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Show WHAT NEWSPAPERS COST It is the cost of tho news Bervlco and not tue cost of tho plant that makes starting a newspaper difficult-Three-fifths of tho cost of operating n modern daily are what might he called overhead charges, 1 mean by that news service, editorial writers, pictures, cablegrams and the various bureaus. Tho mechanical sido represents repre-sents only two-llfths of the remainder. remain-der. I do not know of n slnglo progressive pro-gressive newspaper that is not constantly con-stantly Increasing its nowu outlay far fastor than it plies up Its mechanical expenditures. Tho wise editor knows that It Is tho news that sells the paper pa-per and not tho press that prints It. In my wide range of newspaper ac-pualntanco ac-pualntanco I do not know any caplt-! caplt-! nllst owners, nor do I know any successful suc-cessful newspapers that aro not owned own-ed by themselves . It Ib not posslblo for a newspaper to be successful by a prlvato interest. Tho uowspnpor is a public concern, nnd when It ceases to servo the public It ceases to bo a successful nowspaper. Don Seltz In Lesllo'b. |
