The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-09-02

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men are peacefully and sweetly sleeping,
their stirred eyelids pressed down TO slum'
Der" recuperating for the work of the next
day, the editor and the printer, with every
nerve strung and eye strained by tie glare OF
TIE gas-light, is each telling, toiling for bis
fellow man; toilng that intelligence may be
scattered broadcast through the land that
the minds of tho multitude may be en-
lghtened, the hearts ofthe masses made bet
ter and purer Do you, reader
appreciate these facts, do you ever think OF
them and give in your mind and heart the
men who labor on newspapers, the credit
that ia due. them ? .ass And then the mnut@ Of
the business Few there be who fully COM
prehend, indeed, who have anything like an
adequate idea of the complications OF jour
nalsm. Its business wherein every man
must be exactly fitted to his department
else there is constant jar and want Of
harmony. An excellent managing
editor may be totally united
for any other position. A number one cd
itoral writer may be incapacitated to take the
city editors place and city editor may be
au fait in his line and be failure as a para.
graphist. And ten the head of tho editorial
department; there comes the rub. He must
be a gentleman familiar with all the depart.
ments, who can I'll readily, successfully, any
of them. The editor-in-chief must have Il
gencrel supervision Of his staff. The editor
must know what TO write, when to write it,
AMI he must have as near
ly as possible At his finger:
ends whole encyclopedia of knowledge Of
current events, of political information, re-
ligious knowledge, scientific data, etc. Every
thing must work like clock work, like one
entire piece OF machinery, every part fitted
to harmonic with the Others. The expenses
ola daily paper, too, are much greater than
any novice in the business would for mo-
ment presume. And yet despite all this,
failure now and then will come. Even now
the sad information comes to u:
that the Houston daily Telegram has
suspended. :. We infer that there are misun'
derstsndings among the proprietors, and
trust that the suspension is not from pecun'
larry embarrassment. Although this paper
has been run on the cooperative plan, the
owners doing the bulk of the work necessary,
thus making the expenses as light as possible
yet We presume it has not been published at
a less cost than 500 per day. The Tele-
gram has ever been good paper, valuable
paper, and we hope to see it in our sanctum
again ere long. The Houston Post, another
exceedingly excellent newspaper, shows
what enterprise and intelligence prop
erly directed will do. AT daily
cost of not less than $3.50, it goes out
every morning 10 its readers a welcome
visitor in their households. And in this
connection we deem II not amiss to speak of
the HERALD. With weekly expenditure
of over (S1,SOO) thirteen hundred dollars,
never cent of which remains unpaid after
the end oe the current month, the HERALD
goes onward and upward to higher level
toward journalistic perfection each month
There are 80 few people who have an
adequate idea of what it costs to run news
paper, that every now and then we see some
one venturing upon the sea of journalism
doomed to sink his all and fail. Printers
must be paid promptly, white paper and
ink and press-work must be paid for in cash,
and the employees in all the departments
must have their money weekly,
and when we consider how
many advertisements there are and
subscriptions that go unpaid for months,
some of them being eventually lost, is It any
wonder that so many wrecks lay all along
the shore, mournful evidences that the storm
WAS too great for them 10 ride the waves
When our readers remember the expenses
the HERALD must meet, the labor its en-
ployees must perform, they will, we know,
have better appreciation of our
endeavors in behalf of the people.
Not a line of telegraph,
whether it be specials or associated press,
comes to this paper that it is not carefully
read and edited. Not communication or
letter of any description comes TO the paper
for publication that 1t is not critically exam
ined, that which is Objectionable beiugt.el
mated and that which Is good oftentimes put
in shape for the printer and reader. And
then there is not an enterprise, notan under,
taking, not business proposition made
in which the city, or county or state
is directly or indirectly Interested, that the
journalist is not expected to look after, in.
quire into, and say something about. 1t is his
duty to do this, for he stands as q sentine
xpon the watch-tower looking after the inter
ests of the people, looking after the develop
ment and advanc ement of the state. Thoma
Jefferson said once that if he "had to live il
government without newspapers or hsv,
newspapers without government he woult
take the newspapers" Can you not then, oh
reader, feel in your heart an interes
in the newspaper press Of the country, Oar
you not feel your bosom throb with pride a
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