Willmar tribune., 1900-01-03
NEW YEARS COMMENTS.

NEW YEARS COMMENTS.
The TRIBUNE wishes that the New
Year now begun may prove one OF
happiness to its many readers. That
all opportunities for good may be
grasped and blest, and that whatever
the year may have in store for us,
whether gladness or sadness, the end
Of the year may find us better men and
women from the experiences we have
had, and that the conditions in the
world about US be improved little
mite at least by the footprints" we
have left upon the "sands of time.'
The TRIBUNE also wishes it's esteem
ed contemporaries and political oppo-
nents a generous share of the good
things which 1900 has in store. and ex-
tends thanks to them for furnishing
competition and opposition during
the past year which has stimulated the
TR1BUNE's management to do better
work.
Also to those Though few in num-
ber who have parted company with
our large family of readers this past
year would the TRIBUNE send greet
lDgs-should these lines come to their
notice-with the assurance that a well
come is in store for them when they
return, as it is confident they will if
they continue to dwell among us, and
remain interested in public affairs.
Even to it's enemies this paper would
extend the compliments of the season.
While their enmity is a matter of
pride to it's editor, having been in-
Cured in the discharge of what he
considered his duty, he tries not to
harbor any personal resentment in
any case.
The publishers of the TRIBUNE wish
to extend their hearty thanks to the
people of Kandiyohi county for the
liberal support it has received from
their hands, especially during the
past year. The TRIBUNE will fill out
the fifth year of it's existence in few
weeks, and during no previous year
has its gain in popular favor and ap-
preciatlon, as evidenced by the in
crease of cash-in-advance subscribers
been equal to that made during the
year just closed. This fact encoura ses
The publishers to believe that the paper
is fulfilling its mission and that tneil
efforts to denounce wrong and adYo.
cate the right are being appreciated
by the best classes of our citizens.
The large increase in adverti7 Ing
and subscription revenue which the
books of the TRIBUNE show at the
close of the year is all the more gr..ti-
flying since the publishers had made a
radical departure in its rules govern
ing Advertisements, excluding all of a
questionable nature and admitting no
foreign ads for less than the rates
paid by home advertisers. This iu-
sures a better display for what home
advertising we secure and our read
ing IN after is not drowned by euor-
nous quantities Of cheap advertis ny.
The great increase in circulation is
also a source of gratitica:ion, in view
of the plaint of croakers who were su
sure that the TRIBUNE would lose its
subscribers and prestige because it
dared speak out it's mind on moral
questions Of the day. LASTLY itple ases
US to know that the finances OF the
paper have improved in spite 0: the
Office holders and lawyers successful
efforts to keep all legal advertising
from it, even in such cases where the
business rightfully belonged TO the
TR1BUNE-where it had been given it
by friends of the paper. But time will
right such wrongs as the latter just
mentioned. and the publishers feel
vastly better about the matter Than
those who have been defrauding the
paper during the past four years in
tne manner mentlOned IN tne vain nope
OF crippling the paper.
s AS for the coming year, the publish
ers Of the TRIBUNE anticipate a busy
season, full of hard and unceasing
labor, which they hope will bear ONE
fruit to the advancement OF the moral
and material welfare OF our village
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and surrounding country districts.
They solicit the continued helpful NJ
terest Of the friends Of the TRIBUNE
and the cause it represents.
The TRIBUNE looks 500 square ii
the eye, just ss full Of Il ght ii. ever,
more alert for the news, and fully
alive to its great res ponsibil ilities It's