Arizona republican., 1917-08-01
Bravery never goes out of fashion.
 William NJ. Thackeray.
Starting a Newspaper


 Far be it from us to discourage those who would in wade the newspaper field. those who would assist in carrying the torch of civilization. We would welcome all co-laborers The the merrier. The waters fine but it has a chilli for those who first come in More frequently than not the chill is fatal Hardly newspaper in ten survives We are moved these friendly observations by the expressed de- sire of the Wilson Democratic club climb into the Phoenix daily newspaper field
 The time was but is more, when shoestrinS could be transformed into a daily newspaper in Phoe nix It takes cash and a lot of it. Newspaper plants are now and expensive and no less so is the modern machinery for conducting news paper for securing circulation and advertising It may surprise those who have had occasion to in qure into it that each subscriber of daily the average represents outlay of than s4; that is circulation 10000 has about s5O, 900 to acquire. Such list papers great deal than that and few have paid less.
 The political organ such the Wilson Democratic club have in mind has long been as dead as the Dodo. Once, long time ago. politics was the life blood of a newspaper. It is more; a political organ is heplessly hidebound; adjust itself to the changing tides of public opnion it cannot keep pace with the new alignments constantly taking place within party and much with the kaleidos- copic changes within party faction
 Such journal might the views of the Will Democratic club present would disrupt the club six months Every subscriber to the newspaper fund would be a proprietor of the and would feel had right direct it's policies; and he would have right proportion his subscrip tion The courts would be called in to adjudicate multitude of conflicting rights if by miracle the pa per had for six months survived
 There is in all the United States at the present time successful influential political organ great newspaper may be listed as democratic or re- publican; it may with regularity support party national administration; it may and then support the same party administration but it cannot be counted upon beforehand to do Very few papers suppose there half dozen in the country make pretense of thick and thin party regularity They the right and exercise it. to crticise the party to which they only nominally belong
 We have said that money and lot of it. is tial the of a newspaper in established field and in lean year such as in every field. an established newspaper which cannot quickly fall back upon heavy fund must go to the wall give the place of leadership to which has ready We can better illustrate this point by repetition of a newspaper story A young whose wealth flown away deserted by friends and harassed by creditors gray morning soliloquzed that he would . sell his soul for all the money he could spend I'm mediately the devil appeared before him. He was in the market for soul and ready to pay the price, The bargain struck, the party of the second part agreeing that the young should find his safe all ways filled with gold Wherever he might be there should always be gold for the widest flight of desire The young entered upon riotous He spent money as money spent before. He financed various enterprises; he builded palaces bought pleasure yachts and private trains he rounded himself with Cyprians Wine flowed in rivu
 
 young mans problems to be to devise ways of spending money Tn the midst of his growing per plexities his relief with proposition for the financing seven-day modern daily paper with complete press report. The young joyfuy entered journalism When the devil heard of it he appeared before him again and threw up his hands Its all off" cried Here, take back your sou You're bankrupting he'll"