The Weekly Comet

Economy --Any measure having
for its object a saving of time and materials, is worth consideration, and a
thought occurs to us just now, in glancing
over some of our exchanges from
North Louisiana, upon which we venture
a hint. that may set the mind of
some stationer to work. and be productive
of practical benefits, and good results.
Suppose, instead of having
three hundred printing presses in this
State, we had only three? Would it
not save a great waste of labor, to say
nothing of the raw materials annually
consumed? We do not propose to
have a fewer number of public journals,
but to have all of the same cast
of politics published on the same press.
and at the same place. Then we
might turn off a thousand and one
hands, editorial. typographical and diabolical: to work in the agricultural
branches, or mechanic arts, to add
wealth to the nation.
To illustrate what we are driving at
Suppose, that great barrel organ of
the party in power, the Louisiana
Courier, writes a leader on a leading
subject : it is taken up and published
by the minor organs and echoed and
re-echoed, at a very great expense of
time. paper and labor. It is set up
and sent out in all manner of type.
from Small Pica down to Minion.--
Take the multiplication table and calculate the cost in dollars. and it is an
astonishing. if not horrifying result.
We have tables before us to show that
one single tirade of Know Nothing.
ism; which originated with the Richmond
Enquirer (a very silly piece of
light literature), cost in round numbers $1443, counting at $1-a square
for the first insertion. An article
written by our funny neighbor in
Church street, entitled, "the U. S.
Senatorship" embodying a few reflections from that staunch Democrat paper
at Plaquemine--entitled "the Iberville
Gazette." cost--well, we don't
know how much, but enough to set
the economist to reflecting. Suppose
the type had only been set up once.
and the standing matter exported so
that the Piny Woodsman ; the Harrisonburg Independent : the Bayou
Sara Ledger: the State Paper. the
Shreveport Democrat : the Pt. Coupee Echo, etc., etc.. could have reproduced it, without the cost of setting it
up again, and again, and again : why
an immense amount would have been
saved the party treasury. Think of
it: the matter is worth a serious
thought.