Daily Tribune, Volume 17, Number 32, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 1 January 1903 — Page 4

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THE TRIBUNE

A REPUBLICAN NEW8PAPER.

Publlshad by The Tribune Company at 081 Wabash AVi. Dully, Sunday and Weekly.

lAtug, Distance Telephone No, 8W—Prlvftto Kxi hnngft. ''Ittzons' Telephone No. 87S.

Knlcrcd MI poptofflce fit Terre Ilauic, lnd.,ns

Dn1ty and Hundny, per week, by carritr JO cents, Dolly and Sunday, nor month. by mall. .....ft r^nljg Dully itful Hundn,\\ three months Wy moll ....Ii.jjft Dully niifl .Sunday, months, by ITIR

ment of knowledge. willt anil upon I In: Christian religion. Tho content,, doses .1 uiic I, IIUlo, i.s open 1 the authors of

tfio world, ainl places 10 llinil lis lo length of (lie works to lie submitted. The winning book becomes the property ol the University and (lie trustee* agree to buy other works whoso

wort 11 appeal-, lo lieiii, The idea in houiothiug decidedly now and will no 14111 lit provoke much discussion as well an produce

11 plethora. of hooks along I lie lino# prescribed. .hint, what bearing I he contest and I he remittal)!, books ti)«4y have oil the

Clin isfian religion it in, of course, impossible to Ht.atr but ono 1 ..inn i« certain. Lake I'orcHt. 1'nivcrnily will j,'et. eoiiMid'riibl(

'J'lio pioHcculoi'm of Indiana have held a convention and hava decided lo miv« a number of our laws channel!. All the other county otllcci'K HIMO want laws chanp'd, Jn fact it. in highly jiiohable I hat each and every action of the legiHliiture could

dovolc it* evil Ire time to Ikin^ thin^n up HH the ncrvanU of the people want tbein lixed. The Ic^lnlaturo, howi'vor, will

bejtl. mM'vo the public by chiuigin^ no lawn and panning iih few now .one* hm poK^ible. Once upon a time tliero WHH an old

Konian emperor who ^nid I hat "bad IHWH are better than uncertain IIIWH" and the people of Indiana who have Ix'on jerked, pulled, and hauled for many yearn by ('handed ATU

Jlore'n a happy Now Year and many of them after it to you mid youi'N. I,ike I lie good man in the fairy xtoiy may you live

u« long a* yon like and have what you like an long n« yon live*. M»y all your way« \vay« of happinen* nnd all your putlm bfr j.mt

worfuily indlftlnet.

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of peace. May your ice client: BE full In HUiMitnV 011(1

vour coal bin be brimming in the weitry winter.

In milny olti'.'H of tho enuntry the Hlundurd Oil eompuny iiftH advanced the price of oil lilty per cent, taking ndvanlug* of the neoexHityof the people, who, nimble lo buy eoiil, huve

lufori forced to IIKO oil for fuel, I'liim muy be bunlncw* but ft IA

Hourly allied to pinny that the line of deniiirorftion I*

MUOM i«« ^tlyrlng up more fun* ami fenthpr* In (he Ori

ent than did the allied armie* on the ooeumloti of I heir roi^nt iiiVAMiuii, The war depmrtmont «Mould call the tuMliJWWrtied

old granny home tit once and relogftlft him to a Well piuUltnl «*«t In the extreme rear,

Sir, t)ob» I exprenning the opinion tlmt Vwllow Willie ilearet will h( itnmlmvtoil for the preMldeney by tin* Demof'Mt* guilty of that Hnmii imrwonitig uiillimtiiiom iltnt 1i«m proved til* greHlcul Htuinbling block.

Tho anthracite coal operator* want ten ilnyn lo tell their

itory Urn court of arbitration, ?lt* IIIC

forth In ivboiit ten mlnute*

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A FINANCIAL 8TIMULU8 TO CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

somewhat nmcl itinniiiiii'i-nii'iil i- made by I'rosideiil. liar-

Inn il' f.nUc Forest I 'ttity. which promises to give an unvonlcd *limulus ID the |»I-«»Dti«*f 1«»n of Christian literature during tin' nosl year or mt. Luke Forest. University oilers cash

PRIZE OF *i\ I.IIOIIMMKI dollars for I IN- best book or treatise "on

Ih«- comicl ion, relation mid mutual bearing of any practical science, or I lie history of our race, or I II'1 facts in Hnv depart

utututeH are just ubout ready to sulwerlbt* to U10 pngan'H jno-

CoiiKieKn will go far toward avoiding repetition of the

I'Yeiich Panama Kcandal if it pawxeH tl)« bill which Snnator Morgan ha* Introduced for the purponwi of regulatinK the new commiMHion.

