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Show H SUBSCRIBERS MUST PAY. k H According to a recent ruling of the govern- H ment postal department semi-weekly news- !" ' papers will be denied mall privileges unless they can on demand after April 1, 1008, show a . list of practically paid-up subscriptions. H Though other papers have been red-hot after H' ! their subscribers during tho past two months, flj j Tjik Rki'uiilican has taken no action, think- Hj j ing it possible to take our tlmo about that Ht which we consider to be largely our own busl- H ness. However, a notice from the department B I inviting us to show our good intention or pre- H pare to get along without certain mall prlvl- M leges leads us to bellevo that discretion is truly H the better part of valor, so wo bow to the dlc- H turn of the big stick at Washington and Insist H that our subscribers pay up AT ONCE all ac- K' counts of longer standing than nine months, w the credit the department says Is perralssable. H.' This move Is not of our own making, is j made with bad grace on our part, and only on W specific demand of the government postal de- H f partment. We trust that our subscribers sense Hi our situation In this matter and will not view Hj our Insistence as a rcllectioii or doubt of the H; () subscriber. We arc not carrying on our books Hs a half-dozen accounts of which we have a single Ht doubt, and personally are content to wait upon Hi the convenience ol the subscriber, but the H, government says "show us a paid up list or bo ' ' denied mall privilege" SO WE NOW SAY . PAY UP. This means YOU and YOU, and H' YOU, not merely the other follow. H. Yon know It if you owe more than nine B; months; It the amount Is more than that H come In or write and settle by check, cash, or H ( note. This means business and we propose to H , settle these accounts If wu lose every subscriber H we have; It means that anyway If the accounts H are not settled, for the postoilloe will not allow H us mall privileges on tho papers that are not H , paid for. H Please do not moke this collection unneces- H J sarlly hard for us; certainly at no time have we H ' ever been hard on a subscriber. If you havn't H the cash right now come in and sign a note and H . it will be entirely satisfactory. Do It before M I April 1. DO IT NOW. |