Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-03-02
Foreign News Again.
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If we were seeking for a striking instance of
the prosperity that will inevitably attend we'll
directed, well-continued and jealous industry,
we should first and last fix our attention upon
the "Sun" newspaper establishment in Balti-
more. There is in the United States no proudcr
monument of intelligence, skill, and courage in
the prosecution of private enterprise.
We have before us copy of the "Sun when
it was but half its present size, and presented
indications of the uphill work " before which
beginners usually COVER 1t is now, and has
been for years, one amongst the few best news
papers in the whole country. And yet the ex
pansion of its leaves and the compression of it,
matter do not enable it TO meet the popular de
mands for its services: and it is compelled to
measure from which, whether it shall resultin prof
to the proprietors not, the public will find very
considerable profit. What this measure is, We
shall let the atluminary itself reveal 1t says
ssTuE SuN.--Our readers have no doubt observed
the very decided effort we have made to keep up
with the times if we have occasionally pushed
on a little in advance, the account has been bal
anced by popular appreciation. But lately the
struggle has been pretty severe one; we i've IN
a great country and, productive III all other things
II
over increases the measure of local interest every
day and above all, her business affairs are ex-
banding, and the demands upon our columns in
this very interesting department of public life and
private energy are steadily augmentng The
consequence of all this is very natural-the de-
mand upon the columns of the Sun has ex-
ceeded its dimensions, and there Is no resource
ADEQUATE to the occasion but enlargement of
the sheet We have rather evaded the necessity
-. hit hacE fine lly uorta ban
and compelled US to surrender the issue. Our
readers, of course will have less objection to the
measure than we entertain at the same time, in
whatever contributes to their satisfaction we have
an equal interest and pleasure. In few days
we expect to make such an enlargement of the
paper as will enable US at once to meet the full
demands of the advertising public, in anticipation
of the opening business of the season, and to keep
pace with the general and local news of the day.
in the meantime, we SHALL perhaps, be obliged
10 defer some subjects Of general interest, which
will, however, command attention at the earliest
opportunity for the disposal of them.
We have pretty good circulation in this fed
cral city of ours, and there are few men, women,
OF children, who cannot tell what the TELEGRAPH
says; but in the cause of truth we have fact
10 state that may amaze some folks. 1t is, that
the circulation of the BALTIMORE Sun, in the cities
ct Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, is
almost, if not quite, equal to that of all the
papers published in these cities And we think
it highly probable that the same fact is true of
many other towns within day sjourney of Balti-
more.
Whether it be customary polite for news
paper to state such facts as these respecting q
neighboring rival, we have not stopped to in.
quire We would very willingly blow out the
Sum-" and sail our craft along by the light Of
some bright and cheering STAR if we could; but
rs that does not appear entirely practicable, we
have resolved on letting the world know the truth
Of the matter, that we may be favored with the
united counsels of many in regard to the best
way of annihilating it
We find some comfort in q certain precedent,
however. 1t is this, that soon after the /" Sum
was commenced, the enlightened merchants and
business men of Baltimore, looking to their own
present and prospective interests, cheered it with
their generous patronage, and have realized all the
profit they anticipated.