The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-05-02
TOWNS AND TRADE EDITIONS.

We copy the following from the last issue
of the Portsmouth Progress received Dy US;
"In referring 20 the recent issuance by the
South Boston Times of large addltlon 10 ius
usual size in the form OF thorough review OF
the local advantages of South Boston, IHE
RICHMOND TrfEs which gave our special
edition very fnttering notice. says;
THE recent example which has been so
auspiciousy act by the South Boston Times
and the Portsmouth Progress SHOULD pe
initiated by the leading organs OF Puono
opinion in all the smaller towns IN the otate'
'"We arise 10 object 10 our big contem-
porarv putting Portsmouth in the. category
OF smaller towns" Portsmouth IS iuu-
Aedped. duly chartered city with q popuia-
ton of nearly twenty thousand ana all the
accessories of a CITY,"
In our reference TO the thriving town OF
Portsmouth. in using the expression smaller
town" we intended that it should be taken IN
q relative sense. which would not necessarily
;,nnlv that Portsmouth was small town
Int merely that it had not yet reached the
propol tons Of several towns to be found III
the Commonwealth, Richmond, for instance
or Norfolk Although Portsmouth has not
vet attained to the population and wealth OF
these. the larger towns of Virginia, yet the
enterprise displayed in the recent trade
edition Of the Progress would have been
highly creditable even TO these towns al
though their resources are much greater and
their means more ample.
The relation of South Boston 10 Portsmouth
in the point Of population is not as favorable
as the relation in the like respect OF Ports
mouth to Richmond. but the enterprise e1-
hibited by the South Boston Times IS proper
tionatclv creditable to it. To print Journals
in towns of the size of Portsmouth, issuing
trade editions that would be worthy Of town
like Richmond, and journals IN town IKE
South Boston issuing trade editlon thaI
would be worthy of town OF the size Oh
Portsmouth. with its twenty thousand in
babitants. these are facts which may well NIL
all who are interested in the rapid growth OF
the State with encouragement.
Not only do trade editions indicate spirit
of energy and hopefulness, but they are
highly promotiye of future developments IN
the communities in which they appear 1t IS
q most excellent sign when we discover towns
If the size of Portsmouth and towns OF the
size Of South Boston sending out elaborate
editions in illustration of their increasing
wealth and population, which only few
years ago were rarely issued even in such
town as Richmond.
We want to see the example Of the progress
and the South Boston Times initiated from
one end of the State to the other by every
town which has not yet been independent
aud enterprising enough in its press TO strike
ont upon the same as itself If The Rich
MoND TIMES shall in the series of trade edl-
tons which it will soon begin to issue, ac-
complish as much in proportion to the wealth
and population of this town as our two es-
teemed contemporaries in their recent trade
editions have accomplished in proportion to
the wealth and population Of their respective
towns, then we shall not be displeased. for
that would signify that we had reached the
highest relative standard of excellence.