The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-03-18

The Detroit Times $4,000 prize
voting contest. the most-widely inter.
estlng and enthusiastic campaign OF
the character ever attempted and sue
cessiully executed by any Detroit
newspaper. is at an end, and the one
announcement for which thousands
OF persons have been anxiously wait
ing since Saturday night. March .,
The official closing date OF the contest,
is given herewith-the names OF the
successful contestants.
To thousands of friends OF this
neWspaper4 both old and neM-and of
lie scores of contestants both in and
outside Detroit. and to the many ma
III nally-known manufacturers whose
PRODUCTS participated in the cam
palgn, the announcement OF winning
contestants will be occasion for much
surprise. The vote In all distances.
because Of its sheer enormity, has
been surprise 10 The Times the
success OF some OF the contestants
over others who appeared TO have
The greater advantage will be sur
prise TO the winning contestants
themselves in not few instances,
while the total value OF the products
sola as a direct result OF the cam
valgn approaches a figure or such i'm
ncnsity as TO be almost staggering
TO those manufacturers who, cooper
at'ng with The Times, were as direct
~ concerned with the success of the
undertaking as was the newspaper
itself
Indicative of the confidence of the
people Of Detroit in any enterprise
fprthered by The Times. the contest
took hold right off the reel Its sue
cess was felt TO be a certainty from
the start, and the statistical figures
incident to the announcement here
given reflect forcibly the correctness
OF this early pre-judging OF the out
come of the undertaking.
II may well be said here, with a
pride which makes justiflable any
seeming attitude on the part Of The
Times of sounding blasts on its own
horn to the utter elimination of the
softer voice OF modesty, that II was
most encouraging to realize that
church after church, fraternal- or
CARNATIONS without end and indi-
viduals by the score, voiced in UNI
mistaken terms their complete con-
fidence in The Times undertaking OF
the campaign, and il was especially
gratifying. at the beginning of the
contest especially. TO have not one
or two, but many OF the citys most
widely influential church. lodge or
fraternal bodies assert that the con
test would be taken up by them i'm
medlately, primarily because their
members and leaders knew, as they
frequently asserted or wrote to the
4, paper. that the management OF the
enterprise would be absolutely fair.
The Times feels an equal. in fact,
no doubt -mHeh-gEeater- pride be-
cause OF the. knowledge that this at
t!tude on the part of the homemak-
ing public OF Detroit. as reflected
through the city's organizations, has
teen justified. The response to the
first announcement of the campaign
aud the enormous success OF the con-
test has proved to the entire city. II
proof has at all been necessary, ,iat
the confidence of the public has been
gained The confidence before gain
ed has been maintained and extended.
The general attitude toward the en-
tire handling of the campaign by The
Times is fully illustrated by Mr. and
Mrs. Valentine r. Brando, whose
daughter, Marjorie. won the first
Shetland pony. Their letter, written
before the outcome of the contest was
known by anyone connected with the
paper, follows
Editor Detroit Times-We
wish TO thank the Detroit Times
and the contest managers for the
courteous and fair treatment ten
dered our little girl, contestant
for the Shetland ponies The
Times has been in our home for
IL years and knowing II TO up
hold only truth and honesty We