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liotia would be naved for the national (redmiry. UnleH* some Menu tor ha» an intpiralion to ofl'er, "(lie inont nugn«t dt'liber-

tiv(: boily on earth" Mhoulcl wceejil, Mr. Mor^nu'd bill.

The numlier of MOIIOUH trolley line nceidentH which have oc

curred in the giiH nell. of late i« conclu«iv,! evitlence that there IH« MO" e| liu^' wronjf in the management of tlieae properties. lnex!iiHable negligence ban canted practically all the trouble

urn! the employment of more expert trainmen would neem to bq not only advisable but imperative, Hotter men would probably eont more money but in this day of railroading (lrxt cost in a HOcondary eoimideration,

Jt Ih evident that Mr. Olney i* not out, for the Democrrttie

pnmldcnfia! tioinination. I Km refusal to deliver the .IfU-knon Day addrexH at Omaha, where IIM 11 candidate no might have won over to liini*elf ninny of the western leader, poxtubly the

pwM'leKH Mryan. i« tolerably coiicliiMive proof that the gentleman huw rotireti from politicm. At Uu*f lie ha» no pnrtieulitr hankering to inarch through 11 MhSughtcv hoime to an open

Tluil Torre Haute man who proceeded to beat hi* wife upon finding her in company with another man posiybly nfl'ordH the

public I* Hew it* to the CIUMO T»f the woman'* Intblwlity. No IIHUI ha to live with a bad woman and xoeiely itoen riot expect

CHANGING

bill plncoM tlio Halarlon of t.lm coiuniiMNioiioi'M

ut. $5,(H)U and Mtipulatiw that, all money paid out oxeopt. for Hfllarh'H hliall be diMburwed by army paymaster* under the cus

tomary rule* and penalties pertaining to their portion. Willi much law to operate under it eiui be taken for granted that no motley would be wanted by the eoinmiHnioii and that, mil-.

a thing, Society does proidniin and maintain, iitw-

bver, Hint, the man who Milken defcticeleKM womnn under any circimi'-lniieo a coward and a In'ule.

broke,

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.Jwriting It wltJi a ".T" 1- Just a bit confusing AS fat

could be net

THE WIDE WORLD ROUND.

A Ch«roke# Patriarch.

Tlie eointcil of the f'herokee nation ban pitHnoil a bill that the remains of the old patriarch, Ucorge l.owrey, be roburicd at Talife(|tiah.p Httd that inoiiuinent bo erected to mark the new grave. The Awnv nayw that T.owrey wrt** one ol the moat renowned of ijie ('lierokeett. IJo bonii the pnpr continue*, in TiiliKkeege*', on the Tenrtexwe llivcr, about 1770, Hntf October '20, IMfii. In I7»i or 17l»2 lie vinited I'reiii(Jont WaHbington a» ikleguta representing the UheroHee* and Wax well received.

In 1H10 lie wax commiwMioiiod an eajilain of Hie light

and Horved iind»r Weij^ral Andrew Jaekwon throughout tho war of 181'^ becoiiiijrtg rcnowiicd for valoroun lighting in the lm.UI) of Ne"\v Orleans, lie was a Olomber of the flr^t, f'herokee National commit*0 In 18M, and WJIM a member ftf the oomml«Hjon that fiegotiated the treaty of I Hilt, lie wan a major of (!ol. (Hdeuii Morgan's (lierolcee regiment, in the war with the Creek* and awmined command of the regiment, when (,'ol. Morgan was wounded while ftMHitiug *'ien, .lucknon in the battle of llor«enhoe llorttl. He WIIH a member of the convcntbni which framed the Cherokee constitution in 1827. At the convention of Illinois Camp Orotind, on duly 1-, JHU8, be noted tt* president of the eastern Cherokees, (loorge (lues# (Setpio* yahj H(»ting a* president of the Wostovn (lierokoes, lie was proHidont of tho (!htrok»e Natiomil (^onHtltutional Convonlion ut. Talilequiih in fSeptember, 1H:H), and was the first to sign the constitution. He was elected asnistant chief in 1827 an often afterward. He was one of the signers of the compact between the Creeks, Osages, ami Cherokee* around the great fwliltoil lire i*t. Trth)e|uali, July 3. 1H4H, lie tilled HOVera.l olllees and it is said of him that, lie performed I ho duties of tho office tt very well, Ho diediuv honored man, a spot less patriot, ft)l(l a devoted ChristtBiTf W„\ l.owery and Hinpioyah were fast, friends, and when

Invented thn alphabet Miwery was the first to have the llible translated on a scroll, and when typo was made, years afterward, ho had the liible printed in Cherokee for the benollt of his people.

