Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1869 — A Word for Local Newspapers. [ARTICLE]

A Word for Local Newspapers.

We clip the following from the New York Tribune ; it is true, and we commend it.to every one who has interest where he re J sides: . Hothing is more common than to hear people talk of what they pay newspapers for advertising, Ac, at to much given in charity. Newspapers, by enhancing the value qf property in their neighborhood, and giving the localities In which they are published a reputation abroad, benefit all Bly if they are merchants or nets, thrice the amount ager som they pay for their ies every, public spirited unable pride in having a he is not ashamed, even Id pick it up in New York ing, tty-rang sheet helps character to locality, and ■ is a desirable public conom any cause the matte*

in the local or editorial column should not be to yonr standard, do not cast It aside and prononnee It good for nothing, until satisfied that there lias been no more lalair bestowed upon It than 1* paid for. If you want a good readable sheet it must l>o sujiported. And it must not be supported in a spirit of charity cither, but because you feel a necessity Ur support it. The local press Is the power that moves the people.