The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-13
ANNOUNCEMENT.

ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Herald has been sold TO an asso-
citation Of prominent Utah Republicans.
and this issue marks its last appear
aace as a Democratic newspaper. The
purposes and plans of the new owners
will be announced when they take pos
session today.
Concerning the circumstances which
led to the sale Of The Herald. it may
be said simply that Senator w. A.
Clark, the owner Of the paper, was Of
fered a price which justified accept
ance. and the deal was closed. As a
matter Of sentiment he would have pre-
ferred to see it continued as a Demo-
cratic newspaper, but in the absence of
other negotiations he saw fit to sell, and
no one can properly question his right
TO do so. He took the property when
it was practically a derelict and sus-
tanned it at a heavy cost until it was
on a paying basis. It was consistently
Democratic, though not violently par
tisan; yet in all the years of his owner
ship he had no adequate expression
of appreciation from the Democratic
leaders. On the contrary. he was not
infrequently arraigned most unjustly
because his conception of what a news
paper should be did not agree with the
ideas of men who sought to profit polit-
ically by the influence of The Herald.
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need be discussed at length. Many of
the leaders. as well as the rank and
file, of the party have supported The
Herald with a generosity that has con-
tributed much to its success. Not only
Democrats. but the people generally, re-
CARELESS of political affiliations, have
been added to its readers until its Glen
tele constituted a most influential class
IN every community it reached.
In the eleven years under the retiring
management the paper trebled its rev.
enues. nearly trebled its daily circula-
ton, and more than quadrupled its Sun
day circulation. It passed from a very
heavy annual deficit to the stage where
It earned a profit, and the property in
creased in value so that its selling value
more than realized all that Senator
Clark had invested in it. This. too. un-
der the severest competition in the
newspaper field known in any city Of
the west, if not in the whole country.
In the vicissitudes which have marked
the struggle Of the last eleven years the
manager or The Herald has had mag
nificcnt cooperation from his fellow
employees in every department. In pros
perity and adversely they have stood
by him with an energy, an unfailing
cheerfulness and optimism that would
make for success in any institution un-
der almost any conditions. They have
shown a loyalty that no money could
buy and no money adequately reward.
The severance of personal relations with
such an organization is the one great
regret IN retirement from a service that
without such a spirit of devotion would
have been burdensome If not intoler-
able.
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that The Herald had been sold a graft
flying number of the papers friends
have taken the trouble to express per
sonally their appreciation Of its worth
as a newspaper. Naturally such expires
sions have been received with more than
ordinary appreciation. Human nature
is SO constituted that the makers Of a
newspaper seldom hear words Of ap-
probation. though criticism is frequent
To know that the policy Of The Herald
accorded with the best sentiment Of
the community, and to know it through
the spoken word as well as through its
business showing, is ample compensa-
ton for the periods Of Encouragement
and stress that marked the early years
OF the present management.
such shortcomings as have been con-
spicuous have been due to failures of
Judgment not Of ideals. The aim has
been to present the news fully, accu-
rately and without bias; to approve the
good and fight evil; to contribute as
much as possible to the progress Of the
people whom The Herald served. and
in all things to be fair with friends.
generous TO opponents. just with all
men. In so far as this aim has been
achieved, the efforts of the MANAGEMENT
and staff have realized their ideals; and
in so far as the result has 1allen short
of that aim, it has been due TO the fail
,,rf of the human factor.
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The Herald closes its independent