Thfr President and the W. C. T. U.

It seems that Watts' picture "l,ovo and l.ifo," which camo to this country for exhibition, and was given to us by the artist, |M making trouble again. At. the time it was given it was proposed to hang in it tho white house, but the Woman's Christian Temperance Union objected so vociferous!, that tho painting was sent to tho Corcoran Oallcry. The trouble is that tho llguro* in the picture are nude, and tho W. C. T. C. ladle* think them highly Ifnpropor. Their former objections prevailed, but now that the white house has been done over, it is propoHod to hang the painting in I ho din-ing-rooin. To this the national sunerintonilont of the Purity-in-art department of tho W. C. T. U. strongly objects, declaring that tho presence of the picture iu tlie prcnideiit's hotiso is "extremely objectionable." It might bo thought that, if the president and his family, all highly respectable people, cart got along in daily association with Mr. Watts' picture, the W. C. T. C. ladies might continue to h111 nd tho iMv of 1111 occasional glimpse of it, but tho pro1 estants do not take that view. I'eihaps they have formed the bilbit III homo of keeping an eye on the minister, and having views as to what, ho and his wife ought to do, or not to do, and how he should regulate his household. At any rate, they speal up to the president just, as firmly and candidly its though he were tho minister, nnd trust that lie "will not. jlaunt any talk of 'art for art's nuke' in their faces. It. in not likely that lie will, Nothing but the strongest sense of obligation, combined with enforced leisure, would be likely to induce any prudent man to discuss art. with tho W. C. I. C. I lie picture is all right. There is 110 dllVereiioe of opinion among people whose opinions about art. are worth considering that- Mi. Watts' painting is a pure nnd admirable work, though some of them think that the Corcoran Callory is a bettor place for it than the white house.

A Creditable Work,

The report of the Agricultural Department" thai its Ollleers have succeeded iu stamping out. the incipient epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease In the Now Kugland Htatcs is welcome news and credit able to the department. It is also testimony in favor of adopting vigorous methods in dealing with cases of this kind.

In this case the prompt destruction of the infected animals, while involving heavy direct, loss, averted much greater danger. The embargo upon cattle shipments from Boston was Imd enough, but it would have boon worse had the disease gained headway tbroughou'. tho country,iilfoelingnot only all our exports, but our domestic trade as well. Tho money appropriated for the purpose of lighting the dlsoftse was well spent, prompt action also lessening tho expenses. KortUnntelly. it-Is not often that tile Agricultural Department is called upon to demonstrate Its value to the counry in his way, but it is well to know that ltd services are efficient when needed,

THF^mATE'S CORNER.

\V« can forgive most every tiling except the poison wlio has to forgive us,

Home women are built around the ankles the way they ought to be around tho waist..

Take a woman with him to the heati of a desert and man will reclaim it take a man ami they will cut each other's throals over who ought to own the s^nd if it were of any ush.

Tlry see him from afar. They welcome him with pleasant smiles, Ills outstretched hand they squeeze. And then'they whisper In his ear) "Lewi me ton dollars, please!"

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Some brokers make if a point to see Mini their patrons go

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5S'o man can bo expected lo foot III* wife'* bills without kicking, 1

Home lawyers i*roloitg the outcome,of A CH«C in order to increase their Income. 1 ....

Llfa'a Happy Daya.

The happiest days of all will come not. when fame crowns the brow With laurels of nnfadlng hue, wlillo nil llui world doth bow ltefore the glory of lift might—buforo tho majesty 'i'hat wraps renown as with a rolm—not such tho days we see. Thew day* will oomo—the world will hum—and gone will be joy's dearth. When the ton is in ih4 «lliir ami tho aeUttJ^s on the licayth.

The happiest hearU will beat not wiien love floods two souls as tine, When warm and high f» lovew' vein* the thles of passion run Oh, raptures strongest, will not thrill When Hint old tale Is

I old—

Hul ages all estatic In a moment's space be rolled, Sr And love will not be In It, If bliss divlno finds birthWhen the ton Is in the cellnr anil the oouttloV on the hearth!

