Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-04-15
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BECAUSE IL explains 80 APPLY and truthful-
~ one leading cause of the attack of the
an%ti'republican papers of the territory upon
what they style "the Yankton ring" We
copy in this issue an article from the Fargo
Republican, We have received from time
to time certain jobs of printing which had
they not come to US would have gone to
some other Dakota printing Office, provided
one could have been found with the facili-
ties for executing the work. This circum.
stance seems to have aroused the ire of most
Of those newspapers which were politically
opposed to the Press and Dakotaian during
the last campaign. We do not feel very
much disturbed over this partisan diatribe
from the ranks of the disafected. We are
conducting a legitimate printing business
with the hope of making money thereby,
and cannot consent to reject any paying pat
ronage, either public or private, because
some of our brethren of the press are dis
turbed over what they designate as the oper-
atoms of the ring" of Yankton. The only
ring of which we have any knowledge OF
for which We feel any sympathy is the one
which was organized nearly five years ago
by Bowen & Kingsbury, Of which they are
the component parts, for the purpose Of en-
gaging in the publication Of . newspaper
and in general job and book printing and
book binding. This ring" has been kept
intact for business purposes, and it is our
intention to zealously guard its interests and
endeavor to build in the future as We have
built in the past-to keep pace with the
growth of the territory and to reach out for
all the patronage, public or private, which
comes within the scope of the industry We
represent. Though unreasonable cotempo-
raries may seek to decry these efforts, their
attacks will have as little effect upon a can.
did public as they have had upon the fair
spoken Fargo Republican.
When our little "ring" was organized 4
large proportion of the business which be-
longed. to the printing fraternity of Dakota
was taken to foreign establishments. We
saw the opportunity to obtain a share Of
that which was lost to the territory, and
seized upon it. Through the years of toll
and trouble and financial depression which
have interviewed the one great object Of the
Press and Dakotaian "ring' has been to in.
vite patronage and to keep itself at all times
in q condition to meet every demand by ad-
ding to its facilities - rapidly as the cir
cumstances seemed to warrant the outlay.
Though the nose Of the "ring'' has thereby
been kept hard upon the grindstone. We are
now encouraged to believe that enterprise
will eventually win, and hat all its ven
lures will turn to substantial results.
We have said more upon this subject than
We intended when We began to pencil our
comments upon the suggestions Of the Fargo
Republican. It seemed to be a good place
to advance . few remarks. We desire to
impress upon our erumbling brethren the
fact that if the Press and Dakotaian .ring''
has made any advancement during it, ex.
isterce, the position has been acquired BY
hard work and the courage to step ahead
and not through any illegitimate scheme'
for obtaining that which it did not honestly
earn.