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TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28
SWOLLEN FORTUNES
THE estate of Thomas Dolan,
former president of the United-
Gas Improvement Company,
which has been estimated at
from 120,000,000 to $30,000,000, is
bequeathed to his widow, his sons and
their descendants. Not one cent is left
to charity; not one cent goes to the
benefit of the public; not one penny
to any one of the faithful employes
without the aid of whom the gas mag
nate would have found it impossible to
have accumulated his millions.
When will our Dolans learn that
they are not the owners of the vast
estates that have come under their
direction, but merely the stewards
thereof. The "swollen fortune" has
been held up as one of the great perils
of the Republic. It is not so except
when improperly administered. Ac
cumulated wealth can be made one
of the greatest blessings of mankind.
But those into whose possession it has
«?ome must understand that it is not
theirs to horde up indefinitely. It is
not theirs to do with as they will. But
it becomes their duty to use the tal
ents that have been entrusted to their
care for the betterment of the living
conditions of the less fortunate and
the advancement of civilization.
No family needs the income of
530,000,000 for its living expenses. But
humanity at large does need that
money in a thousand different helpful
ways.
No true American can have any ob
jection to a man making money legiti
mately, even in enormous quantities,
but the time is fast approaching when
an enlightened people will demand of
the possessors of great fortunes a
proper stewardship of the responsi
bilities that have been entrusted to
them.
The West End Democrats are going
to spend a week in camp. Getting
hardened, we suppose, for that isalt
River Trip.
HERE AND ABROAD
PRESIDENT WILSON tries to meet
the charge that he and his fel
low Democrats are ruining busi
ness in the United States by the
program of experimental legislation
they have forced on the nation by re
plying that the stagnation of trade is
not confined to this country, but is
world-wide.
This is true, but the President is
careful not to inform the people of
what he must know, that this stagna
tion abroad is due to the s~me cause
> —too many laws of the kind that un
settle trade.
In England business has been de
pressed for several years by a scries of
radical laws. Trade has become so
unsettled that a few months ago 4he
governors of the Bank of England, for
the first time in the history of that
institution, addressed a protest to the
government.
German trade has not recovered
from the staggering blow of a special
■war tax of $250,000,000 which was
levied last year, no one knows why.
France and other countries are de
pressed by financial ditficulties grow
ing out of the political troubles inci
dent to the Balkan war.
Brazil is going through a period of
liquidation and acute buslnc ,s depres
sion, paying the penalty for a wild ex
periment in legislation. The govern
ment tried to regulate the price of
coffee, so as to make the crop more
profitable to the planters. The scheme
of "valorization" or government regu
lation of the price was proved a fail
ure and a large stock 01 coffee must
be disposed of.
The root of the trouble in Mexico
la that the country has broken down
under the burdens of the "cientiflco"
system of legislation, the futile attempt
of former President Diaz to make
the country prosperous by schemes
promoted by the government. .Aus
tralia and New Zealand have their own
peculiar troubles, and even Canada
has "crowing pains" as a result of
too much government booming of the
northwest.
In our own country we have had a
tremendous output of legislation in
the past year. A tariff system which
TUESDAY EVENING,
I had stood for forty years has been
j overturned, the currency system has
I been revolutionized, and Congress Is
working on a large grist of new laws
to regulate business.
We are paying the penalty with
more acute depression than appears
in any other country. The railroads
i are in distress through loss of reve
nue, and half the Industries of the
country are running on short time,
leaving millions of people out of em
ployment.
President Cleveland forced through
Congress two revolutionary measures
j in a little more than a year, a money
j law and the Wilson-Gorman tariff.
The business of the country was para,,-
lyzed by the shock and did not recover
until after Cleveland had retired from
office.
President Wilson has forced through
Congress a far more radical revision
of the tariff than was attempted twen
ty years ago, and a money law scarcely
second in Importance to the Cleve
land measure of 1893. In January
trade seemed on the way to reeovar
from these radical surgical opera
tions, but the improvement did not
last, and the trade depression has be
come more acute in the past few
months, in the face of prospects for
j large crops.
j The patient has had a relapse be
cause Congress has proved a surgeon
who doesn't know when to stop. The
instruments are being sharpened for
another series of operations on the
helpless business man, before he has
had time to get on his feet and re
cover his strength. Business is para
lyzed and millions of people are suf
fering the flinch of want in the midst
of plenty, because the fanatical sur
geons don't know when to go home
and give nature and the nurses a
chance.
