Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1897 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Many newspapers are adopting various plans to meet the exigencies forced upon them by the hard times. Some conclude to try a reduction of the subscription price and hope to increase tbe number of subscribers; others announce that they will throw off 50 cents ter annum to delinquents who will square up arrearages. We do not think either of these plans will pay. With wheat stating 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.