The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-12-27
A NEW YEARS GREETING.

|
Il CLOSE and ere the next issue of this
paper is in the hands of our readers
| it will have passed away for ever.
| At the dawn of 1903 we wish all the
subscribers of The Irish Standard in
city, town, village. and hamlet, both
in the New World and the Old, Il
Happy New Year, and hope they will
enjoy health and prosperity during its
progress from January to December.
! At the threshold of the New Year
the publishers of The Irish Standard
desire to have an earnest talk with
it's readers in the Northwest. In the
first place, we thank all the old sub
scribers of the paper who for many
years have encouraged us in the work
we have undertaken by the prompt
payment of their subscriptions when
due. We fully appreciate all they
have done i'm the extension of its cir
crlntion, and solicit Il continuance of
their friendship in the future as i'll the
past. 1t will be our aim TO give our
readers as good Il paper as possible. in
both selected and original matter, and
we Shall always endravor to be up to
the times in the discussion of import
ant events and never to wait until our
contemporaries have expressed their
opinions before we express ours.
Besides the old subscribers whom
we have thanked in the foregoing para
graph, there are CHEERS not quite so
prompt in paying their subscriptions.
These habitually fall into arrears, and
sometimes it is difficult to get them
to pay anything. 10 such we would
say Il few words in Il sober, business
| like way and request their closest at
tention. II they kindly look at the
head of the first column of the edi-
torial page they will find that the
subscription is always payable in ad-
| vance. We would ask them to look
| ut the label OH their papers and see
whether or not they have paid in adj
vance according to terms. Ii they
find they are behind in their payment.
we respectfully dclnnnd that ut the
beginning of the New Year they wipe
out their indebtedness ut once. The
subscription of one individual for II
year is only ~. but if there are 500
subscribers in arrears they will owe
81, OW)-:, large sum to IL weekly paper
that pays all it's own bills when due.
We hope it is unnecessary to say more
on this subject. We trust that all de-
linquents will remit ut once and begin
the new year without owing II cent for
The Irish Standard.
There is Il class of subscribers who
think that 50 Il year is too much to
pay for an up-to-dnte Catholic paper
like The Irish Standards. They say
that they can get Il weekly paper fol-
one dollar year. Yes, but what does
it amount to? How much valuable i'll
formation can they find in it's col
umns? The weekly editions of dahl!
papers contain very little Catholic OF
Celtic news, ana in an lrishAmcrical
family they are out of place. They
cost the publishers almost nothing anC
the advertisements III them pay 4
handsome return. The cost of issuing
them is mere tritie compared to thai
of Il first-class Irish American journal
Tho latter mainly depends for its sup
port on subscriptions, and its publish
ers exercise great care in the selection
of reading matter for the Catholic
home.
1t has been demonstrated that T,
good Catholic weekly paper cannot bt
published in the United States for les.
than $500 a year. All who have triet
to produce Il cheaper paper have re
GREETED their venture. Any intelligent
reader readily sees the superiority o
a Catholic paper at $500 Il year o.
more over secular weekly ut half tin
price. 1t is needless to argue tina
every Catholic home should have /;
Catholic paper of some kind. Th,
Catholic family without Catholi,