Year: 1879

Tom Merry, of The DalIes Tit1a1
Empire, evidently means what he says
in his plain talk 10 his delinquent sub
,scribers, and, to save the trouble of
writing a similar article to oars, We
copy what he says, and trust those
whom we have indulged for many years
viii make the application to them
selves


This paper Is now triHe over four
teen months old, and has laFger circu-
lation than any paper in this State ever
had at its age. During the first two
months Of its existence, its receipts for
subscription were S202. 80; IN the same
two months Of the current year they
have been less than one half of that
sum, and principally from aubscribers
who have been owing us for over seven
months. Most Of Our patrons seemed
to think is they paid their first year IN
advance they should be allowed to pay
the next years subscription at the end
thereof, or even later.


Looking over our mail books we now
find $50 names, aggregating total of
81 LAG, many Of which have been in
our debt for upwards of seven months.
If these men would only pay ms what
they owe, we could very easily pay
what we owe others. The other day
we sent out notices to some delinquent
subscribers to the effect that their I'M
paid subscriptions would expire on
certain day, and if not paid by that
day, their names would be strucl. from
the list. A few days later one Of these
parties came in here and squealed like
a sucking pig. He was unable to raise
the money, but would pay it ssin the
sweet bye and bye" This same man,
who allowed his paper to be shut off
for three dollars, which had honestly
owed for an entire year,only paid taxes
on Sc, 800 worth of property lest year.
Comment is, therefore, entirely unnec-
essary.


We are striking off the list the names
of all who agreed to pay fer this paper
within year after subscribing for it,
and have not kept their word Last
week we cut off eight subscribers AZ
this place. and five at the postoflice on
Fifteen Mile Creek. 1t Is impossible
to find any one who will wait on as for
year, in payment for any commodity
of life, and we can only hope to treat
others as we are being treated oarself
The Empire of Oct. 2lst will contain
the entire black list. We have often
heard men speak harshly.of Mr.. Abbott
for leaving them with incomplete sub
scription served out. If they did not
pay him with any more promptness
than they do us, We are not surprised
at it.


Men ask uswhy wedon'tcome outand
see them on their plaeesl Our answer
is that we cannot afferd it, for it dOcs
not pay. The drives are too long to
make it pay expenses. Besides, we
have daily labor to perform in this of
fce,an if we leave thai, we have to hire
a man at three dollars day to take
our place while absent. Hence we
have TO stay in our Office and attend te
our work Every day that we are out
of it our readers are the greater losers.


It takes time and labor to get ont this
paper. Had we started it ont rs many
papers in this State are done, one hall
printed at Portland and the other hall
made up at home with paste,iug and
pair of scissors, we could have hat
this paper ont of debt. AS it is, vi
: have notes maturing in October tina
! must be met, and if We fail to do 50
: through the delinquency Of those Wit


owe us, we shall at least give such de


linauents the Advantage Of little no
toriety through these columns. Thi
! is the last reference we shall make 0


this matter. No man who ever sub


scribed to this paper can say we die


not give him his moneys worth: and j
0 is written that sthe laborer is worth,
J of ihs hire.