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The Commoner.
FEBRUARY 9, 1906
COMMONER DAYFEBRUARY 24
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In compliance yith a suggestion made by General James B. Weaver of Iowa, Saturday, February 24,
has been designated "Commoner Day." On that day any one iot now a subscriber may obtain The Com
moner for one year for 60c. Every reader of The Commoner is requested to devote at least a part of that
day to this effort to increase The Commoner's sphere of influence by enlarging its circulation. ,
REMEMBER
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Colfax, Iowa, Jan. 25, 1906. To The Commoner: I
am so impressed with the clean, conservative, and yet aggres
sive character of' your paper that I want, with your permis
sion, to suggest a method of rapidly extending its circula
tion. The number of your readers should, and can be, more
than doubled within the next sixty days. Wo are just lit
the morning twilight of a most important civic struggle
the election of a new set of representatives in congress,
state administrations and local legislative bodies. The
Commonon is the voice of the greatest democratic leader the
country has known since the days of Thomas Jefferson and
James Madison. It is unspotted, lucid, fearless, cosmopoli-
. tan and as true to popular rights as the needle to the pole.
Every democrat, or other liberal minded man, in America
should take and every week look into this repository of the
best current democratic thought. Your club rate CO cents
per' year -to clubs of five or more, makes it impossible for
you to incur any great expense to increase circulation.
Now this is any suggestion : Let The Commoner set a
day-pr two days to be known to your readers as "Com-
f .& . moner Dayon which dates yorr will ask each of your.
auarter of a million readorsix) ster) out among their neiirh-
- &- "bors and' solicit subscriptions fr.om one to as many as they y'
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& sure they will make the dash if they arc requested to do so.
& They are minute-men, and responsive to the voice of their
v gf.oat leader. Try it. Give about two weeks notice and
watch results. Saturdays would be proforrable for this
effort. Put the call in first column, in black faced type and
give your army of readers an opportunity to fall into lino
and move at one and the same time.
I have recently made an effort to secure subscribers to
your paper and have found an almost unanimous desire
among the- people democrats and many republicans to
subscribe. All they want is an opportunity.
Very truly yours,
' J. B. WEAVER.
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General James B. Weaver, of Iowa, has writ
ten to The Commoner a suggestion that a day
be set aside and designated "Commoner Day on
which day a general effort may he made by Com
moner readers to make material increase in The
Commoner's circulation.
Actingon this suggestion, Saturday, February
24, has been designated as "Commoner Day.
On that day any one may obtain one year s
subscription to The Commoner for 60 cents. This
is not a part of the special offer which requires
that 60 cent subspriptions must be sent in lots
of five, bu Is a special offer for one day Satur
day, February. 24.
On that day Commoner readers everywhere
may take a single subscription or subscriptions
in any number at the rate of 60 cents. This
offer is, of course, good only for subscriptions
taken on "Commoner Day," as designated the
idea being to encourage readers who believe T"he
Commoner "is doing good work to engage In a
general and vigorous effort to make material in
crease in The Commoner's circulation preparatory
to the congressional campaign of 1906.
Everyone who sympathizes with the work
The Commoner Is trying to do Is requested to
devote at least a portion of "Commoner Day" In
the effort to secure new subscribers at the special
rate 60 cents which isas nearly at cost as can
bo safely estimated.
The Commoner's circulation is now growing,
but it is desirable that it undergo an extraordi
nary increase in order that The Commoner's in
fluence in the congressional elections now coming
on may be widespread.
Let everyone who approves of The Common
er's efforts prepare for vigorous work on Satur
day, February 24. Tell your neighbor of the pro
gram fo that day, and urge him to secure at least
one new subscriber to The Commoner at tho
special rate of 6Q cents per year. If every friend
of The Commoner now on its subscription list
would make it a point to send at least one new
subscriber, The Commoner's . circulation would
be materially increased. Many may be able to
send more than ono new subscriber, and in that
event The Commoner's circulation would enjoy
an extraordinary growth.
If each reader of The Commoner &
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& on "Commoner Day" the list will .be' in- S
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