The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-15
ONE YEAR OF THE NEWS.

One year ago new management took
hold of this newspaper. 1t acquired a
charter from the General Assembly
under the caption of the "The News
Company" aud began the business of
running a newspaper.
The new management, one year ago.
found on their hands bankrupt prop
erty, a property that had lost public
confidence, newspaper that had
small circulation and an advertising
patronage Of correspondingly dis
couraging proportions. The plant
was badly run down and the
material had long since passed its use
fulness. All this had come about after
a brave but Intellectual struggle on the
part Of the present management's pre-
decessors, able newspaper men who
lacked financial means TO enable them to
fairly show what their abilities could
accomplish.
The new management of THE News
gave its immediate attention to the re-
newing of the worn-out plant. to the
making of readable newspaper and to
the acquiring of a circulation that
should be able to again command
the confidence of the business
community. The times were particu-
larly hard for successfully pushing what
was worse than new enterprise-an
enterprise that was discredited and
which could claim only minimum of
public favor.
The lines laid down for the rebuilding
were the publication of anewspaper that
should be bright but clean, enterprising
without sensationalism, courageous
without pugnacity, virile without viru-
lence, and above all newsy and Of
character that should win for it the
liking of the homes and the households.
How far this policy has made of THE
News a good newspaper it is for our
readers to say. 1t is needless to remark
that they have not been pursued with
out mistakes. But we are able to Judge
for ourselves, in a measure, of theresults.
Since within the year the circulation
has grown steadily to a point exceeded
by but one Providence newspaper, while
public confidence is evidenced in the
advertising columns, which show more
than quadrupling of the business
which this newspaper was able to COM
mand when the present management
took hold
Today with an adequate mechanical
equipment, with an editorial and re-
portorial corps that knows its business,
with the full service Of the great Asso-
ciated Press at its command
tor home and foreign news, with
substantial clientage of read RS,
The News appreciates its position
today as one of the institutions of Rhode
Island that is receiving generous
measure of respect and confidence.
Being penny newspaper, 1t goes
among people that no other news
paper reaches regularly every day.
Being clean, decent, bright newspaper
publishing all the news, it. firds place
among all classes OF newspaper readers,
with several thousands Of whom THE
News is an exclusive favorite.
To its many friends who have given it
words of good will, to those who have
criticised as we'll as to those who have
praised, to the business men Of Provi-
dence who have cordially extended 1t
their patronage just so soon as it
could demonstrate its worthiness =
to the good citizens of Rhode Island
who have seemed glad to welcome
newspaper Of the character of The
NEws--we extend at this anniversary
season the sentiments of our warm ap-
probation, and promise that for the
year to come The News shall be better
newspaper than ever, and, as its resources
develop, shall DO second 10 none at
whatever price per copy. There are
no better newspapers in the country
than the newspapers that sell for ONE
CENT, aud The News proposes that
there shall be no better newspaper in
Rhode Island than il shall be.