Arizona republican., 1903-01-01
PHoENIX. ARIZONA. JAN. 1, 19O
A Happy New Year !

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 Since good wishes always come most heartily from a cheerful spirit, The Republican has the best of reasons-its own prosperity-for wishing all Its friends-and enemies-a Happy New Year. The year 1902 has been the most prosperous in the history of this pub lication.
 The success of The Republican is, naturally. not an uninteresting subject for the people of Arizona, for they know that it is a paper which stands on guard for the interests of Arizona throughout every day of the year. And it is interesting to the people of Phoenix to note the steady advancement of the paper, for they have the pleasure of knowing that in no other town of the same size in the world is there a daily published which prints as much mat ter, as much news, and as many ad- vertisements, as The Republican. An; in circulation it is no less unique. few papers ir the United States, nota bly the Kansas City Star, and the Washington Star, can boast that their home circulation would furnish fair directory of the city's homes. But The Republican is read by practically every English-speaking family in Phoenix. Such a circulation is not approached at Kansas City, Washington. or elsewhere. Moreover, this paper goes to substan- tially every postoffice in the territory. Its circulation in some Arizona towns exceeds the circulation of any of the papers printed in those towns.
 As a matter of course, circulation brings advertising. Advertisers in The Republican long ago learned that space purchased in this paper yielded profit able returns, as certainly as the money which they invested in merchandise. Accordingly, advertising for this paper is never solicited on the ground that the advertiser ought" to take space. or that he is under any obligation whatsoever except to look after his own interests. From year to year advertis- ing rates have been advanced, to keep pace somewhat with the increased value of the space. but customers have paid the higher prices without a mur- mur, and contracts for the ensuing year were never entered into more cheerfully by our advertisers than re- gently, when they found that display advertisements in The Republican dur ing 1903 would cost 25 per cent more for the same space than in 1902.
 Another thing which pleases The Re publcan's advertisers is that all Of them are treated exactly alike-except that if any favors are to be shown they are extended first to home adver- tisers. We know of no other paper except the Philadelphia Record which uniformly charges the foreign" ad- vertiser as much for space as is cnarged the local customer.
 Our thousands of friends will be glad to know that it is the unvarying policy of the paper to make improvements and betterments, commensurate with its increasing prosperity. Nor, are the employees forgotten. This was the first paper in Arizona to recognize union labor, and last year, when demagogues and the ignorant were charging The Republican with being unfriendly to labor. it was manifesting it's considera- tion in the most substantial form by reducing hours and increasing wages The net result was an increase of wages apprOximating 50 per cent
 Assurodly, The Republican has every reason for wishing everybody a Happy New Year.