Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-12-03

that post until 1877. when he resigned to give
to bis associates in the ownership Of THE STAR
his assistance in The management Of the paper.
From that time until his death The STAR en-
joved ths benefits Of his good Judgment and
long experience. There are now remaining in
the COMPANY only two Of the i've original pur-
clasers. M. Crosby s. Moves who continues
at the editorial head OF the paper. and Mr. s.
II. ktltfimaun, who. as president Of the COM
pany, Is IL charge o! the business management
Their sons are associated with them in the &C
two work of the paper.
coHTiSUED SUCCESS.
To so back to the record of The STAR The
success OF THE EVENING STAR Newspaper Com
pany in its first ten years of existence may be
best told by what The STAR itself said when on
December 4, 1877, the STAR celebrated its
twenty-flth birthday.
The circulation Of The STAR during the ten
years they have had it, said TIE SrAn on that
occasion referring to The EvEsIso STAR News
paper Company has increased more than three
fold. and the advertising has increased in about
the same proportion.
with the single exception of the National
Inteili9encer, no other newspaper ever pub
lished in Washington has lived so long AZ The
EvESINo STAR, and even in this comparison
the advantage Is In one sense with The STAk
1t is well known that but for party and govern
ment subsidies in one form or another the
Intelhgencer would have had to succumb long
before it did, and that when such help was An
ally withheld from it. it was compelled to sus-
pend; whereas The STAR was never so securely
established or so prosperous as at the present
time, although it has not had o government
advertisement in its columns for many months,
or been the recipient of official patronage or
partisan support of any kind. On the other
hand, the almost uniform usage of the Office for
long time past has been to decline business
from this source on account of insufficient
compensation OF doubts about ultimate pay
ment. In other words, SO far as the manage
ment of this journal is concerned. both the
general and local governments are placed on
precisely the same footing private ind-
vidual."
The unusual strength Of the local circulation
OF The STAR had prior to that time attracted
the attention OF newspaper experts.
In a work published by Geo P. Rowell & Co.
during the centennial exhibition. intended to
ILLUSTRATE the great newspapers of America
during the present century. a succlnct sketch of
HE EVENING STAR was given conspicuous
place, and this was republished in the ami
versary edition referred TO as follows:
In greater degree. perhaps, than any news
paper in the country the Washington EVENING
STAR Is the exponent and representative of the
interests OF the city in which it is published.
This has been its character from the beginning,
and TO this distinctive feature is largely due its
present wide circulation and its high character
as an advertising medium. Founded in 1852 it
is by many years the Oldest, as it is also the
most popular and influential of the many news
papers published at the national capital The
policy OF giving the closest ttenton to local in
terests, which was adopted by its founders, has
not only been adhered to, but still further de-
veloped by its present management, into whose
hands the paper came by purchase in 1867. Not
only this, however. Immediately on assuming
control they determined to solve the problem
Of publishing a daily news and business
journal strongly local in character 40 cheaD