New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-18
A 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

to ny management and has ever since
been under my unrestricted control
So it may be fitting that I render
ST. account Of my stewardship to
those who have made THE New YORK
TINES Of today posNble-its readers
and taks occasion to make clearer
the forces that are truly directing and
influencing its conduct, I am reluctant
TO strike the personal note that may
manifest itself in this recital Of the his
tory Of The New YORK TINES, as it has
been my endeavor to have the public as
well as those who are associated in Great
ing the paper regard it as an institution
and, so far as possible and feasible, make
inpersonal the treatment of news and
is Interpretation. The human element,
however, enters into all of mans activi-
ties and it fortunately exists in the con-
duct OF newspapers. A newspaper if
possible freed from the fraities of hu-
manity, with no sense of responsibility,
no sympathies, no prejudices, no milk
of human kindness, would be nuisance
ard 8 plague, an excrescence on the
bodies social and polite, and would be
despised and stunned and consequently
without influence and altogether an
unnecessary evil. We have made en-
effort to make THE New YORK TIMES
a credtable human institution. We
are confident we can leave to others
TO say to what extent we have succeeded,
and whether this effort has con-
tributed to the general welfare and to
Gaining respect for the honesty, integrity
and patriotism Of American newspapers
I am pleased to be able to say that
TIE New YORK TINES is firmly estab-
lizhed as an independent conservative
newspaper, free from any influence that
can direct or divert its management
from q righteous and philosophical
course. It is within itself financially
independent and in the enjoyment of a
large and increasingly profitable lcgiti-
mate income from circulation receipts
and advertising revenue-in the aggre-
gate probably the largest income Of any
newspaper In the world The net result
Of its operations is beyond the earlier
dreams of those who are its chief
oeneficiaries, and fortunately they
now no interest they can serve
that can give them greater JOY,
satisfaction and comfort I wish that
thought could find Judgment in the minds
C those who may be inclined to believe
hat some Interior object may at times
Influence the policy Of TIE New YORK
TINES, and that they may understand
that, being free from pecuniary necessity
or personal greed, no sane man would
Voluntarily forfeit the confidence and
GOODWILL Of intelligent people by degrad
.rg himself through loss of his self
aspect or the surrender Of his indie
sendence- Persons may disagree with
Il NV YORK TIMES-with its treat
snen- of news and its views thereon
o1~ there is no ground on which they
caa attribute TO it base or improper
motives for such differences Of opinion.
TIE NEW YORK TINES Is an open book
ard nay be taken at its face value;
It Is no worse than It may seem to
appear; its faults are those Of human
sa,hcility and VIC cherish tho knowledge
hat al least in purpose It Is better than
re have been able to make it appear.
On this occasion Of the tvcnty-fifth
anniversary Of tho present management
wish Nrst TO mako cur grateful
acknowledgements to the several hundred
thousand readers Of THE NEW YORK
insEs who have expressed by their
Patronage their Endorsement Of the kind
d Newspaper we are endeavoring to
produce We arc fully senzible Of the
Tart that our editorial position on public
qrssttors has not always had the unani-
mons approval of cur readers; many
nnestly differ from us; but whether we
ere HZht or wrong our views arc not
e'fsctl7 or Indirectly presented with any
''ouznt that they may please or digpleasc
sscr sought readers because Of our