Willmar tribune., 1899-10-11

LCoN'TIrJUED I

tAa1Weu Went 1QGOH HG06 ACQUIRE room on
the Sunday succeeding the week of the
primary and was greeted with an en-
thusiasm that made him tremble at first
for it's reality. He noted again the alb
scence Of Jasper Chase. but all the 9TH
ers were present. and 81 they seemed
drawn very close together by q bond Of
common fellowship that demanded and
enjoyed mutual comic dences. It was the
general feeling that the spirit Of Jesus
was q spirit Of very open. frank confes-
sion Of experience It seemed the most
natural thing In the world for Edward
Norman to ba telling all the rest Of the
company about the details Of his news
paper Il. 3s s.. 0 .
The fact is. have lost good deal
Of money during the last three weeks.
lcannot tell how much Il am losing y
great many subscribers every day. 81 E. I
What do tho subscribers give as
their reason for dropping the paper r.
asked Henry Maxwell All the rest were
listening eagerly. %s sss sz 81, :..} 4. "
There are a good many different
reasons. Some say they want paper
that prints all the news, meaning by
that the crime details. sensations like
prizefghts scandals and horrors Of
various kinds Others object to the dis
continuance Of the & nday edition. u
have lost hundreds Of subscribers BY
tnat action, although I have made sat
isfactory arrangements with many of
the old subscribers by giving even more
in the extra Saturday edition than they
formerly had in the Sunday issue Ny
greatest loss has come from a falling off
in advertisements and from the attitude
I have felt obliged to take on political
questions. This last action has really
cost me more than any other. The bulk
Of my subscribers are intensely par
tisan.s I may as well tell you all frank
ly that if I continue to pursue the plan
which I honestly believe Jesus would
in the matter of political issues and
their treatment from a nonpartisan and
moral standpoint The News will not be
able to pay its operating expenses un-
less one factor in Raymond can be de-
pended on" ....,.:.5-. T.:
He paused a moment. and the room
was very quiet. Virginia seemed spe-
cially interested Her face glowed with
interest. It was like the interest OF d
person who had been thinking hard of
the same thing Norman went ON now
to mention. r. r., :..
''That one factor is the Christian
element in Raymond Say The News
has lost heavily from the dropping off
of people who do not care for a Chris.
tian daily and from others who simply
look upon a. newspaper as I, purveyor
Of all sorts of material to amuse and
interest them, are there enough genu-
inc Christian people in Raymond who
will rally to the support of paper
such as Jesus would probably edit, OF
are the habits of the people so firmly
established in their demands for the
regular type Of &jeurnalis ism that they
will not take q paper unless it is strip
ped largely Of the Christian and moral
purpose? may also say in this fellow.
ship gathering that, owing to recent
complications in my business affairs
outside Of my paper, l have been
obliged to lose large part of my for
tune, I have had to apply the same rule
of Jesus probable conduct to certain
transactions with other men who did
not apply it to their conduct, and the
result has been the loss Of a great deal
of money. IT.. 81, :s.ss s.: / = -.
''As / understand the promise we
made. we were not to ask any questions
about Will it pay?' but all our ac-
tion was to be based on the one ques.
ton. What would Jesus dor Acting
on that rule of conduct. / have been
obliged to lose nearly all the money
have accumulated in my paper It is
not necessary for me to go into details
There is no question with me now. aft
er the three weeks experience ! have
had. that great many men would lose
vast sums of money under the present
system Of business if this rule Of Jesus
were honestly obeyed. Imention my
loss here. because ! have the fullest faith
in the final success Of daily paper
conducted on the lines have recently
laid down. and ! had planned to put
into it my entire fortune in order to
win final success. AS it is now. unless.
asI said, the Christian people Of Ray
mond, the church members and profess
ing disciples, will support the paper
with subscrip ptions and advertisements, ]
cannot continue its publication on the
present basis. '' !. 4. 35s
Virginia asked q question She had
followed Mr.. Norman Is confession with
the most intense eagerness .:7 /.
Do you mean that q Christian daily
ought to be endowed with large sum.
like a Christian college. in order ia
make i pay r s7 81 B Il
That is exactly what ] mean. ]
have laid ont plans for putting into The
News such = variety Of material. ii
such g strong and truly interesting
way, that5it would ii ore than make 5up
for whatever was absent from Its col
Izumns insthe way of nn-C Christian mat
ter, but my plans called for q very large
Ioutlay of5 money: am very confident
that a Christian dali such Is s.JJe JJesuss
would approve. containing only what
he would print, can be made to succeed
financially il sfsit 5is planned to the right
lines, but II will take 4 3 large sum q
money to work ont the plans sSs
s How nauch do yoh think asked
inia squie
Edward or1:1nane looked at her keen,
ly.and shiis face flushed y mo oment as al
|idea ot MA r.ossssed his
mind he had known her when she waa
little girl IS the Sunday school. and
|she had bsenson Int timat te relations ia