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Show - j THK lKOyTH OK TUl! T15IKS. The Times today is a sixteen-page paper. A careful examination of its contents will, Ave believe, convince anyone any-one that it is a credit to Salt Lake. The management, however, proposes to keep ou improving The Times, as there is no such a tliiug as a perfect newspaper. There is always room for improvement in the journalistic field. That the people of Salt Lake and Utah appreciate the efforts that are being be-ing made to give them a iir.st class newspaper is shown by the rapid increase in-crease of our circulation and the steady and substantial growth of our advertising patronage. The increase in circulation for the past twelve weeks has been at the rate of 135 per week, or a net increase of 1,500 in three mouths. This has been very satisfactory especially in view of the fact that the lield has not yet been canvassed can-vassed to the extent of one-tenth. .. We expect that the above rate of increase will continue for the next year. If anything, any-thing, it is likely to be much greater, owing to the rapid growth of our population. pop-ulation. The Times is now prepared to compare its city circulation witli that of any other paper in Salt Lake, and tho day is not far distant when its general circulation will lead all others. The fact is that tho evening paper is the popular journal. It is more suitable suit-able for the family circle than a morning paper, and it is certainly more popular among the working classes who have not the time to read a morning issue. Tho samo is true of a largo majority of business busi-ness men, who simply glance at the morning morn-ing headlines and then throw the paper aside. When the evening paper roaches them, however, they carefully read it through. Tho papers haviug the largest circulation in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Detroit, Kansas City, St, Louis, and Boston are tho cveniug issues, and iu New York tho morning papers have boon obliged to issue evening editions in response to tho popular demand. |