, 1875-01-07
Puget Sound Newspapers.


When the publication of the DAILY
DIsPATcH was commenced there were
two other daily papers fourishing on
Puget Sound-the Tribune and the
Courier-both taking the telegraphic
dispatches, and each in turn backed by
Federal patronage and largely subsidized
BY forced contributions upon Federal
officials. The former removed to Taco
ma, became the organ of the Railroad
LAND Ring" and "went mp" when
that bubble burst. The latter, COM
mencing with a ten thousand dollars
printing establishment. chiefly contrlb>
utsd by politicians and office holders
with the Government printing at highly
remunerative rates, and periodical cons
tributions levied upon party friends.
has run for over year past without
the telegraphic reports. and has finally
given up the ghost. and the DISPATCH
subs,sting without official or Ierty pat
ronee, is now the only daily paper pub
lished in Washington Territory. and has
been for more than year the only one
to take the daily telesraphic dispatches.
without which daily paper here is OF
no account to any one.
..The last rose Of summer, left blooming alone.
All our lovely companions being faded and
gont."
The publisher of the Courier. in his
death-bed speech, says: Before II
came under its present management
nearly a year and half was ably edit
ed, no one will deny, and gave teie-
graphic news. 1t sunk about $500 q
month during that time. Since that
time another eighteen months the
Da;ly Courier has been published at an
expense of about $500 a month. Of
which the people of Olympia have fui-
nished not quite 500 per month. and
the rest of which has been made mp by
subscriptions and advertisements from
abroad and from the receipts OF the
Weekly Courier and the job printing
business"
Again: "Within the past year the
Daily Courier has cost over 5000 more
than it has brought in, directly or in
and at present there seems no
prospect of anything better"
We can boast Of no advantage over
our contemporary in this particular. but
in the single fact that we have given TO
The public the full benefit of all the
money we have SINK in sustaining a
daily paper. in telearaphic dispatches,
from which we have realized no pecu-
mary gain. directly or indirectly. The
balance We have made up by hard labor,
no time or money for edito-
rial services. but editing our paper at
the case, without any loss of time from
labor. A creditable local
paper, of course, cannot be made up in
that way, but it is the only way in which
we can give our citizens the daily tele-
graphic reports and sustain the COM
mercial character of our town. But few
understand or appreciate the sacrifice.
If all who are interested in or benefited
by it, would eacn take the paper and
pay promptly their 25 cents week for
lhe same, we could afford to give them
4 daily paper which would be credit
10 the town and of great benefit to every
property holder and business man in
he town. 1t is poor encouragement to
! publisher to not only dovote his edit
,rial ability, but six hundred dollars
rear from the earnings of his mechani-
al labor to promote the interests OF
capitalists, real estate owners and bust
less men, who not only refuse to con-
ribute two bits a week for his paper.
but sneak around and steal from others
he intelligence for which he pays. But
70 long As Seattle is represented by as
many liberal and enterprising men as at
present, We shall not surrender on ac-
count of the sneaks. There is better
day coming.
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