Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-05

| IN TINS ltHttAuCt.
| the News zig the only paper IN Texas
| than can truthfuny claim to be more
| than n local paper Is an lmportant
| statement II IL be true. ana snouIu
have the instant attention OF every
business man IN Fort Worth. II this
| be fact. II - rs certain as that grass
| grows ana that waters run 10 the sea
that the town where the News IL stu
| ated has an advantage over every
other town In Texas not TO ne over
come, and that II will ultimately SO lar
outstrip all rivalry as TO become the
acknowledged metropolis OF the state.
II this be a fact--that there Is but one
state paper In Texas--lt Is OF 20 much
Importance TO every business interest in
Fort Worth that II should have atteh-
tion In advance OF every other enter
prise under consideration. Before the
new hotel Is built and before the
Albuquerque Is revived. Fort Worth
should see to II that 1t has u state daily
newspaper II may be that there is
some laxity OF interest In this subject
because Fort Worth has not had oc-
casion for ten years TO give II any
thought but II the Nails assertion
were fact. II would think about 1t.
IT would be forced TO think about II.
Whenever such n calamity to Fort
Worth happens as that which the Mall
asserts to have happened, those vitality
interested In the development of this
city VIII have to come together and
put up their good money to fight to
recover lost prestige or they viii have
TO make up their minds to accept for
Fort Worth the secondary position OF
a feeder to It's present rival. Every
business man knows that commerce.
follows communication and that the
country merchant who reads n Dallas
paper every day is more Interested In
Dallas and is more likely TO buy goods
of Dallas than to buy Of Fort Worth.
when we put the question. then,
whether the Mails statement Is true. or
whether It Is as libelous as IL II had
advertised that Dallas is the only
place where the retail merchant can
buy dry goods or groceries or drugs, we
ask question pertinent to the interest
OF every investor In Fort Worth.
rs the News the only daily paper
in Texas that can truthfully claim to
be more than IA local pnper|"
The Investigation OF this claim in
wolves some disclosure Of the private
AFFAIRS Of Texas journalism, but since
It is to be presumed that the News au-
thOrlZed and backs the Nails claim,
1t cannot complain Of the exposure.
II has long rested It's appeal for pat
ronage on an assumption Of auperiori-
~, and II It's strut is merely the in
flaton OF the turkey gobbler on dress
parade. the public ought to know it
especially when II uses the malice OF q
Fort Worth paper To advertise Itself in
Fort Worth MS the only paper in
Texas that can truthfuliy claim 10
be more than a l0oul paper"
The truth OF the matter is that three
months ago-in Fcbruary-at Chicago
the question whether the News should
he such paper AS II claims to be
was fought to finish before the board
Of directors Of the Associated Press
Tho contest was between the two
Newscs on one hand and the Houston
Post and the Fort Worth Gazette on
tn other. The News claimed right
To Il largely superior press service AZ
tor a contest OF several days the board
decided against newspaper monopoly
OF Texas, and In favor of the PROPOSE
ton that Houston and Fort Worth are
not legltinately tributary to Galveston
and Dallas. but are entitled to nm
equal journalistic footing with their
commercial rivals.
The results Of that decision have
been made apparent to every careful
newspaper in Texas There are now
In Texas five daily newspapers which.
considered as a group. are not rivaled
by any other five newspapers In the
South. The San Antonio Express has
not been considered above because its
territory was not In dispute. 1t is
but lust tribute 10 It's merits ns n
vice Is equal to any Of the others, and
that It's special service more com
pletely covers Texas than any other
daily In the South, except in Texas
covers It's own state.
The Houston Post and Galveston
Newsstand, In fact, all the dallies re-
ferred to--prnt the same Associated
Press report The Post prints a much
larger state service than the Calves
ton News and has circulation from
two 10 three thousand larger than the
galveston News, ms Is attested by the |
latest issue Of Rowells directory.
There IL hardly u town in Southern
Texas In which The Post does NOT
lead tho News In circulation, and Il is
an open secret I'm newspaper circles
that the News recognizes the hopeless
ness OF Its fight IN that section. and
mas now concentrated all It's hopes on
the North Texas end Not only is the |
commercial position OF Galveston most
uncertain, but, in any event. the CAL |
weston paper must be carried 0ftv
miles TO Houston to reach n dlstrlbut- |
Ing point, and while 1t is travelling
those fifty miles the Houston paper
may collect and put In type important
news to furnish daily evidence of an
periority. No expert or non-exnert |
reader without an axe to grind some |
where will assert the superiority OF |
the News over the Post The award |
- w, 80 patronage has ulIeutY been |
made 10 the latter
or more interest 20 our own peopIe |
thnn any other case is comparison |
between their own Gazette and The |
Dallas News. Are they required. ne |
IL assorted by the Evening Mail. to 90 |
TO Dallas to get the news? The care |
ful reader Of both papers for thirty |
DAYS past does not need to be en- |
lghtened on this subject. 1t has nj |
ready been stated that The Gazette |
and the News receive the same Ass0- |
eiatcd Press report. which Is now as |
large ms goes to any Southern paper. |
with the exception OF the Louisville |
courier-Journal As to special service |
only need comparison be made. The |
Gazette In now printing from lG. coo 10 |
10000 words daily of such a service
embracing reports from ali over |
leNns--notth, south, east and west
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Indian
territory IL gives more space To news
from most OF the towns In North
Fast and West Texas than does the
News II prints more news matter
than the News. II Is excelled bv the |
latter IN one respectable publication
OF lengthy articles from volunteer con-
tributors who desire 10 ventilate their
views on economic and social cues.
lions. IL has day after day scooned
the News on important hapnanirsr,