Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-13


failed to indic ate any possibility of
successfully continuing the publ lea.
ton On self-sustaining basis, or.
otherwise.
In order that the friends Of silver
may fully understand the situation, q
few words of history are necessary:
f About last December the paper was
in financial diffc ulties. The managers
of some of the other daily publica-.
tions in the: city awaited themselves Of
this opportunity to buy. or rent, the
typesetting machines which were used
TO set up the paper, and the building
which It occupied. This left the pub
LEGATION without home, or without
any means, of continuing the publicar
ton. An appeal was made to the
Minnesota Tribune Company to fur
nish 1t with such accommod ations as
would tide it over it's temporary diff
culties. At considerable inconven-
fence the Tribune furnished it home
and facilities to continue its publica,
tion. In the meantime q nesting was
called of all the prominent representa-
tives of silver In the Northwest to
raise funds to continue tbs pnhliea=
ton. This effort was continuous up
to April Is. "..
All efforts failed, however, and on
or about that date the publication of
the paper was abandoned. What was
left of the assets, consisting largely OF
accounts receivable, was turned over
to the Minnesota Tribune Company
in payment of the balance due it for
rent, pager furnished, composition
aud presswork:
Prior to abandoning the publication
I bad, an9ng Others, been inyited to
contribute funds to keep the paper
running, and believing that the con-
biqed silver forces of several states
ought to have, and would, sustain q
publication devoted to the cause of
silver, I contributed money to con-
tinue the publication: I was, there
fore, very much disappointed when
the publication was abandoned on
April is. I still had some confidence,
however, that IL could be continued
and made self-sustatnine: I orga-
nized, therefore, the present corpopas
-tion, which has published the paper
since that date, paid the Minnesota
Tribune Company it's claim, and took
the property. Since then every bill
has been paid upon presentation, and
I have endeavored to conduct the
affairs of the paper on a business
like basis, and meet every obligation,
both moral and legal.
If gould have continued to have
done SO, without Involving myself and
my friends IN financial ruin, I would
have probably been this happiest man
in the Central West. AS the pubiioav
ton Of the paper, however, involved a
loss of from s75 to 800 day, and as
there was nothing to indicate that this
loss coalq be economically reduced,
there we're but two possibilities open:
mourning obligations which could not
be paid, OR disseminating the publiea-
ton.
OF these possibilities but one was
honorable.
In disseminating the publication I
might criticize the lack of support, but
I will not. I presume, or at least I am
going to assume, that the friends of
silver did their level best TO sustain
the property. That is all can claim
credit for myself, and / am going to
give every other friend of the cause
equal credit. AS Isaid before, every
obligation has been paid upon pre-
sentation, and any still outstanding
will be paid when presented. We have
turned over to the Minnesota Tribune
Company enough money to pay for all
subscriptions paid in advance. While
the editorial policy of the Tribune will
not be satisfactory to our subscribers,
this fact will be partially compensated
for by the Tribune's supupb news SER
vice. You do not have to read the
editorial page unless you want to.
1t is only decent to say, however, in
this connections that the Tribune has
an admirably generous spirit
in everything that appertained to the
success of the publication honestly
devoted to the silver: cause. While
other publications we're attempting? to
destroy. Il, the Tribune no matter what
the emergency was, and there were
many Of them, was never appealed to
in vain. During thesix months that
we have been utterly dependent upon
it for building, printing facilities, etc,
every emaploye, from the manager to
the mailing clerk. could not have been.
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