Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-05-06
A PHILADELPHIA LETTER.
What an Old Friend Has to Say
About the ssNew Republican"

About the .sNew Republican,"
DEAR REPUBLICAN You want
letter from me for next weeks issue
of the paper-a letter about the Past
history and Future prospects of the
REPUBLICAN. l don't think / can
write you much of letter-the past
history of the REPUBLICAN is the
story of a hard struggle against the
most adverse circumstances to es
tablish and maintain a Republican
paper in Sullivan county. Republi-
can papers had not been a success
heretofore, in fact no kind of paper
ever scored a success. The Demo
crat kept alive merely because its
proprietor willed it so, and a half
dozen other publications had come
and gone because the people had not
given any support to home news
papers.
The REPUBLICAN has had a par
ticularly hard row to hoe and its
present editor and proprietor has
scored q success in the face of al
most tinsurmourtable difficulties. The
paper has never had any backing be.
hind it, although of course it has
had sincere friends and well wishers,
but no one has ever given the editor
financial assistance. Neither has
the REPUBLICAN had the support il
is entitled to in the way of sub
scriptions among Republicans. In
spite of all these adversities ahe
paper has gone on in its regular
publication, and has certainly been
second TO no other paper in the
amount of local news published. 1t
has continued to grow in circulation
and in the good will of the people
and for the past six or eight years
has yielded to the editor q fair re-
muneratio for his labor. No one
has more deserved SUCCESSFUL one
has worked harder for it than the
present proprietor of the REpUBLI-
CAN and it is gratifying indeed to
know that he feels able to enlarge
the paper and reduce the price at the
same time.
The future of the REPUBLICAN will
of course depend more or less upon
the future growth of the county, but
it is safe to say that the new step
will be a successful one in any event,
the people appreciate a good thing,
Especially if it is cheap, and there is
no reason why the enlarged paper
should not increase its circulation to
5000 within the coming year. The
people of Sullivan county are liber-
al in their views and fair always to
their opponents, they like to heal
both sides and believe that fair play Is
a jewel. | think the REPUBLICAN,
will not only have the help of mem
bers of our party, but will receive n
liberal support from Democrats a.
well.
| hope the future of Sullivan coun-
ty will OF itself be such as to make
all its newspapers as successful
financially as they are as newspapers,
that coal and oil and gas, may join
hands with leather and lumber to
give employment and wealth to our
citizens. Even as it Is, Sullivan
county has grown rapidly in wealth
and population in the last decade
Few counties can show better ratios
and it is satisfactory TO know that a
good share of this increase has been
in farms and homes of the farmers
1t looks now rs if the next ten years
would be still more prosperous than
the last. Next to capital and labor
combined harmoniously nothing will
contribute more to the growth OF
the county than good newspapers
prosperous and well supported. 1t il
your duty andthat if your brethren ol
the Press to make your papers good
and the people will no doubt give
you the support you deserve,
T.. Il. /.
Philadelphia. April 27, '92.
The most destructive lire Philadel