The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-25
JOURNALISM.
A Solemn Sabbath Subject for Sym.
pathy Seekers.

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pathy Seekers.
Journalism is or is no. a good pro.
} feaaion, just as you happen to take it,
Some ike it, and some don't; some
follow It irom love, and get little else
out of If, and some follow it for
money. To come it ia proGIable
Wnlie others gain but little by il. and
only follow the business because they
can get nothing better 10 icl ow; BAT
IN all cases, rs is very obvious, the
reasons Tor following it are good and
suhclent. Persons in the business.
who do not happen to know its char
acter when they enter, find it out in
very brief time, and if they adhere
TO 1t alter once The discovery is made.
can hope for very liuls sympathy.
IL Is trade, or business, or profes. |
sion, as you like to csil it. a3d "a
such Is not vastly different from apy |
other profession; it has its disagree
aDie features, but there 10 in it. as in
all things, pretty equitable com
pensatlon IN the delights OF the pur-
suit. As for this journalistic whining
that Is SO generally INDUCED in now.
adays, It is positively babyish. This
perpetual reference to tie great
Iabors OF the scribe, this eternol apol
ogizlng, this incessaut supplication !
Tor sympathy, this threadbare pictur.
Ing OF the abuse of the reporter, OF t
the difficulties he has to encounter,
OF his multitarious duties, of his La &
bility TO err, OF his poor pay, bad e
sunken eyes, delight at seeing '
= runaway, and his whining, biub 2
oering, pIty-craving TemonstTance d
against criticisms is positively nause- y
ating. Surely one who is so free 10 C
the acts OF others should be a
wiling to put up with il himself. It d
las TO be endured in every walk in 81
lie, and the reporter who thinks o
ne can escape it, Or whines b
because he cannot, had better seek an oil
occupation In another sphere, as he o.
las not learned the FIST principles tc
necessary 10 get along successfully in
his. 1t is IN the newspaper business
s N everything else: the person who =
determined TO make q success in
lie decides on his cOurse, assures
lmse!t that ne ia right as far as he ON
an be assured, and goes right ahead. r
SKIS odds OF DO che, begs no SYM n
athy, never Whine5 for encourage. r
lent. but stands out on whatever n,
ierIt he has, and Is willing to be N
loged without any Partially. The pl
eople OF this world have a remark
bic faculty tor finding out where .
lero Is merit; they are seldom mis- =;
ken, and they are never SLOW in 81
lowing their appreciation OF it. 1t
IN be taken as broad rule that per
us get all they deserve on this
nth. II there were only one or two
5Wspapers IN existence the disad-
intages OF journalism might be mag ~,
he'd, and yet q creduiOus world
0uld believe what they were told; IS
It It unfortunately happens that tin
ere is a great deal of competition M'
ID people have q very excellent TO
'portunity Of exercising their Cal
dgment by comparison, and they pr
It, The journalist that determines ch
make q success, spends that tina wh
searching for news for which be is to
I'D by his subscribers, that the other be
cupies in writing heavy articles on pu
g still heavier duties OF his position, Gel
lich he magniies with remarkable be
Sc; never forgetting, however, to !ou
J himself a handsome compliment ms
very pRlpably intimating that ne an
fully equal to the infinite demands vii
rust upon him. daI
or course journalism has disagree vii
le sides. and many of tborsj bat il ont
by no means the only occupation tor.
1t has disagreesble features; and # OPT
Is too hard for any person, if his sid'
K is too thenkless, if be is not rea
we'll paid, and il che can int
tier himself in any way, it can wh
city generally be taken as a fact swe
at be has the privilege Of selecting cloi
business more to his taste, wherein uni
viii be more appreciated, and par
'eiYe remuneration more in con be
lance with the labor he performs; get
d it can be relied upon as a fact, am
1ally well established, that when an
comes to this conclusion, and anc
zen he can better himself he will libe
ste no unnecessary time in am
ing so. Journalism entails hard '
TX; so does every business that d as
lng man can embrace in order to mu
n 4 livelihood, especially if it be a EN-
Jgressive buainess-one in which onl
IRE are successive stages to be at but
ned No young man should be evil
aid of hard work, for by it be of s
Tvs himself worthy of success. pat
Irnaiism is OVERLOOKING, but like age
cry profession. there is plenty of the
,m ct the top. It may be very
asing to depict the sorTow'ul side
life, land it has very
rowiul side, too), bat no journalist ,
.r5 succeeded whose principal oc-
patton consisted Gin showing what an
ungta!eiul business he had adopted ciI