ADVERTISING BY TENDER.

Westport Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1163, 31 March 1874, Page 4

ADVERTISING BY TENDER.

The Eeefton Courier thus remarks on the cut throat tactics of its op. ponent:—Two-pence per inch for advertising ought surely to satisfy anybody, and that is the figure at which the conducters of the Eeefton Herald have contracted to publish the announcements of the Local Eoad Board. Well, we only hope they will get" fat" at it. At any rare, it is somewhat refreshing to see that the conductors of that paper do not appraise the importance of their newspaper much above the public estimate. Competition may be the life of trade, but this sort of competition is more frequently the death of it. This rushing to extremes for trade is merely a sign of weakness ; it is in general the grasping at straws of an enfeebled constitution. But, as the American humorist says, " We like it; it's right into our hands." We have no wish to be a party to a modern representation of the "Kilkenny Cats." If anybody or anything is to be '' chawed up" it must be our contemporary and all that is his. Not us—not if we know it. " Two-pence more, and up goes the donkey !" It is " tew mutch" of a good thing. Two pence between our contemporary and perdition ! AVe must have a wider margin than that. Professor Holloway is a perfect quarry of " chalk" iu comparison, and better serve the devil we know than the devil wo don't know. Amen ! We wish our contemporary joy, and implore somebody to build up a big wall between us and the devil, and a bigger one between our contemporary, and put broken bottles on the top on't.