Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-07-02
From the Daily Journal of the 1st.1
CLOSE OF THE THIRD VOLUME.

With this number closes the third volume
of the Duly Journal. The first number of
this paper was issued on the 9th day of
June, 1855, by Logan & Wilson. 1t then
lacked column on each page being as
large as now. In January, 1856, Logan T.
Farley came in possession of the Journal
establishment and enlarged the Daily to its
present size, 1t was not at that time, we
believe, paying enterprise. Our prede-
cessors found it burden, and were
forced to suspend its publication. Since we
took charge of it, however,. we have not
missed single regular ISSUE. TO publish
daily paper with less than three hundred
subscribers cannot be profitable to its pro-
prietors, as all who know anything of the
printing business can testify. We have BY
dint Of. hard labor and rigid economy made
the D'ily journal pay its way thus far,
trashieg to realize our profits in the future.
Wh@r it frequently remarked that ssMus-
! catine ought to have larger and better
printed daily paper" We think so too. We
stand ready to print just as large paper as
/ its patronage will justly. A city of 10000
inhabitants ought to support its daily paper
IL the extent of at least 500 bona tide SUBJ
scribcrs. But Muscatine does not. We are
not disposed to complain, however, and do
not mention this fact by way of complaint,
but merely to assure our patrons that we
will not shrink from the additional labor
and expense of enlarging our paper if it is
required. 1t is true there are some of our
citizens largely engaged in business and
interested to the full amount of their wealth
in the prosperity of the city who do not
patronze usas we think they ought. We
presume they act according to what they
consider their true interests, but we think
they are not fullyawarc of the great influence
paper (if rcspectabl, in size and appear
ance) has in inviting and influencing immi-
grafton to the locality from which tits issued
and they also seem to lose sight of the fact
that nobody can afford to publish such
paper unless they support it, not only by
subscribing for it, but by advertising In it
literally.
We are gratifed to state that our patronage
is steadily increasing. In the same ratio.
we have endcavored to increase the interest
OF our paper. We give much more reading
matter now each day than some months ago
which of course is an additional exnense
1t our patronage continues to increase. it
will be necessary for US to enlarge the Daily
soon. We need new type, as Our readers
can readily perceive. If we can make co.,
lection of subscriptions now due us, this
improvement can be made at once-other.
wise we will have to defer it indefinitely
{ We assure our readers that we enter upor
the labors of theyQew volume with deter
mination to make our paper worthy of tn,
most liberal patronage that may be bestowed
upon it. By a recent addition to our edito.
rial force, our columns devoted to origina
articles will be hereafter better filled ant
more interesting. In our news department
We promisc as heretofore to be behind non,
Of our incorporates ard we hope BY
arduous and ineessant labor to give salts
{ faction tosnll our readers.
Tho Weekly Journal-now one of tn,
! lsigest ana best filed papers in the State :
ntss fair and rapidly extending circulation
Advertisers should bear in mind that it il
s 4Es SIT medium through which to address
the Ijcop! Of Iowa.