Printers.
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No men labor harder than printers.
no men are more scantly paid in
proportion TO the wear and tear of
mental and physical constitution-.no
men in this community, we are quite
certain. are called upon for SO large an
amount, in proportion 10 their means,
OF fgratuitous services; and sc believe,
that no men perform those unpaid
services with more cheerful alacritv.
The bold indifference with which
some people lay assessments upon
newspaper proPrietors, would justify
the inference. that they supposed
types and'pressed cost nothing-jour,
neymen and apprentices labor and
live without need Of food or clothing
and paper makers furnish a costly
material, without ever asking for pay
ment. We have no doubt, that ma
ny proprielors of papers give enough
annually. in the way of advertising,
for persons and societies who are able
and ought to pay, aud in newspapers
for which he gets neither credit nor
thanks, TO defray the expenses Of ed,
ucating his children, even thongh ne
might have son or two in college,
If some rich fellow, who inherited hi-
money without earning it, were to
give away half as much, he would be
lauded "sky high" as the prince Of
Philanthropists, and bis name would
ring along the Atlantic from Mexico,
and be echoed from the Rocky Noun.
tains, as a benefactor to his race. A
few hundred dollars given in a lump
is something to tell Of. Fourpence a
time dozen times day, is never
thought Of