The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-30
II oCAL JOURNALISM,'

INC y Oil worth SdEtltei WAlCh u
about ,-he best journalistic type OF that
class of publications that imagine they
can build themselves up by pulling
others down, INDUCED in some
imaginary facts just recently by stating
thai tho Galveston News, or some other
corporation, intended establishing a
morning paper In this city. With that
contemplate fear, born of its own eX-
perience in attempting TO rival n first
class paper, IL doubtless imagined the
HERALD would be wonderfully and
fearfully alarmed by such announce
ment. The HERALD has not heretofore
deigned to notice such remarks. 1t
neither knows or cares whether there
be basis or moi, for them. Conscious of
its own honest efforts, and it may say
with pardonable pride, SUCCESS in the
the field Of journalism, it fears no
rivalry. 1t would move on in the even
tenor of Its way as pure and simple
newspaper, though double the number
of applicants for public favor were in its
field.
But comments from such reputable
journals as the Galveston News land
Houston Post, both in the spirit of
wisdom and fair dealing are worthy OF
attention. The News remarks, in refer
ing to The Gazette's article, that, "the
comparisons here presented, however
casual they may seem, are ingeniously
invidious. The local disparagements
which they convey are quite gratuitous.
Northern Texas can afford TO stand upon
1t own merits. 1t does not need to be
exalted by belittling illusions to the
relative progress of southern Texas.
Equally invidious and gratuitous are
the illusions to the News and to Dallas
to the News as paper that "might not
object to attaching Dallas as tail to it's
Galveston kite" and to Dallas as city
the local patronage of which "does not
seem sufficient to maintain first-class
paper" Such illusions proceed upon q
radically false theory as to the
principles which should govern
the relations between daily press,
aiming to be metropolitan in circula-
ton, in influence and in usefulness, and
local communities which are Interested
in the existence, the maintenance and
the development of such a press"
The Post says, in the same connec-
ton: "The Gazette designs TO be rough
on the HERALD, and the Post would re-
mark in passing that the Dallas HER
AID, in its daily exposition of itself,
does not in any manner deserve such
sighting remarks. The HERALD is a
strictly good newspaper, and is ably
edited. The Post regrets that local
jealousy should place, beam in the
eye of the Gazette, so that it can not see
what everybody else sees, i. o.
the excellence of its contemporary.
Whether the News intends to estab-
lish paper at Dallas or not is none of
our business, but if the enterprise be
undertaken, outside of the HERALD, we
see no chance of success, except by the
expenditure of oceans" of money"
Upon thinner skinned institution
than the Gazette, such criticisms from
intelligent and disinterested contempo-
raries would cut with telling effect, but
rebuke is lost in the direction indicated.
The fact is a simple and well recog-
nized one that merely local journalism,
local rivalry and silly hings at reputa-
BILE CONTEMPORARIES do not pay. 1t is an
uphill business in our small Texas
cities to publish large or paying news
papers, and the metropolitan featur es of
such publications as the News and Post
and San Antonio Express and HERALD
astonish while they win admiration.
The HERALD has ever hewed strictly
to the line of dignified and impartial
non-partisan and to the proper extent
non-local feeling. and it has seen its re-
ward in . modest but gratifying sue
cess which it is vain enough to suppose
would take some vigorous opposition to
rival or overcome. 1t particularly COM
mends the fair and admirable quota
tions given above from the News and
Post as the best illustrations of a metro
politan in contradistinction to a purely
local and prejudiced press.
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