Kansas is always In trouble. Some
time ago It was no crops, and now it Is
crops too big to be harvested.
WHY PROTECTION ?
NOTWITHSTANDING an apparent
belief in certain quarters that
employers are bent on getting
from their employes a maximum
of work at a minimum of cost, the
average man who hires labor desires
to pay his help just as well as a rea
sonable profit on the money invested
will permit. Of course, there are ex
ceptions to this, but they are excep
tions. and by no means the rule. With
this thought in mind the Pennsylvania
Protective Union calls the attention of
the public again as to one of the chief
reasons why it wants the protective
tariff restored. Its members can't con
tinue to meet the cheap-labor compe
tition of Europe without cutting wages
and they don't want to do that any
more than they want to cut dividends.
In setting forth its position the
Union presents several tables showing
hourly wages in the cotton mills of the
United States to be all the way from
30 to 120 per cent, higher than in the
mills of England.
In its discussion of the woolen
schedule it shows wool sorters receiv
ing sl6 in the United States as against
SB.BI in England; laborers, $9 to sl2
in the United States as against $4.91
in England; wool scourers, $lO as
against $6.13; wool driers, $9.50 as
against $4.91; comb jobbers, $lO as
aaginst $5.89; drawing-frame tenders,
$7 as against $3.07; doffers, $4.50 as
against $2.45; warp twisters, sls as
against $8.58; stationary engineers,
$13.50 as against $6.86; machinists,
sl6 as against $7.85; carpenters and
joiners, sl6 as against $8.09, and
blacksmiths, sl6 as against $7.85.
Three tables, each making a compari
son of the earnings of one English
mill and one American mill, manu
facturing the same class of goods,
based on actual payrolls, for a week
of 56 hours, show that the average
wage of all workers in the woolen
mills of the United States is consid
erably more than twice the average
wage of the same workers in England.
In the hosiery industry 'the Ameri
can average wage is more than three
times as much as the average wage in
| Germany.
Certainly, there can be no doubt in
these instances that American protec
tion does find its way into the wage
envelopes and that any free trade
effort to put the industries of the
world on a common level must be paid
for out of the wage envelopes of
American workers.
The Standard Oil has Just lost another
suit with the Government. Look out
for a raise in gasoline.
"AMERICANIZING" CANADA
THE London Times warns the
British government against what
it terms the "rapid American
ization of Canada." It is point
ed out that the news that fills the
American newspapers takes the same
proportion in the Canadian press,
and Mexico bulks larger than Ulster.
Baseball has become the popular
game. "International" leagues for
sport, "international" unions for la
bor bring Americans and Canadians
together. The American magazines,
carrying American advertisements,
spread American ideas of life and
make American openings for trade.
The Canadian picture palaces are sup
plied with films manufactured in the
United States, presenting American
themes and glorifying the Stars and
Stripes, while *English films are con
spicuous by their absence. The re
sult, if these conditions are perma
nent, can only be a steady drift of the
Canadian mind away from the prac
tices and traditions of the Mother
Country, the Times concludes.
Notwithstanding all that the Times
may say or all that England may do,
the "Americanization" of Canada will
continue. Whether or not the great
Canadian empire ever becomes a part
of the United States is a question in
which few people in the United States
are interested. But Canada is na
turally more American than English
and the rapid colonization of her va
cantgiands by citizens of the United
States and the steady breaking down
of the Imaginary line between the two
countries will proceed regardless of
anything anybody may do.
EVENING CHAT I
Just 101 members of the last House
of Representatives have been renomi
nated for tha session of 1916, accord
ing: to the returns of the May primary
for nomination of legislative candi
dates, which are being recorded at the
department of the Secretary of the
Commonwealth. About a dozen others
fell by the wayside and the remainder
decided not to stand for the House
again, a few becoming senatorial can
didates. Thirty of the 101 are Demo
crats and sixteen who served in the
last House are on the Washington
ticket. Fate, however, played some
tricks with some of the legislators of
1913. Hugh Piper, or Philadelphia,
for instance, is only on the Neystone
ticket this year, while C. F. Gramley,
of Center, who was elected as a Re
publican last time, is only on the Pro
hibition ticket, while Augustine P.
