The Labor enquirer., 1883-04-14

not been what we hoped it would in the
beginning. Advertising is the greatest
source of revenue to any successful news
paper, and, as the merchants of this city
are prejudiced against spending money
upon weekly papers, our patronage has
fallen far below the standard we have
set up in that particular. To build the
paper up and procure for 1t portion OF
the circulation and influence 1t should
have, we have carriedpn our books from
the start large number Of names for
which we have received no pay-eyery-
one Of which has BEEN an expense to us.
We started THE ENQUIRER with the
firm determination Of keeping it going,
and we have not weakened one iOta in
that determination. AS long as the
present publisher can manage to provide
the absolute necesBitea of life for him
self and family it will be his only aim to
publish a journal which shall be the un-
compromising advocate Of the rights of
down-trodden humanity Looking away
into the uncertain futute we can imagine
no time when it will be beyondour power
to publish tire paper initS present size
if life and health are s. pared; but, under
present circumstances, 1t is an utter i'm
possibility to meet the heavy expense of
our original dimensions In a few words
it was either reduce DR. suspend. Did
we do right?
Now for few words of reason in a
comparative way withtour subscribers
While the old size occupied larger
sheet Of paper, and contained a greater
amount Of reading matter than the pres
ent, at a glance a reasoning person can
readily see that we now give more original
matter than previously The editor is
enabled tos spare more time at his desk
since the case does not icIaim 50 much.
We shall not be able to present our little
story every week, and the paste-pOt and
the shears will not be Sd often used, but
our pencil will do double it's former work
and, thus, we claim, the paper will really
contain more matter upon the subject
for which 1t was issued than ever before.
In speaking thus We do not desire to
claim that our matter is equal at all in a
general sense to that which we can clip
from our able and frequently powerful
exchanges, but, while we believe in uni
yersaI emancipation and recognize that
the whole world is the field Of the true
philanthropi8ts' operations, we claim it is
the first duty Of labor paper to endeayor
to look after the interests and strive for
the benefit Of its particular locality. To
fully UteIize our curtaied space we shall
cut advertisers down to the amount they
actually pay for, weedingsout every line
that is not a source of revenue to us and
if ever our support in that regard comes
up to what it ought to be, we can easily
find room for it, by resuming the old
size.
We feel confident that if our friends
will bit see their interest and perform
their simple duty in this NATTER in 4
month or so we will be able to enlarge
and we have strong hopes that such will
be the case. So confident are we that
the paper will be supported sufficiently
to in short time issue as heretofore,
that, if we had the means, we should
keep it up to its old size for 50 long but
we have reached the bottom Of our pile
and retrenchment is absolutely neceS-
Sarv
In conclusion we wish to impress upon
our friends the necessity of going to work
in this matter. You can build the circu-
Iution Of THE SNQrIRER up to 10000 in
three months if YOU will but try, and wei
will DO all that one man can possibly ac-
comphsh to aid you and be worthy Of
your trust You can crowd the paper
full Of advertising if you will let the
merchants Of the city know you require
them t. use its columns, as we'll as others,
10 receiveyour patronage. THE ENQvIRER
, read by q class of people that seldom
ever look into the columns Of one Of the
other papers, and if you will make your
memhants understand this the work
will be DONE Do your duty if you hope
70 ever accomplish anything in the
struggle for your rights. We await your
derison.