The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-03-02
Eight Years of Growth,


day and the rush Of business forgot is own birthday
During the eight years just closed the growth OF this
newspaper has been rapid the growth Of the city nc
constant effort Of the publishers has been 10 put tofth
better paper and the public has appreciated the fact S
ca,oa grown and growing at an unprecedented
When The Star frs, began business in rented room
up on Third avenue had small staff OF less than dozen
working a. reporters and business getters To-day III
the various departments its seventh avenue building
employs ninety and women who kept busy every
weekday OF the year handling the editorial and business
departments
And these ninety persons do include the army Of
newshoys carriers who daily distribute The star
It's many thousands OF patrons.
Il has been the policy Of The Star TO boast OF It's
growth In iae, rather gone the other extreme
IN keeping facts the background preerting 20 LET Is
readers advertisers gradually find ont Tor themselves
This newspaper ouy has the full ScfppsPrcss Pub
Fishers eiegraphe service coming from all parts OF inc
world daily but has in addition the exclusive use n
Seattle the finely illustrated matter OF the Newspaper En-
trrpfise Association These articles nciude euntfha
lions lesding writer's OF the world also from men
prominent in the realms OF politics. religion science and art
The Newspaper Enterprise Association IS composed Of
small band OF newspapers including widely read Eastern
journals which have undertaken the very best
matter obaanabe for their columns without any regard to
cnst member OF the association including The Seattle
Star contributes heavily towards the big fund required for
purchasing these illustrated articles and contributions
At the prcscu the association Is spending $4,000
per week sIo4ooo per year. in the purchase Of this high
grade matter.
The readers Of The Star get the entire sfo4ooo worth
every year. addition thousands Of dollars worth OF
local and Geographic bought and paid for by The
Star its individual account.
The Star the cheapest newspaper in Seattle. but
the from the standpoint OF what the contents &C
tuaiy No other daily this city prints matter which
much.
No effort has been made to increase bulk Of The
Star has been limited eight pages the Publishers be
hesng that the sole endeavor should be towards mpfov
ing the quality. rather than increasing the quantity.
They recognize the fact that the bigger paper gets the
duIcr usually bseomcs owing the necessity which
for padding the columns with long and pondefous
articles containing bat few kernels Of fact.
One reason Why The Star forged ahead - because
OF compact readable form The people have found
that they get all the both local and teie
graphic a comparatively small space without having
wade through the big blanket journals and work long
extracting Elite from great Of words
and phrases
Incidentally The Star that IL has ordered
big doubdecked Potter peeeting press from the east to
add o already large printing equipment.
The paper Is printed fast Potter presses,
operating simultaneously press sometime ago. be-
came insufficient ios the demands Of circulation
The doabesiscker which is coming will print two
complete newspapers simultaneously thus doubling the plant
of The Star and making possible print four complete
eightpage papers the AS each press has
capacity for delivering papers minute the double
decker and the singIe-deeked presses win together
throw off papers minute when all are running to-
gether.
Owing slow freights. it may be several months be
fore The Stars press received and installed. but il IS
hoped have it in the press before the beginning Of
No newspaper in the Pacific Northwest viii then have
more complete printing plant In fact The Star viii be
papers within hour than any other
in this part of the country 1t win be able to print
10000 per hour.
Judging from the growth Of The Stars circulation dur
ing past eight years will be very long before
even the presses viii prove insufficient to produce
enough papers meet requirements.