The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-09-29
rnE CRY AND Irs NEWSPAPERS.


rnE CRY AND ITS NEWSPAPERS.
Every once in awhile. and oftener,
pieces of printing are .et to job con-
Germs OF this town at prices equal or
greater than that which either OF the !
two daily newspapers would ask for
the work.
The history of Oklahoma is strewn
with the wrecks Of newspapers Hard
ly town or village within its borders
but has been reef on which the hull
Of some newspaper enterprise, freight
ed with the hopes and dreams OF cmi
nence aud avarice, lies whitening. it
would not have been so bad il its pro
moter had received the proper encour
agement and support.
The very life and essence Of its be.
ing in every community is its newspa-
per. The newspaper is the gate out
of which every enterprise must pass;
the port from which every venture
from within must sail; and the win
dow through which those who see
from without must look.
No one makes permanent success
who does not grow bigger than his i'm
mediate surroundings. His goods, his
wares, his medicines, his ability, his
science, his skill, will be driven TO a
dull market II limited to street or
town or locality. There is only one
way to reach the outside and that is to
advertise. Ninty-seveu out OF every
100 business men fail, according to the
best authority, ami more than four
ffths of the failures do not advertise
at all, or do so with indifference. OF
the remaining per cent not one has
been found that does not make adver-
tising the rock upon which every 9TH
er feature OF the business is builded.
The capital city has two newspa-
pors. Each has been founded and
built up during severe financial stress.
Their character is permanent; they
are fixtures. They are so not because
the newspaper field in this vicinity is
particularly lucrative. All the pat
ronagc OF Guthrie or any other town
! in Oklahoma is not sufficient to sup
port one daily newspaper and pay a
dividend upon the investment. These
newspapers succeed because the scope
OF their work extends through all
parts OF Oklahoma and is already
reaching into many of the adjoining
states. AS result, their character is
ntra-territorial, their influence is felt
in every county in Oklahoma and each
is an institution of which the terrific
ry may well feel proud.
Tue GUTHRIE DAILY LEADER and the
State Capital have weekly pty rolls
larger than any other two institutions
give more in the way Of promotion OF
public enterprise than any other class
OF business. Their aid to charity,
church and schools is greater than
that outside of any other source ex-
cept taxation The board of trade,
the fair association, public buildings,
highways, political pulls, church fairs,
pichics and political Improvements
each alike seek their cooperation and
support. No undertaking can succeed
without II, none is failure with II.
And yet--there are citizens in this
town who would cheerfully ask the
publisher to spend hundreds of dollars
ia setting type to arouse enthusiasm
in some public enterprise withoa'
prospect Of present return or future
reward, and when these same citizens
have printing job Of a few dollars tc
let it is taken to some obscure job con
Germ in cellar, shack or attic, Will
neither material, Investment, citizen
ship, interest, conscience. affection ol
honor in this town.
These newspapers need every dol
lars worth of legitimate support thii
town is able TO give. Their every pub
lieation is direct impetus to the col
lective interests of every inhabitant
They can and will and are doing NOR,
for the advancement of Guthrie thar
any other thing. They ask nothing
except that which every citizen shoult
be 8 ad to see them receive-the righ
to do their commercial printing a
cheaply as anyone else Every dol
lars worth Of work they receive is al
Investment in the future Of Guthrie
1t is that much more added strength
given its champions in the fight 70
future power. IL is another sal
spread to the air in the defense of thu
cup.
With the honest, Legitimate recogni
tion due her newspapers, Guthrie caI
make out OF her destiny metropolis
withheld, the probabilities are /
will run TO grass. grown streets an'
carbuncles.
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FREE COINAGE IN STRIPES.
An interesting condition of affair