The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-07-25

la the month OF August, a. D. 1s46, the
present publisher of the TRUE NogTHERNER
settled N the pleasant and beautiful village OF
Paw Paw, where he pursued ms vocation Us a
iour. printer for something over one year. and
then became publisher by the purchase OF the
Paw Paw Free Press The paper was small
sheet AID was printed or what was the latest
and most improved Of printing presses IN
Frankn's days Ramage Press. Two hand
pulls were required to print one side OF small
newspaper; and active pressman could make
about TWO hondred to two hundred and hfty
pulls. or one hundred 70 one hundred and
twenty-five papers, one side. per hour. ~
print the TErE NoRrEEaNrR OF cylinder
machine, operated by hand, by which We are
enabled 70 print from eight hundred to one
Thousand impressions Per hour, and II driven
by stearn is capable OF making two thousand
impressions per hour Of newspaper Of INC
large size oy the rRUZ NoRrHEENE1l- WINE
this extraordinary increase il the iac'.I'1ss ioE
producing newspapers has been go!n2 Oh, ]"
is az extraordinary and Insignificant fAc' thaS
the demand for hat auxiliary to pcpnas euu-
cation and the highest iutsilec: cal attain msu's
the newspaper-has steadily Kept pace with
the ENLARGED means for their production
Among the most noted characterist.cs oi SEe
United States is the increased propensity 10
famsiliarize The mind with the contents OF ihe
latest newepaper L. the family; on The -aii-
road and steamboat IL the corntlnS-eoom
and Workshop, the inevitable newspaper IS
sought and PARSED. The 5atire acu!r popSia'
ton. with comparatively few exceptions, are
READERS. while TIC youth generally, not ex-
cepting the colored element no" enjoy Toe
neneits of a common school education. hls
will give a population Of from tTenty-slx 20
thirty millions OF readers, with very re" tani-
Iles in the entire Union il which there are nos
one or moro members who can and do read the
news Tor tie edifcaton OF the household. II
is a safe conclusion that 1T least ninety per
cent. Of all the families ID the United States
receive aud read regularly ore or more daily or
weekly papers, while the other ten per cent
are the recipients OF papers by occasional
purchase, or through the favor OF correspond
ing relatives and friends. Ias perusa. OF the
newspaper has therefore become pearly uni
versal. There is no profession trade, occupa-
ton or class without its favori.e Journal. Each
religious denomination IL provided with press
to support its accepted theology; every college,
academy and Sc nnGry in the Union, with rare
exceptions, has its semi-monthiy or monthly
paper. edited by the Students mechanics,
manufacturers and miners sustain their weekly
Journals devoted to the interests o. their re-
spective departments Of industry. All OF those
publications partake more or less OK the char
acter OF u nelcspaper. The inference, there
fore, is warranted that in the United States the
newspaper has become an important medium
of infoi nation to all classes Of society, and to
which the masses resort daily for instruction.
The pulpit, no matter how great its zeal and
constant its labors may be, fails to reach the
whole community with it's teachings. The last
census shown that there are but sixty-two and
a half thousand church buildings in the Union,
with sitiings for a eleven and q quarter millions
OF peorle-a little over one-fourth OF the pop
ulatiop 1t is therefore, safe, but a seriously
suggestive, inference, that at least fifty per
cent. OF the people rarely OF never enter a
church or hear sermon, while ninety per
cent at least OF the total population have ac-
@ ,ss daily or weekly to the newspaper, and
make themselves familiar with Its contents.
In view Of these facts, there will be no dis
senting voice from the assertion that the IN
fuence OF the press upon the public mind is
greater than that OF any other agency, or Of all
other agencies combined. The views OF the
child are moulded manly by the acts and pre-
cents of the parent but in our day the parent
is indebted largely to the newspaper for his
sentimeut and opinions upon moral questions,
as we'll as upon domestic and political affairs.
The school teacher gathers information from
the press, and from the stores Of material
for thought thus obtained lie, upconsnousy
perhaps, imparts day after day to bis pupils.
Even the pulpit ia more or less educated and
influenced by ;he newspaper press. Many a
thought or sentiment eliminated from the sa-
cred desk originated in the BRAIN of the news.
paper editor, and was first printed in his edlto-
rial columns, from which the thought was re-
ceved, and 10 new Cross, more appropriate toi
the place and occasion, is presented on Sabbath
morning for the edifcatlon OF the worshipiDe
congregation. More marvellous still, a single
seculhr ueWepapei "Ai 6e'hei up twenty sei'
mons on the Sabbath, and on Monday morning
carry them all to the homes OF hundred thou
sand readers. In short. the impressions made
by the newspaper press are as universal as the
newspaper itself, and whether ACKNOWLEDGED OF
not. IT lays the foundation and rears the super
structure OF public opinion throughout tn,
national commonw ealth.
The following article, which We mainly ex
tract from the Detroit Post, will be found o
interest TO all our people, as it imparts impor
tant information on subject that just now il
attracting a good deal OF attention. On,
phase OF the railroad question is shown up il