The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-13

il-slmrci. You can hardly say that hc walks.
lie shufies. The head makes n motion forward,
the body follows it.. a If swung ON a PAIR OF
hinges ut the hips. the legs then move and the
feet struggle ont n if undecided whether 10 walk
OF keep still. The fact of the business Is, Horace
never had time 70 learn 70 walk lie weighs u
man for what he IL worth, and not Tor what ne
appears 10 be worth.
s.Mr. Greeley. my friend, Mr.. @, who has
called 70 pay his respects
Down cueS the f~6rcfnger on the manuscript.
The papcr-hOldcr qGivering on the edge of hs desk
drnrs 10 the floor. You catch the glow Of has
smiling face. n glance Of his small blue eyes, hear
his shriIl. treble voice roll oil n lew pleasant
words, and we descend the stairs 20 the counting
room. leaving him 10 hack away Mt biIShted
human wrongs and fullies in his own peculiar
manner.
Once ag1in in the counting-7oom Il requires
rare business ability and tact t. run the publish
inc DEPARTMENT of such a concern as tins. Inc
disbursements frequently reach Slo,uuu a day,
and have exceeded 81 ,Ouu. 600 a year. Ihcre Is
uauer TO buy. advertisements are 10 be strewn
over the country newspapers, two hundred and
fifty editors, reporters, compoSItors. wrapper VIII
er-, clerks. prcsSmen. stereotypers. folders ana
carriers are 10 bc paid weekly, type and presses
are TO be purchased. contracts are TO be made, and
five hundred business qualifications To be closely
watched. sam. Sinclair Il the lever which keeps
all these things in perpetual motion. We ind
him in a little box fenced off in one corner OF the
countinr-room. He has n Shrewd blue eve, quietly
and pleasantly toned. long nctNN CURING Cutel-
nut hair, and Il handsome chestnut beard and
moustache, which he never cuts. lie takes your
measure on the instant. He Is careful and cir
cumspect. The slouched black hat hides a head
that understands his business. He tears open Il
note from the foreman of the prcSS-rOom, INFORM
ing him that ..the forms came down late this
morning. and n portion of the mails were missed
by this hardness" \ letter is written and sent
TO Mr., Young, the Managing Editor, mmmedi-
atcly. This Sinclair is emphatically a man Of
VI l,rrn lac IrnrG
an immense stock; when paper Is up, paper man
ufacturers get none of the ITIbUReS money.
When business is dull and money is scarce, Sin
clair advertises the Tribune extensively through
the country press, and sows his poster, headed
"Now is the time to subscribed" throughout
every State in the Union. During the past win
ter there was hardly Il Post Office in the United
States but was adorned with n colorcd Tribune
poster. When business is brisk and money is
plenty the Tribune eats its way into the affections
Of the people on its own merits, without adver-
Using. MIR. Greeley writes the most of the
Tribune advertisements, and especially those
ringing double-leaded introductions to 1.-The
terms of the Tribune appearing on the editorial
n ace. Such sentences as 1.-The Combat Deep
ems or :. Friends of Freedom and Humanity
opens an advertising argument in MIR. Greeley's
best vein. Sinclair is and should he the best
newspaper publisher in America. He knows the
newspaper ropes. Entering the office a quarter
of n century ago, a book-keeper, cashier and sub
scrlptlOn clerk, at Il salary OF nine dollars Il week,
he has plodded his way through faithful industry
and unceasing vigilance to fortune. The clerk is
now the largest stakeholder in the Tribune, and
his outside wealth would almost make him Il mil
lionaire. And still he is the selfsame hard-work-
ing clerk, with merely the title of publisher,
quietly turning the Tribune grindstone and pro-
fitting by the suggestions of reporters or press
men. lie never seems To feel his oats a bit, but
treats the veriest mental about the Office with I'M
assuming afiability. This makes him one of the
most popular men about the establishment.
The property of the Tribune is divided into
one hundred shares, originally valued at $1,000
per share, but they are now worth St, 500 each.
There are twenty-four stockholders i'll number,
nearly all of them being employed on the paper.
1t has been n rule of the editor and publisher TO
part with the stock to valuable men who come to
the Tribune to stay. The foremen in each of the
mechanical departments have been stockholders
for many years. Mr.. Sinclair and MIR. Greeley
own larger interests than any other two.
And now for the editorial rooms. Opt of the
countHng-room, and down Spruce street, to the
first iron-stoop. Up a pair of winding iron stairs
to the fourth story. Here is an iron door, painted
in three colors, bearing the following inscription;