The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-12-21
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The Ch:Oasei, gives i lag ny fun.
cral 4, ;eo,,rse upon the death of til:
Daily Northern Tier, lately published
1t Cfookstun. We cory Il portion o!
..he Chronicles remtrks, which c,M.
tain more truth thaa poetry:-M
Daily Northern Tier has ceased t
sxist. having said farewell to the VOL
last evening. and we feel like express.
ing our Il limitation Of the young mel
who. from the stlrt, have blckss
against the inevitable. and have en-.
leavoret! to run daily piper Ivy ener.
~ instead of money-lrom misses inster
If patronage. When the daily W..
.irst talked Of, we expressed Doubt
10 the outcome. and got II rap from
J. X. Arnold for our want of filth.
Had Arlnll continued ut it's head, tn
paper would have died four month
sooner. The young men who have
been running the paper since its frs
editor was depuscd, have worked hard
md did us we'll us anybody could Il,
ander the circumstances. They wer
led to embark in the business by the
encouragement of those whose encour-
ayemcnt consisted mostly OF
words. The trouble seems to be that
!, certain number of our people want
something for nothing. They want to
pay fifty cents u month fora paper
which costs $3.50 Il month to produce.
and think that u hundred likcsuhscrip
tons can keep the paper running and
make money for the cnterprising pro.
prietor. But they would pay their
fifty cents and scott ut the paper and
wonder why it was not better. When
the Northern Tier started We were
satisfied that it could not be sustained.
because it cost more to support such
!. paper rs would be purchased for its
own sake than could he secured. But
there are a great many people in
Crookston who know more about the
newspaper business than we do, and
who will insist that Il tlious'end dol.
lars worth Of newspaper can be fur
nished for two hundred dollars, if the
proprietor only has the proper sort of
enterprise and energy. In all this
glorious Northwest. so far Us our oh.
servation goes, there is but one daily
paper that is making money. and two
OF three that are paying expenses. We
believe the Bismarck Tribune is max.
ing some money for its poprietprs:
that the Grand Forks Herald and Far
Argus are paying expenses and we
don't believe another daily Of any size
in the Northwest is being run with its
earnings. But there seems always to
be men who will venture their money
and time in i daily paper. because they
expect, by some freak of fortune, to
make money when nearly every one
Else fails. And such places rs Crook.
ston are always inviting fields for those
who would make their fortunes in u
laily paper. Why! because they
receive encouragement from various
citizens in words, but not in cash. Mr..
Cooke of the Journal or the Chronicle
man have ever been read: tn publish
Il daily paper in Cronkston whenever
enough paying patronage could be
guaranteed to pay its expenses. But
no; 1.-The paper can be run, and made
to pay, but we don't want to invest in
it," This has always been the sub.
stance of the replies received from
those who have been sweating in the
take stocglhtiie fssh:" ssttfPf!t t ii
said furthermore than we intended to
say OIL this subject. but we simply wish
to exp! sc the Inconsistency and insil
cerity Of those who are instrumental
in encouraging a branch of business
which they afterwards fail to support