The Washington times., 1894-05-13
TO OUR FRIENDS.

The people Of the national capital appre-
ciate The TINES, for they know that II is pre-
eminently the peoples paper. especially
founded to represent the ideas and voice the
aspirations of the great majority of plain,
everyday men and women who earn their
living by the daily labor OF hand or brain.
The people believe in THE TINES, and THE
TIMES has faith in the people. They talk
about it and they write for 1t, and it is emf
nently proper that they should do so, for one
of the main reasons for the existence Of this
paper is that every resident Of the District Of
Columbia might have vehicle for the ex-
preston Of honest convictions, and that every
phase of liberal thought might receive re-
spectful consideration and publicity when
couched In proper and decorous language.
This is our mission. and while earnestly
print the news-not the lengthy eirusions
common in TOO many Of our contemporaries,
the only object of which is 20 bolster up and
maintain special interests, but the essential
facts relating to the more important events
which occur from day to day.
THE TINES, however, is not an organ. 1t
was not founded on narrow lines. 1t repre-
sents many ideas, and Is not the Slave of any.
Established by the cooperative efforts, in the
main, OF the organized working people Of
Washington, 1t was never intended that the
paper should be the special mouthpiece OF
any class or to in any way encourage class
distinctions.
Organized labor needs no organ. All it
wants Is justice and fair play, and every
member knows that this paper stands ready
at all times to give his side to any contro-
versy. This is why the industrial people of
this community have such.faith in TIE TINES,
because they know that it is their paper, and
while unremittingly watching over their In
terests, it mill also jealously guard those OF
all others who earn their bread by honest toll.
The thousands of department clerks and
other employees of the government will ever
find In TKE TIMES realfriend. When neces-
sary, it will espouse their cause against the
exactions OF .'officialism" and the petty tyr
amy of understrappers.
Neither will the common iaborer-the dollar
a-day man. when he gets chance-be neg
lected. He is Of far more benefit to society
than the average millionaire. TIE TINES
will always be found on the side OF the under
dog.
And now few words TO our friends. espe-
cialy to those who write. We receive bushels
OF communications and pecks OF advice. We
are glad of this, but cannot print them all.
To do so would shut out almost everything
else Our space is limited. and therefore cor
respondents should be brief and to the point
We receive daily telegraph:c report which
averages from 1900 TO S0.0o0 words, large
portion OF which goes into the waste basket.
and more than once it has happened that i'm
portant news matter had TO be omitted in or
der that our friends and correspondents
might have no just cause for complaint.
Readers of the paper may not know that We
are in daily receip. of the full service of the
Associated Press, now the most perfect news
gathering and distributing agency IN the
world. and the character OF the news fur
nished becomes more trustworthy and free
from bias every day.
The TINES enters this morning on It's ninth
week. Il is hardy youngster. Ii has had
the nrnlps and the measles aud the Group
and the whooping cough and nearly every
other iEfantiie aiiment and survived them
ALL 1t has come to stay, because its thou
sands OF friends have SO ordained, and for the
same reason it vii! not depart from the lines
laid down in the beginning. We are doing
our best to furnish n first-clnss newspaper at
the lowest possible price.
So keep OF talking about THE TINES. Show
it TO your friends. Tell them it is your paper
and ought 20 be and wants to be theirs.
you do 80. When you think you have any
thing worth sa.ins. write to it. But remem-
Der that it IS no. monthly magazine, and
therefore has 10 room for essays.
Cut the story short.