The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-05-13
RECORD SUSPENDS.
THE MORNING PUBLICATION
QUITS BUSINESS.
Various Circumstances Entered Into
the FsiIute of the Plant to Re
Psying Concern-An Official
Statement Iasned.


10 Saturday mornings edition Of the
Canton Record, there appeared an official
announcement that the issue Of Saturday
was the final one. In making the an.
nounoemeDt the Record said
The stockbol iers of The Record
Printing aud Publishing Company deem
t advisable to temporarily suspend the
publication Of The Canton Morning Rec.
ord and The Semi Weekly Record. This
therefore, will be the last issue for th
present. To the many kind and gener.
ous patrons Of The Record the company
extends their siuc,re thanks for past
favors"
1t was also stated that those in arrears
should call at the office and make settle
ment, Mr. Charles r. Frazer, who has
been business manager of the concern
for some time, being authorized TO mako
and COLLECT settlements for the company.
1t was also anr ounced that the Job print
ing department. would continue to be
operated
The Canton Daily and Semi Weekly
Record was born OF A. 9. Dickinson Of
Mt. Vernon in III, early part of 1895.
The daily began in the afternoon field
and continued with varying success un-
til about year ago, when Mr. Dickin-
son placed the publication In the morn
ing field Later he sold the plant to
the Record Printing and Publishing Co,
with A. p. Gould president; 5. o.
Langhlin, vioe-president; and J. G.
SHELTON, secretary and treasurer. o. II.
Williams was made business manager,
but resigned some months since, when
Charles X. Frazer assumed the business
management, which he retained to the
slime of the suspension. The Record was
victim Of many untoward circum-
stances. Bad times had much to do
with the suspension, but a great factor
was the cheapening of the price of the
papers. A local peper at one cent copy
must feel the loss of income when not
substantially m ade up in some other way.
Again, it must be noticed, rev spaper
offices are about the only industrial con-
Germs that have waded through the busi-
ness depression incident to late yearF,
without changing the wage scale m ateri-
ally or indulgiDg in readjustments that
may be literally translated to mean wage
reductions. Despite the : misfortunes
that overlook the Record during its ex-
isteEcs, the Record Printing and Pub
fishing Company maintained the wage
scale, though it met the reduction q the
price Of the paper to subscribers. The |
public generally extend sympathy to the
gentlemen composing the company.
They are energetic men of worth, and |
made as much success of the venture as |
the circumstances would allow. No
one elem ent al me contributed to the sus-
pension. Although the politics of the
Record was bsd-very bad-it wssn't
much worse than Republican politics
generally and the Republican end was up
held vigorously, not to say abruptly, at
times.
Members of the company, when seen
today, staten that they had nothing to
add specifically t. the announcement
made in the morning issue, and no de-
finite plan for the disposition of the
plant has been determined.
The suspension was decided upon sim
ply because the concern was not a pay
ug investment, and not because the gen
-lemen comprising the company could
not, had they so desired, have continued
he publication indefinitely.