Connift', of Luzerne, a prominent
Democratic member in 1913, appears
to have been nominated on the Repub
lican ticket, although a candidate on
others. W. Lloyd Claycomb, of Al
toona, who was rated as a Democrat
in 1913, is named on the Washington
ticket and John Robert Jones, of
Schuylkill, is on the Washington and
Prohibition tickets, but not on the Re
publican, on which he ran in 1910 and
1912. Five members of the 1911
House are candidates again. They are
James F. Woodward, chairman of the
appropriations committee, and John
Swan, Jr., Allegheny, Republicans; Da
vid Speer, Franklin, Washington; Jo
seph B. Ramsey, Potter, Democrat,
ana H. I. Wilson, Jefferson, Repub
lican. A. B. Garner, who was a mem
fr°ni Schuylkill in the sessions of
1901, 1903, 1905, 1906 and 1907, and
then went to Congress, ran again in
Schuylkill for the House, while J.
?«w»l I °' Union, a member in
1909, is a Republican candidate in his
county. About the same proportion of
members of the House of 1911 were
candidates for election to the House
of 1913, but the unusual political con
ditions brought about the election of
a House with a larger percentage of
members new to legislative halls than
known in years.
Letters from John S. Musser, How
aliiL T ry an( * Harry Bruaw, who,
with their wives, left here on June 12
for Houston, Texas, to attend the an
nual International convention of Ro
tary Clubs, announce their safe ar
rival in that city. They went by boat
to New Orleans and although the
weather was warm report a very pleas
ant voyage, the ocean being so calm
that none of the party became seasick.
They will attend the convention this
week and make a tour of Texas cities,
returning by rail and arriving in Har
risburg July 3 or 4. All of the Har
risburg delegates are in good health
and thoroughly enjoyed the>run south.
On the boat with them were Rotarians
from many eastern cities, Canada and
England. The Houston convention
will be the largest in the history of the
organization.
James M. Swank, the historian of
the iron business of America, was well
known to many residents of this city,
which ho frequently visited In his
younger days. Mr. Swank was known
to many here as an editor in Johns
town before the Civil War and when
he accepted the place of secretarv of
the congressional committee on manu
factures he at once took an active in
terest in the iron and steel business,
the backbone of Pennsylvania's pros
perity. In 1872 he became connected
with the American Iron and Steel As
sociation and appeared here from time
to time before legislative committees.
Mr. Swank's researches into the his
tory of the iron business In this section
ot Pennsylvania, once one of the lead
ers in the business, established the
fact that blister steel was made at
Mlddletown long before steel was
made in any other place in the State
and he listed every blast furnace and
forge that was operated hereabouts.
National guardsmen here are keenly
interested in the pltfn of General W. G.
Price to have advance details go to
Mount Gretna to set up the tents for
the First Brigade. General Price had
this work done by the men as a part
of the training, but found that it took
up so much time and detracted so
much from the instruction that he has
decided to return to it. This is a mat
ter of brigade regulation and what will
be done about the Eighth Infantry
will depend upon what General James
B. Coryell decides.
The announcement that Republican
and Democratic leaders do not con
template an early start of the cam
paign did not fall on appreciative
ears among a group gathered along
the river front yesterday afternoon.
The group seemed to be made up of
members of the Sons of Rest and they
were discussing features of the cam
paign that promised much. .Suddenly
one found an item announcing that
Congressman Palmer did not favor a
start of the campaign until September
1. He marked the item with a stub of
pencil and passed it along. No one
said anything, but when the last man
made a ball of the paper and threw
it over the river bank there was no
objection.
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
—William D. Grimes, Pittsburgh at
torney, has heen elected president of
the noted Duquesne Fishing Club.
—The Rev. B. MacMackin, of Phila
delphia, presented the report of the
historical committee to the general
Baptist convention.
—Burgess R. J. Hardy, of Carnegie,
was annoyed by firemen asking for
contributions, so he called a meeting
of council and a paid company was
established.
—Dr. C. S. Turnbull, the Philadel
phia physician, has gone to Europe for
the summer.
—Judge Majer Sulzberger, of Phila
delphia, has just celebrated his sev
| enty-first birthday.
DEMOCRATIC TRICKERY
[Philadelphia Press.]
The Democratic State platform is
both false and malicious in many
parts, but nowhere more false and ma
licious than where it charges that
Pennsylvania has been made "the most
conspicuous example of misgovern
ment in all the Union."