'""A bachelor who hitU been rejeoUtl li^ seven girl* tttat (omltiino iMMivty ia ©A the d«oli»«.

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Contraat.

Hie 111 11 who'a gloomy and morose Is alwayt* short of friends tie seldom meets a neighbor who

A cordial hand extends. His children seem to fear him and Keep silence when he's by. And even the wife who loves him much

I toga ids him with a sigh,

Hut lie who nhvays Wears a smile Is always popular. Ills friends make haste to greet him when

Dnys,

THEDAILV TRIBUNE TEflBE HAUTE. INO^ TKUBSDAV, JAWJABV 1, 1903.

45.

Indiana Outside of the Capital.

Tho Tcrro Haute Tribune wa» started under not very auspicious circumstances

in 1800. After a precarious career under

'several' management# It fell

Into the

hands of two capable newspapor men In 180.1. who took it out of It* swaddling

clothes and put it on Its feet. Under their administration it established for

itself a valuable prestige ami became a profitable linanciiil investment paying Oft

per cent in dividends in live years. They' wore hampered, however, by lrtck of suf

ficient capital to enlarge and improve it to the degree that was warranted by its opportunities, .January I, IDOtl, the present management acquired by purchase the entire stock of The Tribune Company, the most valuable assets being tho field and the prestige of the paper. If immediately undertook the development of the property along the moat modern and progressive linos. The policy chose was to produce by the liberal investment of development money in throe years an Improvement that would require a period of ton or fifteen years by ordinary growth. With December.')!, ItHhl, that period of throe years has ondud and tho undertaking is lu a measure finished. The Tribune is today recognized gem-rally as tho strongest newspaper in Indiana outside of Indianapolis, with the exception of the Muuclo Morning Star. That, paper has had, however, a much longer career and occupies a Hold, which while not containing any greater naumI opportunities -In somewhat hotter adapted to tho growth of a newspaper, Hoing in the heart of the gas belt, with its many intcr-iu hnu car lines, it is possible for its circulation to cover a wide area. With Torre Haute as the center of the hiluminoun coal fields of Indiana and tho Influx of manufactories that Is inevitable, and the development of an inter-urban street car system, It can be safely predicted that iu a few years even that great paper will not be made an exception. Tho Tribune's sphere of influence has been so widened that. It, is recognized as the undisputed loader in its field nnd as a prominent factor in state journalism. Its circulation has grown from I,.'100 to 8,:»()(). Its advertising lias increased from $12,000 to $,ir».f)00 per your. Its total revenues have increased from $'20,000 to $(10,000 pcf year. ft. is now successful investment. Hi has In a measure accomplished the ambition Its publishers had for it.

If is with a great deal of pride and satisfaction therefore that the The Tribune Company looks back over tho three years which nave just elapsed, it feels that it. has accomplished a stupendous task. While it owea a vaat debt of gratitude to the city of Terre Haute and the surrounding territory for the appreciative reception which has boon given tlie Tribune, it also claims an obligation for having given in return a dean, bright, pi'ogremlve newspaper of a different and better sort than tlie community has bail before. Its extends its hearty 'greetings to all U* friends and patrons at. t.lils, the end of its prepare* .t'.vr*'nintetit mid solicits their good will for the greater growth that Is to come.

It will not. be amiss to analyze In a general way the ealtaoa which have been responsible for Ilia sncoess of The Tribune. Some of them are too subtle to bo defined, but tho important factoi* oun be pointed out unerringly.

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Three-Year Period of Preparatory Development Terminated "December 31 1902—Vigorous Competitive Fight Completely Won' Acknowledged Supreme in its Figld

Is N&wa Profitable Financial Investment-^Year 1902 Sees Transition in Its Business Affairs —Greetings to Its Friends and Patrons—The Future Holds Infinite Possibilities—General Plan of Improvement to be Pursued^-ls to be

The Field.

