The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-02-09
made him beloved wherever the En'
glish language j. spoken.
Mr. Chiids ~ u Newspaper Publisher.


great dails newspaper. The time came
when he could crafty this ambition.
The Public Ledger, which was founded
in 1886 ms paper. up 10 the beginning \
Of the civil war had been very profit
q Bile venture for It's proprietors, but had
fallen on evil days. The war, by I
doubling the cost of material and
labor. had rendered il impossible to con-
tinuc il at the 0rigi nal Price except
AT a loss Moreover, one of the three
original proprictors was dead, another
was absorbed in the management OF
another enterprise, and the third was
indifferent. The paper was being pub
lished AT 4 weekly loss of $1,000. tn-
der these circumstances Mr.. Childs,
against the strong advice Of his friends.
bought the Ledger for sum a little
exceeding the amount of its annual
loss.
The success. Of the Public Ledger
The purchase was completed Deem
Der I. 1854 4 week later the new pro-
prietor doubled the price of the paper
and advanced the advertising rates TO
the compromising point At first the
shock to the establishment was
severe. Both Subscribers and advcr-
Users fell of. but in a few days
the tide turned At the end of
month he made concession which re-
stored the paper To more than It's for
ner asccndcncv by reducing the price
from two cents day TO ten cents per
week. Tritiing as this change NAV
seem AT first it was very important IN
determining the future of the paper
The bulk OF the population of Philadel-
phia is composed Of highly respectable
families whose means are limited and
To whom economy is a thing of con-
science. necessity and lifelong habit
The Ledger not only reached its for
mer standard of circulation and adver-
Using patronage. hut went far beyond
il and became one of the most profitable
newspapers in the country
The Hsnevolenee OF Mr.. Chiids.
For long time MIR. Childs gave his
unremitting personal attention TO the
management of the Ledger in all its
department>. but of recent years nc
left the main responsibility for its con
duct To other hands and devoted his
time To his friends and his numer
Gus schemes of benevolence. Few
men. either living or dead have sucf
: a record of philanthropy as Mr.. Childs
/ whether considered from tine actual
a amount of money given away or tht
> wise and judicious manner in whict
. the benevolence has been dispensed
q The printer has always been an espe
4 cial object OF Mr.. Child's beneticen
| Int which
!. warmly reciprocated. His latest gift
4 10 the craft was n sum OF money II
n connection with n like amount fror
y the late Anthony j. Drexel. his If
= long friend. which formed the nucle u
a Of the fund with which was crected.th
!, Printers home at Colorado Springs
N Col.
j 4 mere list OF the philanthropy
gifts of Mr. Childs would o.
cupy very considerable space
Amonr the notable ones ma
be mentioned the staincd-glass vii
dow which he placed in Nestmlnst'
4. abbey in COMMUNICATION OF the poe
William Cowper and George llerber
the monument ever the hitherto "
I marked grave of Leigh Hunt in Ee
| sal rTttf. llft EiAN - N PAVs -
H. for a cemetery for printers IN fhil
!, delphia. and the presentation OF u
~ Shakespeare memorial fountain
IL Stratford on-Avon.
, His Respect for Womanhood-
"A Mr.. Childs' attitude toward wom'
~ was Of the highest and MODEST Not
a. ing rejecting upon wonanklnd W
,e ever admitted to the columns OF
Ies Public Ledger after Toe became
,st proprietor The mothcr-in law %
for in its various forms
strictly and specially taococd.
r. his relations with his wife this ch
he airy assumed its most beautiful for
rh- tn TO the very last he displayed
in ward her the Difference. the courts
ana the devotion of the lover.