It is only the Democratic platform
makers who find Pennsylvania "the
most conspicuous example of mlsgov
ernment in all the Union," and they
only for campaign purposes. Such ac
cusations do violence to the facts and
are an affront to the Intelligence and
judgment of the people,
f
IN HARRIS BURG FIFTY
YEARS AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph of June 23, 1864.]
Redrrilcate Church
We would again remind our readers
that the rededicatlon of the Ridge Ave
nue M. E. Church will take place on
Sunday next.
Hold Picnic
A picnic was held by the Catholic
Sunday school, yesterday. Those who
were present Inform us that they had a
pleasant time, on Independence Island.
"ADD \ / MILLION A YEAR"
By Associated Press
Cihcago, June 23.—"Add a million a
year to the Sunday Schoo lrolls," Is
the slogan of the four thousand four
hundred delegates to the International
Sundar School Association convention
here to-day in readiness for the for
mal opening of the convention to
night
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
PHIIADELPIIIIS IN
VERY ANGRY 100
City Committee Refuses to Pay
Any Attention to McCormick
Platform
V
JONES WILL NOT BE DENIED
He Says He Intends to Show City
What a Real Chairman
Looks Like
The Democrat)'' cltv committee of
Philadelphia laßt night gave an illus
tration of the divisions, schisms and
factions that exist within the Demo
cracy of Pennsylvania In a most strik
ing manner. And It did It when the
"Big Pour" was right In its midst.
Here is a resume of the way the
Democracy of Philadelphia showed its
lack of sympathy with the State ma
chine:
Endorsed the State tickets, did
not Invite the candidates, who were
within a few blocks, to address it.
Refused to even consider a reso
lution endorsing the platform, thereby
repudiating that document.
Re-elected B. Gordon Bromley, the
city chairman who had worked for
Ryan's nomination.
Decided against contests brought by
four Palmer men, including one of
Thornton's ward leaders.
Jeered when a McCormick man
threatened to have the bosses name
a new city committee for Philadelphia.
The Bull Moosers are all fussed up
over the Colonel. In Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh the bosses are proclaiming
that there is no doubt
whatsoever about the
""11 Mnowrs Colonel being on hand
Art* Greatly at the conference next
Disturbed week and that his
larynx will permit ot
many speeches. George
F. Holmes said in Philadelphia last
night that the Colonel would give the
keynote for the campaign and that he
would be in the campaign for fair.
State Chairman Detrich, who has been
racing with a bunch of baby firecrack
ers for honors as a noise maker, was
given a bat yesterday by Senator
McNichol, who said that Detrich
should go to Pittsburgh to find out
how he thinks. Detrich has assailed
everyone from Penrose» and Brum
baugh down the ticket and every head
of a department on Capitol Hill.
President-Chairman Howard Jones
does not intend to be a figurehead this
Fall. He is president of the leading
Democratic club and
chairman of the city
committee and was he Jones Says
not treasurer of the citi- He Will Be
zens committee in the a Chairman
late primary campaign?
He regards his office as
of significance and indeed of "vital im
portance," notwithstanding the re
marks of one of the drummer boys of
the Pa-Mc League. The president
chairman is said to have remarked
the other evening that he proposed to
he a factor in the campaign no matter
what the leaguers thought about it and
that he would show the Democrats
what a real live chairman looks like.
The virus of fighting appears to have
taken a new lease of life among Demo
crats here.
The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
says: "The official tabular statement
of the vote for congressmen-at-large
in the primaries of May
19 is not an encouraging
document for the con- No Comfort
temptation of Demo- for Machine
crats. No question of Democracy
Penroseism is involved,
and the man who leads
the Republicans in the number of votes
cast was as a member of the 1913
Legislature recognized as the most
conspicuous and assertive of anti
machine representatives. There were
ten Republican candidates for the
nomination, and as the vote was dis
tributed among these according to no
rule, it- is hard to say just how many
Republicans voted for particular fa
vorites, each having a right to desig
nate four. The figures reveal one
thing, however, very forcefully, and
that is that approximately the same
number of Republicans voted for can
didates for the nomination for Con
gress-at-large that voted for candidates
for the nomination for United States
senator; and It reveals something
more. It shows that thousands of
voters who refused to accept Penrose
did not recognize any of the aspirants
for the House as identified' with him
and his cause to any decided extent."
