The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-09-11

HOW BLACKFOoT COULD HAVE A DAILY

year ago most the Bakfoot people convinced that
daily could succeed here and today they informed by those
that have tried it, that they quit with heavy loss The daily
united support due combination of circumstances that might
together again. and the losses have into the ho
ands.
There way for the size of Bacfoot to have al
daily and good one but there be compromises order
enjoy that luxury As it subject of interest this time
outline and commend it the consideration of the COM
munty
The printing business of Backfoot is divided among five
print shops and there business away other cities
The business classified; each does job printing
and kind of stock of goods for that purpose No
body get enough of the business to justify him in carrying
complete STOCK each carries small stock bought in
small quantities and shipped local All these things tend
keep prices up and keep the quality of service down. The
business should be classified and by that that the office
that published daily should not do job printing The shop
that prints funeral and wedding and fine station
cry and programs should make speciality of that and the shop
that prints buewappe and and dodgers should make
that their speciality and each should carry large and complete
stock of his kind of goods Each of the others should direct
customers those places where they make peaes In this
way the quality could be raised the price lowered the service
made quicker and profit made
All the newspapers should be merged into one,
papers bought and closed and all advertisers the
daily The paper could then be made complete its service
that practically everybody would subscribe for it, They would
have better service than they get by taking all of
the papers and much less expense The advertiser could then
reach all the people much less expense than he ahes part
of them three papers The daily could be made large could
carry good complete telegraph service good country
respondenc fine society page market reports and still
be success financially.
In order satisfy of the people should be ndpend
politics, keep of religion, all faithfully It'll
could be strong and honest in its criticism of what is plainly
wrong and people and publisher would have remember that
there others to be suited than himself
The community has made effort the past fourteen
months establish daily the plan outlined the last para
graph above but without taking into consideration any of he
basic conditions named in this article 1t suicidal to the daily
try operate the face of two we fighting for existence
and all the business ncass6ed All concerned have lost money
by the experience and the public have gained nothing 1t ought
be plain them that conditions have been their worst
during the whole of the experiment. and that when the community
makes the right preparation they have what they and
have infinitely better than under the plan that has just
recently failed
Perhaps the obstacles the of the plan
advocate the desire the part of the publisher operate
paper just himself and class who he things
and the desire of the public part of the public have paper
advocate the particular things they advocated through
the press In view of the experiences losses and hardhps
it may be possible for each of them compromise these pet
practices and remember that special circulars might be printed
give to feelings voiced in the public press
Backfoot could have big fine daily if would just get down
something practical and cooperative and quit wasting their
substance hobbies and personal schemes