The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-09-11
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Four years aso today the Da:ily J
A DIV nee was launched Tor the
second time and for the first time
by the present Management; now
the question comes up ahan il be
continued or discontinued.
When the D Daily VS. stsrted
four years ago it was only three
columns to tho page, In width,
later it wa increased to four col
umns and then to six columns,
with the-latest outside news service
furnished by the Associated Press,
in hopes that the increased news
service would bring enough in
creased patronage to meet expenses
this it failed to do and after publish
ing this service for nearly a year
the feature was abandoned and the
present size adopted, and this, is not
being sufficiently supported to
warrant q continuance. It has never
been a profitable undertaking, but
a continual draw on the receipts
of the other departments of our
establishment to pay operating ex-
penses. This was permitted until
now and there appears to be no
good reason why each department.
Of our printing esta blishment should
be used to support an Improbable
one. The subscription has had a
steady but slow increase in number
but the subscription alone with
small advertising business, is not
enough to meet expenses Of the
Raily. The publication has been
continued with the expectancy that
our people would more and more
become desirous of obtaining the
news of the day as they transpired,
and not wait from one week to
another, also that it would be- used
more for advertising purposes, but
this condition does not materalize.
The people appear to prefer to wait
fort = lis
weeklies contain all the news, as, in;
our publication the type is simply
transferred from one edition to the
other, while in the case Of the
Globe and Herald, they place the
Daily on the case before the
typesetter, clip or copy the news
and are spared the expense; time,
and labor in securing it, but the
q Iva n cs pays q reporter for
gathering the ltems daily. This il
another obstacle Ola large circula-
tion of the Daily. It may be
legitimate but is on. tho same princi-
pie Of a person continually borrow
ing y paper Of his neighbor. instead
of subscribing and paying. One Of
our subscribers discontinued the
Daily for a time to get rid of
these ''spongers". But, be these
conditions as they may, we have
no i'll feeling against our brother
editors, the man who does not take
the D ally or the one who reads
some other persons paper. Another
feature, we have at all times freely,
literally and gladly given time,
labor and space to all sorts Of an
nounoements for affairs conducted
by our o wn people and where there
was revenue, without makirg any
charge, and in. some Instances de-
priving some printer of job Of
printing announcement bills, In
some cases this has been appreciat-
ed, while in others the feeling Of
appreciation was not visible in any
sense. The announcements were Of
some benefit to Us as they made
the Daily more desirable to
those likely to be interested.
There is always this privilege in
any business: if it don't pay it can
be discontinued. The newspaper
business is peculiarly different from
all others, it lis medium for ad-
the interests Of those who
use it's columns. A town without q
paper is not considered much of q
place and this age is now getting to q
period where daily paper enhances
the progress and prosperity Of q
town. This was one reason for |
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