The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-13
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PKisEs.
Upon biblical authority, popularity re-
garded as the highest la this and mary
other countries, We are informed that "A
prophet is not without honor save in his
own country and among his own kindred"
Many neglected genius has ielt keenly
these words, as those who knew him beet
and should have appreciated him most,
systematically continued 10 tura an iudif-
ferent or deaf ear to his requests for recog-
milton and assistance. IL is true in almo st
every class OF cases. The politician and
statesman, the author and inventor, even
the merchant, and q host of others who
hunger and thirst after the dollar
more than glory, complain inces-
sanity of want Of appreciation at
home, and long to branch out INTO
some new field where their honest endeayors
afor success may meet the merited reward.
We notice of late many complaints from
journals in different towns and cities on
the same subject. All their enterprise and
push anu AhhAANNAsNS AHN"
ity seems TO remain unnoticed or at least
unappreciated by those supposed 10 be the
most interested and certainly the most
benefited. Our complaining contempora-
ries are forgetiul OF the great fact referred
to, There is good sense and reason to sus'
tain the truth but 1t is none the less dis
oreditable to the"country and kindred who
are closing their eyes and ears to the recog'
milton Of genius and labor A newspaper
Office comes more directly in contact
with the public than any other
character Of business, and the more
extensive the Office and the more
thoroughly Il is run upon business princi-
pies the more intimate and exaoting 1t Will
DO Ia the intercourse with the business men
most directly surrounding it. These men
will gradually have To learn that instead OF
the papers columns being vehicles for puils
and personalities, and Il kind of servant
and accommodation train for the public
are the means of support TO II large number
of people Just as any other business is, ana
that these columns represent great toll and
expense. In learning this fact, or rather in
unlearning what they conceive u paper to
be, one set imagine they are sighted and
another set think they are robbed and con-
se1uently the process of making enemies be.
gins. The worry and haggling and bicker'
ing aud dunning, in other words, that are
all riuhl "a In n har ltpng nppuginn n
the home of tho newspaper, and from
whose columns the city and all its citizens
are deriving the most valuable and impair
tial service, the unkindost criticisms gener.
ally, while abroad where its columns are
seen only and admired, without any of the
annoyances that in the business relations
and conduct Of the journal render .such
columns possible, the only comment is a
ilattering one. 1t is thus that at home FREE
quently the best papers are criticised and
maligned, while abroad they are the most
popular and influential. The people who
knew Christ as u carpenters son were very
slow to recognize any other distinguishing
features about him. while the strangers to
whom he went were equally. slow TO note
anything but his grand teaching II we
may be pardoned the seeming lrreyerence in
the comparison, IL is tho sameiu the cases OF
the newspapers who are complaining over
the fact. The people who clash with them
in business and those who only look at the
well-flled columns, each have u standard
of judging Of the PAPERS merits and arrive
therefore ut different conclusions, The dill.
ference in opinion arises from want oI
appreciation of It's varied features, aud it
rs silly and wanting in reason MS to enter
tam two opinions about the sun or moon
because the character Of light or heat is
| sometimes different from what we could al
that time rather desire, We advise oul
irettul bre.hren In this matter to move OF
in the even tenor of their way regardless o
what people at home or abroad may Say OF
think about them, and with the one CRANE
and controlling object to publish upon
strict business and impersonal principles
Il first. class paper, and leave the results t
the public, conscious of the fact that mer
will always win and that success is no
only the greatest success, but the best re
buke that could be given those who crit!
cize, oppose and abuse.
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