The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-10-10
How the Business World Regards
the Press.
From the New Orleans Times, !

TIE Wisconsin editors held con
ventlon short time ago which WIS
not ali lrltelcd away on inferior
champagne aud hummer excursions.
A good thing came out Of II in the
shape Of an address by Mr., Henry A.
Chillcndcu, Of the Milwaukee News. !
The speaker passed by the stercolypcd
pIaliludcs customary on such occNS
slous, and gave utIeroucr 20 IL vi9or-
Gus discourse which not only covered
an exalted view OF the moral powers,
functions and duties Of the press, but
also brushed away many OF the false
notions which have grown up in the
business world with regard to the
rights Of newspapers as business instl-
tutions We quote y portion OF the
protest against the impositions which
are the bane Of newspapers exist
e1rc, and which will undermine any
.
journal unless vigorously and indig
nanty repealed; only rc9retling that
we have not room for all. The speak
e' III t"'S co''"'o'''"' "''e''' "'' '''."
ton chiefly to political lccchcs. but
they are not by any means all who
prey upon Tue prese' ''ouS' "'"'"''
Guy '"es are '"e 'N''' '"'0''"' ""''
g'Seuy' l"e o'"o" VI 'P'"S''' P''"'
ana Pr"'""e' literary anu '"'e"' '"I
Jeremy p'do'crs' pomPou' "c''S al"
miscellaneous uepreual"fS >" '"c J"N''
naI''ts Prl'''e PFoPe''y' arc "'e''
Iui array Every newspaper n'""' "u'
conducts legitimate ana permanent
,,;,,. ~ 30 o,,.h hio teo,h q,
80 '''''' .,.,,
Tue cheeAY '"' u""''"P"''"' "'''o'''
made upon his property ana MS rights
Some are ignoran,ly innocent that
thov ,r. snonges hoy;ns a vauue idrs
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''"' ''c ''"'''"e'F W " "e"'''P>
runs itself without any pAfUcu'ar cost
and that the editor can give column
Of h;s sn.re ia the suonoc's uriyate
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P"' P"'''
nc u'cS "o' N"0" '""' u 10 Wv
as asking the Editor to give MIN thlrlN
| forty. fifty or a hundred dollars in cash
o,, Of Mic rncke, A moior,iy of
l .,.,,,
| 'Po"S|''
keep up lhe'r 9e"'h"' u"u ''e'' al
sauts because they arc emhoIdehed
thereto by the fecbIcncss with which
,,,,.s,,,,or, oo clos. .,oud mon
-, ,,,....
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Great then is the press. and its
greatness ia aDurccialcd-rn words
Thr editor il pc,trd. courlcd, treated
:, h,nilics ON hi. uscrnInrs, and to
.o,oIIy rhe,n riyars indiyidual)v, and
,oL,on T., rir.nir rollo,inns and made
.nrochns ot roll,r,iyclv. But he is
CONSTANTLY imuos.d uuon by NIL classes
If mcn--snd women From the found
or or now wooIrn mill. or the ura,
tliny ueddler of chances in cAulrh
l,l,prv dawn to the candidate for the
III : SENATE society con,uires TO rob
IN, nrwsuauer ulopr,ctor of that which
is somehow at the bottom orull worthy
,,,iri,,,I ov.ln,mrnl--mouey THE
III S,"''' VIZ" '"''"'' - , ~, '"I
comu,l the world 70 nav them more
ius,ly for their services. Like Jacob
who wrea,lel ALI MONT with the ANGEL,
thew should hold their services at "a
hioh,r G,urs The mol.slpst r.wsun.
per il an extensive manufacturing husi
nesa Ma Good husinrss man would
embark mr. remain in any other kind of
monutucturiog business where lie did
not ace an assured MARGIN for profits
and CONTINGENCIES Of at least Fifty pc,
cent The business world treats with
the rub!isber ON the theory that his
space costs him nothing. He must fill
such a size of paper. Hi. nose IS to
the prindstonc amt must stay there
anyway. He should he thankful for y
bare Living. This imposition will hr
pracliccd as long as the publisher will
submit 70 it. Let any man IT., to run
drv goods store, OF shit factory on