Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-08
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The South'S Greatest Newspaper
HE TIMES-DISPATCH does not often
talk shop. Ordinarily ii prefers to lay
its finished product before its readers. say
ing nothing of the manufacturing processes.
tho home organization and the world wide
ncws-gathcring associations. which make
ii possible. and leave it to them to pass
judgment II we divert here for n moment
from our established rule it is because
fool that the public generally. with its pa
per placed before IL morning and evening.
docs not realize that after ALL that which
brings to them the news OF the world is
tho product OF great manufacturing
adjustment in which millions Of dollars OF
capital are invested. which gives employ
mont to hundreds OF Nirginians, men and
women. and contributes to the maintenance
Of those far-nung news associations which
make modern newspapers All Indispensable
factor in The nations daily life and in tho
uphuilding of any community. In brief. II
constitutes n vast industrial plant that ranks
among tho city's most valuable assets.
We are too prone to overlook the great
establishments that have grown up among
us. We are so accustomed to having them
from the cradle to the grave that we accept
them as matter OF course. Let the Cham
her Of Commerce bring to Richmond n mil
lion-dolar enterprise and ii is biazoned
forth as almost an cpochal achievement in
tho citys industrial life. and it is. But the
milliondollar enterprises and many OF
them count their investments in figures far
greater than that--whch have originated
here at home and have grown To their pres
cnt proportions go along so quietly and I'M
ostcntatiously. but all the time building up
the city and State. that the public. which is
their creator. rather takes them for granted
failing 10 realize the place they fiji In the
community or what they have accomplished
in n material way.
Such an industrial plant is The Times
Dispatch. which rghtfully lays claim to the
title. The SOuth's Greatest Newspaper -
For sake OF comparison. let the elder citi-
vcns recall its historic old home at Twelfth
and Main Streets, its later domiclc at Tenth
ard Bank and then look at the magniii
cent ten-siory. nrcproof building in which
it is now housed That in itself is the story
Of its progress progress that has kept
pace with Richmond and Virginia. In its
mechanical equipment it stands second to
none in the quality OF its output, while in
quantity OF output. none south OF Philadcl-
phia surpasscs it, Why, some one may ask
has such a newspaper plant. adequate to
care for all tho newspaper needs OF a city
many times the size of Richmond, been
erected here? The answer is simple 1t is
are building not only for the present. but
for the future. They entertain a clear,
broad vision Of the Richmond that is to he.
and on this newspaper foundation. laid with
an imm"diat" Wow 30 serve the present has
bccn erected the structure that will continue
TO serve when Richmond Shall have become
city Of a million people
But the plan, is merely the means there
to, and on its product must be gaugcd it's
claim to dominating excellence. On that
basis TIL" Times Dispatch is ready and anx-
!ous 20 he Judged. II points To the Sunday
Times-Dispaich, as well as 20 its morning
edition and The Evening Dispatch as tho
material cyidcnc" of what IL is accomplish
lnE Turn over the pages Of the Sunday
Ilmcs-Dispatch now IN your hands Com
pare NJ, pax" by page, column by column.
with the hest III newspaper making the great
cities have 10 offer study the completeness
/ OF ITS departments, the fullncss OF it's many
/ news services. local. state, national and
/ world read its special features and dwell
/ upon its Grayurc Section. it's latest Offering
I 10 tne public DO this, and The Times Dis
/ pach wjll await the verdict In confidence
that it will indeed pronounce IL, both in
/ quality of product and in rendering OF pub
Inc service. The Souihs Greatest Ncwspapcr
Even if American troops do not Join in
iho advamc" into the Ruhr region am Amer
icau-born soldier viii command tho French
iorcea which DO 80 in if Germany does
not quickly come across with tina, gold in
d'mnty demanded of her
one by one the laurel leaves pmckcd of
the brow OF Woodrow Wilson arc being
placed back ther" b. reluctant Rcpublicon
administration, brought face 20 face with
unyicldng facts