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FEBRUARY 10, 1906
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COMMONER DAY-FEBRUARY 24
In compliance with a suggestion made by General James B. Weaver of Iowa, Saturday, February 24,
has been designated "Commoner Day."-On that day any one not 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.
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Colfax, Iowa, Jan. 25, 100G. 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 extonding its circula
tion. The number of your readers should, and can he, moro
than doubled within the next sixty days. We. are just at
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
Commoner 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 60 cents
per year to clubs of five or more, makes it impossible for
you to incur any great expense to increase circulation.
ITow this is my suggestion : Let The Commoner set a
day or two days to bo known to your readers as "Com-
moner Day 7-on which dates you will ask eacli o your
r5. quarter of a. million readers to step out among their neigh-.
??;.. bors and solicit subscriptions from one -to as many as they
' & can secure bv reasonable effort.. . .. v J ' ,
Your readers are true and loyal, and I am morally
sure they will make the dash if they are requested to do so.
They are minute men, and responsive to the voice of their
great leader. Try it. Give about two weeks notice and
watch results. Saturdays would be preferrable for this
effort. Put the call in first column, in black faced type and
give your army of readers an opportunity to fall into line
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 tlie people democrats and many republicans-?-tp
subscribe. . All they want is an opportunity.
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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.
Acting on 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 nQt a part of the special offer which requires
that 60 cent subscriptions must be sent in lots
of five, but 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 The
Commoner is doing good worlc 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 is as nearly at cost as can
be 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 the
special rate of 60 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 wouW
be materially increased. Many may be able to
send more than one new subscriber, and in that
event The Commoner's circulation would enjoy
an extraordinary growth.
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If each reader of The Commoner
will secure at least one' new subscriber
on "Commoner Day" the list will be in
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ent day subscriber of The Commoner &
means a circulation of 900,000 a week. &
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