An election unique In Pennsylvania,
in that it will be the first time that the
referendum permitted by the new law
regulating the commis
sion government of third
Referendum class cities will hav©
Is Dperated been taken advantage
in Reading In Reading. The voters
in Reading. The votea
will decide whether to
abolish the volunteer fire department,
14 2 years old, and replace It with a
paid system.
A paid fire department for Reading
has been agitated for several years.
After It had been recommended by in
surance underwriters and New York
municipal research experts, city coun
cil passed an ordinance providing for
a change to a paid system. Then the
members of the city's thirteen volun
teer companies and their friends, about
4,000 of them, signed the required pe
tition to have the question submitted
to a vote of the people.
I POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS
—The harmony among the State
Democracy appears to be like unto a
number of axes being sharpened in
unison.
—Palmer and Pinchot appear to
have failed to get many people excited.
—Pinchot has postponed his pro
posed visit to the Colonel from to
morrow until Sunday.
—Pinchot and Palmer will be going
after each other for stealing ideas if
Sunday's performance is repeated.
—President-Chairman Jones does
not intend to be any back number this
Fall. He Bays so.
—Candidate McCormlck will find
many willing officeholders in this dis
trict awaiting his return from the pie
cutting conference.
—Judging from Palmer's remarks,
the platform is not that of the party,
but of the candidates.
—The wise candidate is the one who
is fishing just now.
—Pinchot and Dewls left yesterday
for a tour of northern counties.
—Congressional Candidate Focht
seems to he very well pleased with
prospects In his district.
—Wonder how some Democratic
candidates will like McAdoo's spotters
lookbig over their incomes.
—lt's about time for the new Demo
icratic divisions to hold meetings.
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Palace Barber Shop {&2BES2
The Finest Barber Shop In Harrisburg
Sanitary and up-to-date—plenty of good barbers—the best of work—no overcharging. So wtty not come to
a good shop.' "ou shave yourself have your hair cut here as you want It. Children's hair-outtln* and blocking.
and manicu-.ng ? .to given special attention.
BAHBI RS -HARRY SHURTZ, ED. BLESSING, PETER THOMPSON AND G. H. BOWER. PROP.
OUk'DAILY 1
L
Diplomatic Not Literary
He set his son to There are books
digging bait, in the running
And that's the brooks.
way he got I've heard about
The postholes dug all that. What I
around want to know Is
A forty-acre lot. whether there are
any Ut '
Lucky Rascal Penny Wise, Pound
A daring theft Foolish
Jack wrought "Sherwood was
last night in a brown study
On charming lit- to-day, and I of
tle Rose; fered him a penny
He stole the thing for his thoughts."
he wanted "You spend
right thrift! You never
Beneath her did know the
very nose. value of money."
GET OFF THE CURB
ny Win* Dinger
"Curb loafing," says Chief Hutchison,
"On Market street must stop,"
And those who do not heed the word
May journey with a cop
Unto the station house, where thoy
Will have to pay a fine,
Or maybe go to jail a while
And join the beansoup line.
The Chief is right, this loafing stunt
Along the curb is bad,
But with some chaps it's been for years
A Saturday night fad. *
That now I wonder where this bunch
From this time on will go
And stand for hours while they view
The City's passing show.
i
[From the Telegraph of June 23, 1864.]
Attacks Our Forces
Fortress Monroe, June 22. At 6
o'clock on the morning of the 20th Gen
erals Witzhugh L«e and Hamton made
an attack on our forces entrenched
there under General Ambercrombie.
Wound Few Men
Headquarters Army of the Potomac.
June 22. 5 A. M. Artillery firing
on the right and picket skirmishing at
various points along the line occupied
the day yesterday, resulting in the
wounding of a few men, but causing no
change in our position.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
No really great man ever
thought himself so.—Hazlitt.
Business Locals
NEVER TOO DATE TO MEND
This does not apply to old shoes.
But we can mend them and put a
whole sole or a half sole or heels on
them if the uppers are In good condi
tion. Let us see them and we will
tell you whether they are worth fixing.
We have the only Goodyear shoe ma
chinery in Harrisburg. City Shoe Re
pairing Co., 3X7 Strawberry street.
ITS INSURANCE
AUTOMOBILE
Can you prevent an axle from
breaking?
Can you guide a car If the steering
gear breaks?
