Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1914 — Francesville Tribune Takes Proper Step of Advancement. [ARTICLE]

Francesville Tribune Takes Proper Step of Advancement.

Editor Fitzpatrick, of the Francesville Tribune who has published a splendid paper for many years, has _ decided to advance his subscription price to $1.50 per year and his advertising rate .to 10 cents an inch. Brother Fitzpatrick says “I am not going to work for amusement any longer.” v ' He has hit the nail squarely on the head. The publisher of a country newspaper probably does more hard work for the amount of reward he gets than any other business class. He has been to blame for this himself because he has not adopted prices fair to himself, a duty 'which every business man must not overlook. There is a lot of work in publishing a local newspaper. It is no 8-hour job, but one that requires the viligance of all the waking hours. A dollar a year is a pitiable sum for the paper for a year. We believe that the people are on the quare and will not ask the editor nor any other business man to transact business At a loss, and will heartily accept the increase inthe price as worth the newspaper man. Every other weekly newspaper in the country should follow the plan which a number had previously adopted of charging $1.50 per year for the paper.

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