Modem newspapers are primarily financial institutions. They are no longer

operated' as vehicles for the oxpresdlon of individual minds*.' They are fundamentally money-making or money-los-ing Invest incuts, They produce a commodity whose price Is regulated by its value, according to the familial' economic law oi supply and demand. Not that they cannot, and do not. frequently rise above the sordid interests of the counting room. Not, that, they do not ignore the demands of the cash account for the sake of justice and public welfare. Not that they do not protect a high public opinion when it costs the stockholders' assessments to make up tieiiciis. Hut. newspapers nowadays must receive in return for themselves as commodities sutHoiorit revenue to satisfy tlie ordinary expectations of capital. Fortunately, it rarely occurs that sound editorial policy i« at variance with the requirements of llu» business office. -People want to buy and read newspapers that are sound on public questions and local issues. Consequently a field that Is sufficiently fertile to produce a livelihood is a pro-requisite for a successful newspaper. Such The Tribune found in Torre Haute. The public bad for years been accustomed to mediocrity. The local newspapers were not. known outside flielr small respective uphove*. They were of the old school. There wa* consequently an unrecognized demand for a modem up-to-date newspaper operated upon progressive lines. It. has bften The Tribune's task to satisfy that demand. It has employed the best, editorial and business ability and purchased the finest mechanical equipment to be had within reasonable limits and set a pace that lias seemed to its competitors as akin to folly. If has gone out into'the rich and uncultivated territory surrounding Tcrro Haute and made It tributary, it. has made itself a commodity which was better value for the price than could bo secured elsewhere. Such If* the fundamental principle of success in every legitimate flnancla.1 enterprise,

Bualneaa Methoda.

Before The Tribune entered upon Its

new career In 1000 advertlelug In Tcrro Haute was largely a matter of supporting the newspapers from a sense of local pride. Krtoh paper demanded In an Indirect sort of way a certain amount, of patronage a* Its Inherent right, with more or less Indifference as to what was being given In return. Advertising was not looked upon as tho "cold blooded" business proposition that It properly is. It was a sort of necessary luxury. While returns wore expected they were not demanded. The Tribune has conibatted hot fallacy, .ft has asked nothing for Its support. It has refused to be an object of charity, ft, has undertaken to "deliver the goods," It's strongest argument In soliciting patronage has been that Us advertising columns were an investment which would produce adequate returns. It i.fts not begged for sympathy in lis time of trouble. 11 has not wanted anything for which it could not give an equivalent value. It has not worked the "pull" of Its personnel, ft haw bought and sold In the open market a# any other business institution. It has given nothing and has asked nothing that was not consistent with the strictent busincms methods. I In the details of Its bualneaa The Tri I bmie Company lias adhered lo strict

THE TRIBUNE'S CIRCULATION FOfl THE YEAR 1902

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f" PtVsonally appeared before m«}, W. T.. JTf|lstead, geneiul .Mafssger of »Liit (unent (Of cln iilatlon Is tine ami covfect 10 tlie best of his knowledge and be iWrlbed arid swovn to before we thl#, tlift.M d*y oi January, 1W»!I-

Made

Another principle which The Tribune laid down, likcwim* an innovation and likewise bitterly fought, was its refusal to give advertising gratis. It had been the custom to give "write-ups" and "putts" and "local mentions" without, charge to the advertiser The Tribune declined to do this, II made an absolute distinction between its news and its advertising columns. It valued its spacc at exactly the same price IIM if would bring oil the advertising market and refused to give its space away for exactly the same reason that a clothing merchant refuses to give an extra pair of pants with every hull of clothes, If at times its advertising columns wore empty they were so became advertisers would not buy the space and if hoy wore full it was been use every Inch of tho apace used was sold at its fixed price.

The Tribune Iin* always been candid in regard to circulation. News is a commodity for which the subscriber pays hi* money. Circulation is the commodity for M'hich the advertiser pays Ills money. Tho inch by which the price i* regulated is but the unit of measurement. All things being equal 8,000 circulation Is worth just exactly twice as much as 4,000. Affidavits of. emulation have boon litadd-'1 public etuh month. Kxaminnfion of circulation books has been freely invited and even urged. The Tribune's press has been in plain sight of the public and it has been an eoa.v matter for an interested advertiser to count the papers printed each day.

