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DUrlnn the ~ast thrp.e ~onths I h_ve wrltten to you nnd to Samllp.l Hlil sov ral tl""''' In r 'ard 'u the n"'ed of a n('VI pre~" for Thp Argus . ~ 11'1 n""d l~ beC"l'llnr. mol''' u,;per tlve every day . ~h~ old press we aro uSlnG IS [olnfl to pl"ces fa t . t would not be urprlred to sec It hI' ak do." any dny an leavp. us 1n th lurch. Thpn Tl~e Arr, s 'Ioul be ln a bad fLX . Sure tlITe aco I talned flfllJrf'S on a nwrber of second- hand presses that wuuld answn' our purpose . A wf'~k or So aco T obtalned a flaure on a npw ~r"ss , thl! fast. st Rlnnlp. yllndal' ~ chlne that 15 Kade, a prf'RS th 11 price un V/'uch IS sOl"ev/)

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presS 1S the "abcock "D1spatch" l'ress . It 1S sold by th" "lnne -sota Type oundr ,Y 1n St . Paul . YOll can sec the manaGer ot' the concern there ny day and nscerto1n part1culars . ThlS lS a ma -ch1nc that wuuld last for 25 year w1th Good usar,e and would be fast r>nour,h and b1(l pnollph to do all the work of the Newspaper Un1on .

I would llke to 1mpress upon your lnd the ne cesslty of taklnu So~P act10n about a new press lmrcdlat ly . You have 1nvest-ed over S~~ , ooo here already, and th1S whole lnvest~ent 18 J e8pUIC1 Jeopardlzed by the lack of a rel1able press .

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