The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-06-01
TOO MANY DAILY PAPERS.

There is a tide in the affairs of
men which, taken at the flood, leads
on to fortune" This is an old adage
and very possibly true, but it is true
too that there is time to take back
water, for there are times that the
tide would carry the man who jump
ed. When, few weeks ago, the then
proprietor of the News started the
daily he had no doubt thought that
the tide of afflucnce was at the
flood That may have been true, but
the present navigators of this craft
have failed to see any of these signs
sheet. In fact, after running for one
week they have found the balance
sheet hanging the wrong way and
the wind that leads to fortune has
evidently changed, for the daily fell
some several simoleons to the bad.
They made a tour of missionary work
and talked to them about the tide of
their affairs, and while the business
men were kind and more than kind
in their expressions, they were not
willing to agree to bind themselves
to furnish ammunition of war to the
extent that would cover the defici-
not here for their health; neither
have they barrel from which to
draw cash to make long campaign
for success The meaning of all this
is the daily is not going to be ike
the poor--it is not going to be with
you always In fact, with this issue
daisies and has gone the way of all
ambitious enterprises that start too
soon and get caught in the cold
frosts of wintry world. Is is a great
pleasure to have the plaudits of our
friends, but when we tried to get the
printers to take their pay in plaudits
we found that there was absolutely
nothing doing.-Denton Daily News.
The Denton Daily News was a
morning paper started in opposition
to the Record and Chronicle, an es-
tablished afternoon paper. It~recently
changed hands and did not require
one week for the new proprietors
who were good business men, to see
the folly of attempting tc continue
two daily papers in a town the size
of Denton. This story is being con-
st lrtly repeated in Texas towns. On
some political or other temporary is
sue that arises a self-serving promot-
er having all to gain and nothing to
lose, undertakes. with the backing
of number of local parties having
personal or special objects to ac-
complish, to launch daily newspa-
| per. If he succeeds in getting it I'M
/ der Roadway. it perhaps cuts WIDE
swath for time, and then when the
| issue upon which it was founded
/ to lag and soon the sheet that start
ed out with a bold flourish of super
! iority and the stereotyped declara-
! ton that I'VE are here to stay"
! changes its tune to one of whining,
| beseeching and threatening, decry-
| ing the town, discrediting the pub
! lie spirit and liberality of its bust
ness men. and finally announcing
that the promoter lis NOT here for
his health, and quietly turns up its
toes and takes it's appropriate place
among the many similar wrecks
which line the shores of the great
sea of journalism.
The worst sufferers from these
wreckless ventures in the smaller
cities and towns are the business men
who are called upon to support them
and often yield to the demands for
patronage through a mistaken mo-
tive of aiding the community when
as matter of fact. the ultimate out
come is detrimental in the extreme to
the reputation and progress of the
cOmmunity -HillSboro Mirror