Tho Tribune's column* have been devoted primarily to the interests of its reader*. Kvorythlng has been subserved to what Is believed to be their liking. At all times The Tribune Company has ape ut double the amount spent by any other Torre llaulo newspaper in securing and editing the news. Advertisern demands have been given a second ary consideration on the theory that I he better tlie reading public like a newspaper, the more Indispenslble do eolunms become lo Hie advert

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The grand tolal when divided by Jill wliltji is the oetnnl numlier of issues duving the year, shows the average number complete copies piinlcd per, i«|p sue lo hm'e been 709R

'fliU is three time* the actual circulation of any other Tone Haute newspaper and more than that, of all of them eomhmed. Tribune "mpanv will give ki cash for clrculallon stuloment »lml!»r tu the, aljoye, wiftn.by h"„ nianaglng otlico^. of^any other let re

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rules even to the point of arbitrarinoKs. At the beginning it laid down the principle that its advertising rates wore inviolable. Such a thing was not. customary in Terre Haute. If wa# almost inconceivable that a newspaper should set an indexible value upon its space. Certain business men had for so long boon receiving concessions of olio kind and another from newspapers that it was a sore woUftd to their pride to be made to stand upon the same basis as their eo»rpe..«ui% Upon this point The Tribune lmd its bitterest struggle, bill if persisted in its stand firmly, refusing hundreds of dollars worth of advertising because It Would not vary a particle from Its established rates. It is now well understood that every advertiser must either pay the schedule of in fen or not use the paper for ins publicity,

Greatest Newspaper Property in

IMOI.Its

The

private interests of (ho publishers, ns well as I he advertisers, are thereby Indirectly, but certainly served.

The cH'oot of these arbitrary, jluit sound policies, coupled with a disposition to IK equitable has boon responsible in a. large measure for the success of the paper. )t has today lliron times the cirdilation of any other Terre Haute newspaper and more than all of them combined, it is delivered Into (Ml per cent of the occupied houses of the city, leaving but. '10 per cent of exclusive territory for other newspapers. It carries more columns of advertising than any news-

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fleptember (Hid

August

Juno

October ]November 1IH2 8335

papei In Indiana, ouUfde of hidiuuapoii*, with the exception of the Muncic .Star, it* advertising rates although far below established standards of value are 20 |s-r cent higher than orto and :io per .cent higher than the other of the local lOng Huh papers. If The Tribune's space w« not. worth the price naked for if it would certainly not lie bought so freely.

The Year 1902.

"tlie period from January I, lOllii, ty December •!!, 1002, marks the transition of 'Hie Tribune from the same general plane as the other local papers to a posi I,ion of its own. Kor two years it wa engage. In a bitter, but legitimate struggle with its competitors in thn field. During I he year last past Hint fight has been completely won. Sound and conservative policies of editorial and business management iu colnpel it ion with obsolete and worn out methoiU bring an inevitable result. During tinyear I!M)'J The Tribune has riintociidcil this competition and Is distinctive in il* supremacy as a. newspa|or and as an advertising medium. The following tablo of percentages will soive lo omphasi/n Inis, as there is no more accurate ciiforion of a paper's progress than tlu success of its business affair*.

I'crc^nliiite ol' I'l-rcenlaice

December t!l02 N120

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Increase In Incmusa In advert lsl»»r ctrculati'iu I'bcel |ii over •TCNTPIS "V!'( isoi. (I'tlSll) I1SM.

If* 12.

.lanuary ... ...... ... 4Hpc .'T")|IC J'Vbruary ... :u 21 March 2ti 10 A rii no N May to l.'l June ...... &"» I.'. July u," IH August :15 1:1 September -JO 20 (let ober .., :i.*» II November ........ 11 December ., .."..,..2:1 (Mi

The Future of The Tribune. The Tribune's career as a newspaper li^is in reality only begun. Cntil tho past, few months jln llnaiicinl siicces", while reasonably certain, was not definitely realised. Now, however, it is reality and has contlriiied the eoiilldcuio of the publishers iu the v.'isdom of theis* methods. Consequently they propose to continue to employ the same gonornt course of improvement that has leeii responsible for (lie present development.! They will not begin lo he Mitisllcd until the residents of western Indiana nro reading it with practical unanimity, until its value as a readable newspaper is equal to thai of any other newnpaper in the west, ami until its advertising columns are sought by every local and general advertiser. At any of thn details of this plan of improvement are already worked out ami the coming' year will see many of them developed,

Chang* In Mana0lng Officers. The Tribune Company takes pleasure iu publicly acknowledging the valuable Services of the editor, .Mr. .I«sse A. (Jreene, during the past year of The Tribune's splendid growth, Other duties will prevent Mr. (.Jreene from active editorial management iu the future, though, lie will coiiliimc indefinitely as fh imin ilia I editor and as tho editorial Writer.

Henceforth the duties of active ami. res|Kusililo management in all depart nienfs will devolve upon \\. HaUteifd. who litis for tho pasl year had charge of the business affairs of the paper.

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