Can you put out a fire with spittle?
Yes! Then don't Insure.
However, if you care to know the
wise way, see—Aetna-Essick.
"IT'S SO GOOD"
A general expression heard wher
ever Hershey's All-Cream Ice Cream
is eaten. Made of the purest Ingre
dients and in accordance with the for
mula of Uncle Sam's expert, who used
our plant for six weeks making testa.
All cream secured from our own
creameries and pasteurized in our own
plant. Ask for Hershey's, because "It's
So Good."
NO GUESSWORK
In the making of Holsum and Butter
nut bread. Every loaf Is always the
same —never burnt, never sour, al
ways that palatable and nutritive fla
vor which distinguishes Schmidt's
Butternut and Holsum from the ordi
nary baker's bread. Made scientifi
cally In surroundings especially sani
tary. For sale at all good grocers.
THE TWO-DOLLAR MAN
who is accustomed to paying that
price for theater tickets has become
a regular patron of the motion picture
theaters. This was all that was neces
sary to convince the great theatrical
managers and playrlghts that the
picture show is here to stay. The pro
ductions of leading writers and actors
may now be seen, first always, at the
.Victoria. ,
JUNE 23. 1914.
1 1-ETTERSTOniE- EDiTOR~I
AS TO SUNDAY CLOSING
To the Editor of The' Telegraph:
I see from our city papers that there
is a movement being inaugurated to
have the business places all closed up
on Sunday. I think same would be a
grand undertaking; they should close
all drug stores, cigar stores, restau
rants, dlningrooms, ice cream parlors,
automobile garages, telephone ex
changes; stop all street car traffic,
shut down the electric light and steel
plants so all classes of laboring folks
can go to church and honor the Sab
bath. Fine all persons found on the
streets without a copy of the Bible and
all those unfortunates who get dry on
the Lord's day, let them go to one of
the many club houses and quench their
thirst, then our beloved city will be
come a little Paradise for our good, not
Christian, but church folks.
Yours respectfully,
S. G. SWEETSER.
THE FOOL AND HIS MONEY
[From the Editor and Publisher.]
As will be seen elsewhere In this Is
sue the Asbury Park Times, a daily
newspaper established last Fall by a
group of business men of that city, in
cluding the head of its largest depart
ment store, is to quit the field. Ac
cording to the statement issued by the
board of directors the Indebtedness
above the assets Is not large, but the
board declares that because of tho Im
possibility of longer financing the en
terprise they advise the winding up of
its affairs.
The stockholders are probably now
convinced that, while It is easy to start
a daily newspaper, it Is difficult to make
it a success without plenty of capital,
in a field that offers favorable opportu
nity.
When the promoters of the Times
were discussing the feasibility of start
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ing the paper they called into confer
ence several experienced New York
newspapermen, who unanimously ad
vised them against the project unlesß
they were prepared to put up at least
SIOO,OOO in cash at the start, and be
ready to put up $50,000 more if It should
be needed. They said that few dally
papers pay expenses the first year even
In a favorable field. In Asbury Park
the dally would have to meet the com
petition of an old and well established
newspaper, and, therefore, time would
be required to put It on its feet.
This advice was not taken. The
merchants who organized the company
believed they knew more about the
matter than the newspapermen and
went ahead with the project. After
having: put much less than $60,000 Into
the Times they now admit that the
paper is a failure and that they can no
longer supply funds for carrying it on.
The backers of the Asbury Park
Times are wiser than they were, and
doubtless when, In the future, some one
comes along seeking for contributions
for the starting of another daily they
will keep a firm grip on their bank
rolls. Their experience has been the
same as that of many others who have
been anxious to pose as newspaper pub
lishers.
It takes something besides a grouch
against existing newspapers to warrant
the launching of a daily or weekly that
Is to be successful. (1) There must bo
a real need for such a paper and not
one that has been artificially created.
(2) The paper must be edited and pub
lished by experienced Journalists and
not by amateurs, barbers, storekeepers
or city officials. (3) It must be run
for the entire community and not for
any one part of it. (4) It must have in
bank, and not merely pledge on a sub
scription paper, a sufficient amount of
money to pay all bills for one year,
preferably for two.
Every one of the above needs is ab
solutely necessary. True, there have
been newspapers that were started on
a shoe string and won out, but they
were the exceptions that prove the rule.