Arizona republican., 1914-05-19
The Republicans Birthday

The Arizona Republican had lived twenty -four years when the press quit revolving yesterday morn ing It began this morning the last year of its first quarter d century. In it's existence. espe- cially in its earlier existence, it had its and downs and some severe and almost hopeless strug ges all newspapers have had. But for the last sixteen years it's ascent has been continuous, sometimes slow and sometimes rapid. In it has been reflected in great measure, the progress Of Phoenix during the last twenty-four years.
 But the rapid and steadiest growth of The Republican has been within the last two years, fact partly due to the growth of the city but think, in greater degree to the consistent and constructive policies of The Republican: to its sue in convincing the community of it's earnest de sire to cooperate advancement We believe it is understood be the purpose of The Republican be all times fair and reliable, refrain from raising false hopes or inflictlns needless disappointment and grief It has given all the news worth giving and ii t has withheld news has been of a character that could not have been beneficial any of it's readers and would have distastetul healthy minded readers
 We believe that readers The Republican not fail to have observed steady improvement Precisely what has improved only the business office and those who have had the op portunity to compare the files today with those of year ago can quite realize. But all readers 1t must indefinably apparent that progress has been made. They know somehow without being told that The Republican is bigger that it looks better than it did year they remember It then.
 But may make some comparison of figures The Republican of last Sunday morning May IT,. 1914 contained 2s pages: the issue of Sunday, May ls 1913, had Il pages. The issue of Monday. May IS, 1914 F pages; that of Monday May ls 1913, 10 pages The increase in this comparison is rep resentatve Of the general increase throughout the month and every month over the showing of core spending periods of last year.
 The growth in the size of The Republican does not tell the whole story Within the year, The Republican has eliminated patent medicine adver- tising which averaged than four columns daily Other advertising of a objectionable nature has also been stricken If this class of advertising had been retained by The Republican, by this time the volume of it would be considerably greater than it was when thrown out
 Notwithstanding the rejection of this class Of ad- vertisng and sharp increase in the advertisins rates which resulted ill reducing some advertising contracts the volume of The Republicans advertis- ing has increased by about seven percent This is greater, and is very noticeable ir the classified department which always reflects tho popular estimate the value of newspaper advertising space.
 We should say that the growth of The Re publican may be traced large part to the loyalty of all the workers it the paper; to tht splendid spirit cooperation of the members o each department among themselves and betweer the various departments
 We enter upon this new year with confidenc that at the end it. greater progress will have beer made even than have made in the past year. Vt solicit to that end the cooperation the citizens of the town the valley the state. not for tn' pecunary advantage of T he Republican, but that may become of greater service to the state for w say in no vanglorious spirit that to those outside Arizona it is regarded the of the state, thu nf the state.