The Alaska daily empire., 1919-01-04
A WORD FOR OURSELVES.

Tn rasine its subscription price from $1 to $125 month by carrier to it's local subscribers and rom $1O year to SIP year to its subscribers who ac- cept delivery at the postoffce, The Empire is simply attempting to meet in part the increased cost or newspaper making in Alaska without having to re- duce its newspaper service The Empire IS not trying to make a proft-to make dividends for its stock holders It is trying only to give the people first class newspaper, to print "All the News All the Ime and to do it on basis that will permit 1t to meet it's payrolls and other expenses and to do business on a safe and business-like basis It Is perfectiy willing to- bear its share of the burden that IS Alaska's during the period of war and convai- essence Its confidence in the final recovery or tnis community and Territory is such that it is willing to wait for that time to come for it's profits
 The Empires payroll is $2,00O month-among the larger of Juneau's business houses This Is practically all spent Gastineau Channel In Iact' The Empire really brings money to Juneau, for its income from outside of the city than meets the demands for teegraphic tolls and other costs that require remittance to the States The En- pres payroll supports seven families, besides adding to the income of many others
 The reduction in the number of Juneaus business houses during the last two years has caused The Empire to depend more and more upon it's sub scription income. But that is the trend of news paper development in the United States now-and 1t Is freely predicted by trade papers and others who have studied the situation carefully that 1t will become in the future The increased cost of paper has been such that no longer do papers
  of 1t the advertisers to bear practically all of the costs and yield the profits of the business
 To its readers the people of Juneau and those of Alaska, The Empire will promise that Its purpose is to continue give them good newspaper as it's support will permt-to print "All the News All the Time and to stand for the interest of its read CTS, Juneau and Alaska first. last and always. to the very best of the ability of those who make it. and according their light without special regard for any special interest, political other faction school of thought otherwise. Its is to be . peoples paper for the people of Aaskato be dem ocrac. in the generic meaning of that term to sup port policies which it believes to be for the peoples interest and uphold and defend those charged with responsibility whom it believes dis charge their trust capaby and in good faith Its criticism when it has any to make, and 1t hopes that there be little of it, will be constructive, and not for the purpose of hampering development or spelling records. It has to grind. favor ties reward, enemies which it desires to pun ish.s
 On this basis, with gratitude for past support The Empire asks for continued patronage,-for subscrip- tiOns. for advertising for commercial printing. The income from all branches of the business goes into one pot, sand all of 1t is and will continue be used to carry out the purposes and plans herein ret forth. To its subscribers it offers the largest and best paper in Alaska-the only publication in its held which is trying to meet in good faith all the obligations of modern daily newspaper nearly metropolitan circumstances will permit To it's ad vertsers it offers than double the circulation of any other Alaska newspaper To the patrons of it's commercial printing department it offers the faci ties of the most modern and best equipped plant in Alaska and strictly frst-class workmanship.