Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-02
KICKERS AND CRITICS.
Their Peculiar Relations with their Home
Papa-s-IIow Paper May be Made
More Helpful ana Crpditable.
Waco Day.

A merchant of Fort Worth recent
complained that THE GAZETTE devoted
too much space ana gray matter TO
booming outside counties. To this COM
plant and criticism THE GAZETTE made
the following reply:
THE GAZETTE has done some very good work
for Fort Worth but this paper not do it all.
tervals in its work for Fort Worth it is because
''other counties contribute ive-sevenths OF
the total circulation OF TIE GAZETTE. This
paper has been doing its share for eight years in
behalf OF Fort Worth and ISrFant county. and II
the city had put INTO the Golfers OF THE GAZETTE
all the money It has thrown away on lnsuihcl-nt
advertising mediums much more won ii have
been accomplished than has been done. THE
GAZETTE spends more money in Fort Worth than
the city spends on the paper, yet the paper never
wearies OF we'll dong. Merchants should
call on the people TO do so letting for them
selves. Fodder no fodder TIE GAZETTE
has STOOD to the rack, anu if it at-Eys ont into
lot her counties it is because the grazing al
home becomes at times aiarmingly dry"
Commenting on the above remarks of
THE GAZETTE the Galveston News adds:
s'THE GAZETTE had to go into other counties
or remain a stipendlary upon IT'S local conHun-
iuy. This may nave been nuts Tor lhe local
community but it was tough on THE GAZETTE
The truth is that the daily papers of Texas are
far ahead OF the local communities IN which
they are published. There is not a local COM
munity in Texas that is credited by the last CEN
sus report with population OF over 49, DO
q
East or West with three times Al, coo population,
that su pports a daily newspaper the equal in
any way of such daily papers as are published
in Galveston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston or
San Antonio? Not in the whole range, North,
East, South or West, population to population,
can such excellent daily papers be found as are
furnished in Texas. They have sense enough
left them, however, to HE themselves into other
counties, or they would go to the wall. Yet
there are Eickers around who imagine that pa
per belongs to n town, and that il such paper
speaks well of any other place it il false to its
town
Everything said by THE GAZETTE and
News in the above extracts Is true and
to the point. OF the several morning
papers in Texas there is not one that
could meet its current expenses or any
considerable portion of its expense bud
get out of the business it gets from its
home town. If this applies with so
much force to the larger cities-Dallas,
Galveston and San AntOnio-each with
population of nearly or over 40 900, it
applies with special force 10 the smaller
cities, where the population does not
even 20 up to 20 900. And yet in those
smaller cities the dailies exhibit push
and public spirit that would be cousid-
cred exceedingly enterprising in city
of 40 900 or 80, 900 souls, outside of
Texas. All that the daily press of these
large and smaller cities has ever
asked is the moral and practical support
of the communities in which the papers
are published. IT is not expected that
every business shall tax itself 20 q bur-
densome degree TO help the home paper
to work for the community. 1t is not
expec.ed even that every business
man, firm or corporation shall feel it Il
duty to advertise. But certainly the
home paper has right to expect that If
advertising is done it shall be as liberal
as possible and that it shall not go to
outside schemes or 'fakes. Also the
home paper has a right to expect that if
It's home people see fit TO hold business
from it and get the benefit (as they do)
of it's work for the town free an without
price, the least they can do and act de-
cent by is to refrain from criticising and
sneeriug at it because, il a 10 ,OOO-Dopu-
lation town, 1t does not rival q metro
politan paper-a Chicago, st. Louis or
New York journal. The Day has been
printed in Waco seven years Qacking one
month"; commencing when Waco had
less than 5000 inhabitants. In its con-
duct, enterprise and standing as daily
paper it has pushed far ahead of the
town OF the revenue it gets from the
town and every body here knows it. The
Day, to-day and every day, gives Waco
as much prestige and reputation abroad
of helpful and creditable nature as any
institution in the town, without any ex-
ception. 1t pays out as much money
every month to wage-earners who live
here and spend every cent OF their earn
ings in Waco as it derives from its Waco
business. Yet in the face of these facts
the worst kIckers, grumblers and critics
the Day has to contend with are people
whose practical interest in the paper, as
demonstrated by the amount OF business
they do with US. is so small that it doesn e
amount TO anything. The best way to
make paper truly helpful to town is
to help the paper-not by bonuses. but
by giving it business and heling it TO help
itself. ALI the dailies have to look
abroad TO some extent for business. II
they did not they would soon suspend
publication.