Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-04-11
BARRE, W., APRIL II, 1901

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tion it has fought its way up to sue
cess and has come out into the sun
shine at last with a solid rock founda
ton and an ambition that is not to bt
curbed. 1t has built a place for it
self and it has demonstrated that II
is a necessity to the business men O.
Barre. So far as Barre itself is con
cerned the TELEGRAM has taken 6
S ep that is sure to make the Granite
Ci y the mecca of trade for Contra
Vermont, whether all the local mer
chants are wise enough to see 1t OF
not. Never until eighteen months
ago did they have any medium
through which they could advertise
their stores to the surroundi e coun.
try. We undertook to furnish such a
med UNI and we have succeeded most
admirably. The business men, with
a very few exceptions, appreciate that
fact, and they are finding it to their
advantage more and more every day to
avail themselves Of the opportunity we
hold out to them. The purchase of
advertising space IN the TELEGRAM
has proven to be not only grand in
vestment, but it come to be an abso-
lutte necessity, If the merchant has
any desire to keep up with his COM
petitors and to draw all the trade
Witbin his reach. The growth of the
TELEGRAM has been healthful, steady,
and untaltering, both in circulation
and advertising patronage. On Jan.
LIST, 1900, the daily circulation was
100; one year from that date it had
increased to 5000, and now as it starts
cut upon its fourth year it has
paid up subscription list Of almost
1000 with a constant daily increase,
and every reason to expect that twelve
months hence it will have passed
the. 5000 mark. 1t has the largest
circulation of any daily In
Vermont, with the possible excep-
lion Of the Burlington News, and 1t
is considerably more the double that
If any other Barre paper. The
Advertising rates are considerably
higher than any other Barre paper,
out patrons are willing to pay for the
they get and are perfectly
satisfied that circulation Of 1000 v i'll
warrant them in the expenditure of
more money than will circulation OF
400. The pt licy we have maintain
ID during the past two years We
'hall continue 10 the future. That
s to say, we shall devote our entire
Energy 50 the building up OF our own
business without entering into any
curIilous warfare with contempor.
lrtes, which disgraces the community
md cheats the reader Of his due.
There is plenty Of room for two pa
'ers in Barre as has already been pro-
ZEN and there is no need for either one
% lower it's standard to the level of
he swine. 1t does not pay. Long
go we determined to pay no heed
o the "yelping" which has
'ons up from some Of
hose about US, believing as
We did that strict attention to our
'wn affairs would win out in the
nd just the same In this business
S in any other. We have
endured every kind Of insult and
Uttered from the printed and verbal
alsehoods Of competitors. Some
eople gave them credence at
Irst and it was difficult
natter for US to remain silent but we
i'd, and now we realize that it was the |
'isest course to follow. Gradually
be falsehoods became apparent to
veryone and they have worked to the |
disadvantage Of those who sought to
etter themselves by connecting lies,
nd base insinuations regarding their
Ones own business never
hrives through attention to the
fairs of another. A learned iourn.
list recently said that should a news.
per fail to meet the circulation
squirements it will fail to succeed,
ut should every advertiser take away
is patronage and the circulation re.
lain intact, the columns will be fill
by new advertisers and the paper
tinue t. thrive in spite Of every.
hing. We intend to keep our circu-
.tion on the increase; we intend to
'ntioue independent; we intend to
'ta1n your patronage; and above all
e intend to enjoy continued pros.
'rity. Pardon US, dear reader, for
king up so much of your space for (
is purpose, but please remember it
our birthday. Watch for the eight
ge TELEaRAM.