Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1897 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Many newspapers are adopting various plans to meet the exigencies forced upon them by the hard times. Borne conclude to try a reduction of the subscription prioe and hope to increase the number of subscribers; others announoe that they will throw off 50 cento per anuum to delinquents who will square up arrearages. We do not think either of these plans will pay. With wheat statijg at 50 @ 60, oats 10 @ 12, corn 15 @ 16 producers find it next to impossible to make their income meet their necessities. We have concluded, tor a time at least, to meet the emergency, in reducing our necessary cash outlay each week by reducing the size of the Sentinel, and the price to $1: and so soon as we may feel justified in doing so will restore the paper to its former dimensions.