St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-09
NORTH WESTEhN .SPAPER EN-
TERPPISE

The phenomenal development of daily
newspapers in the Northwest has been the
subject Of remark to visiting journalists and
to readers Of these live dailies in the East
who come in contact with them in the ex-
change lists. Even the great newspapers of
st. Paul and Minneapolis are a surprise to
the Eastern editorial idea, revelation in
the progressive journalistic mind Those who
have witnessed the struggle Of a daily in a
town of from $4,000 to IS, 600 in an Eastern
city, manufacturing center though it may
be, can hardly realize that great metropolitan
dslies worthy of commercial center can be
maintained in such cities as st. Paul and
Minneapolis, with their 100, 900 each. And
they are perfectly astounded to see the sue
cess of such provincial papers as flourish
in Fargo, Bismarck, Duluth, Helena, Grand
Forks, Sioux Falls, and like Northwestern
cities. Nor do they take into consideration
that these papers not only take the Associated
Press reports, but that they take a large special
service as well, and this in territory where
the telegraph tolls are twice what they are in
the East. For the enlightenment of the
Eastern brethren the GLOBE would explain,
that this is a reading and generally progress
i've section of the country. We have in the
Northwest the overflow of money and gray
matter from the East, stimulated with the
thrift that comes of carving out home and
fortune under new and favoring conditions,
Our climate inspires all new corners to their
highest endeavors in the direction of keeping
cd nd nal-i -,0 -,
the East, were fairly contented to know what
their next door neighbor was doing and to
make bare living for the family, here be-
come imbued with the idea Of knowing what
the rest Of the world is at and Of amassing a
competence for old age, and acquiring
something for their children to live
on when the country has deem de-
veloped, and the Eastern idea of
living on an income shall have become the
ruling passion. The fact is that daily papers
thrive in cities Of 1900 in the Northwest.
whereas many good paper has gone into
bankruptcy in an Eastern city of ten times
the population This can only be accounted
for by the varying conditions narrated above
An Eastern reader, who is familiar with
newspaper development, is very naturally
surprised on reading the Fargo Argus and
the Bismarck Tribune, for instance, upon
being advised that the one is published in
city Of II. 600 and the other in a city of 5000
population. If these two papers continue to
improve in the future on the progressive de-
velopment of their tributary territory ss they
have in the past, they win excel any daily of
an Eastern city of 100, 900 people. Andthere
has been nothing in their past or present
record to indicate that they may not progress
rather than retrogress in their development.
Here is the Bismarck Tribune, coming TO our Ia
bic with ali of the important news the very day
after FIRE had absolutely destroyed every vest
ige OF its plant including subscription lists
and bills, just as If nothing bad happened to
1t. Not an issue was lost, and seemingly no
baekset suffered BY the most awful visitation
that could come TO daily paper. And be-
ing lccated remote from source of printers
supplies aud from news centers. this Is all the
more remarkable. Yes, the esteemed Eastern
contem poraries have much TO learn from
their Northwestern exchanges.