie
wage referred to is based on rates paid b,