The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1885-08-26
Whole No. r35

telligently on every subject OF thought
from the most trivial to the most pro-
found. If there is one single department
of learning from abstract science to
precinct politics that newspaper editor
does not at sometime in the course of
year feel the practical need of being in
timately acquainted with have yet to
discover what it is Some writer has
said: "The well endowed and well
equipped journalist must possess the
faculty, the breadth, the judgment, the
knowledge the steadiness and the versa
tility which are indispensable to the well
endowed and well equipped statesman.
There is nothing in the occupations
labors and qualifications of the one
which is not suitable to the qualifications
labors and occupations of the other. The
successful journalist must be successful
man of business. To administer the
editorial department of an important
newspaper is equal to administering a
government. 1t is not given every man
to succeed in politics and administration;
but if any one shall turn from these en-
ployments because he is convinced that
he does not possess the talents which
are requisite to success it will be vain for
him to expect to succeed in journalism.
The few high prizes of either pursuit are
only to be gained by the men of ample
and well balanced power; but he who is
destined to fail in one is just as surely
destined to fail in the other"
But if there are few high prizes in the
world of newspaper making it can at
least be said that there are no blanks.
With the heightened recognition of the
power welded by the press the standard
of journalism is advancing and the re-
muneration is according itself to the
merit of its recipient as in other profess
sions. And in the breast of every editor
who is alive to the importance the dig
nifty and the power of his profession
there is the genuine pride and conscious
ness of strength the peculiar enchant-
ment that belongs to no other pursuit
Every true journalist should be imbued
with this sense of the nobility of his
profession. The Press is the most potent
factor in human affairs. 1t tears down
andit builds up; it makes and unmakes;
it settles and unsettles. 1t is the pioneer
of civilization and the right arm of
Progress. 1t moulds the destinies of
nations and marks the course Of indi-
vidual lives. 1t is the formulatOr of
laws and the rectifer of abuses II pun
ishes offense and rewards merit AS an
it is greater than all schools.
and colleges. 1t sits by every freside
and is the inspiration of every forum. 1t
binds state with state and nation with
nation and makes all the world kin. The
of to-day Sits the golden
wheat of knowledge from the chaff in
which it Is buried and lays it before mil
lions who have neither the money to
purchase nor the time or inclination to
read more ponderous or abstruse vol
rmas- The D..e~- - a--,sr aaa1OESy
of thought, of free speech of moral,
mental and material advancement. 1t is
the magician's wand that touches the
heart and ambition and conscience and
stimulates people to noble endeavors
and crowns those efforts with success.
Mighty Of the mightiest means
On which the arm of Progress leans:
Mans noblest mission to advance,
His woes assuage, his veal enhance,
His rights enforce, his wrongs redress:
Mightiest of mighty is the Press.
The Press of Montana is engaged in
the great work of building up our noble
territory. 1t is bearing the news of her
fertile valleys, her foaming streams, her
mighty forests, her bustling cities, her
limitless plains, her towering mountains,
her inexhaustible treasure houses to ali
the world. 1t is telling our people how
to improve their opportunities and in
citing them to hasten the progress al
ready begun. By the cooperative aid
of the Press of Montana the hum Of
machinery will soon be heard on all our
screams, the whistle of the locomotive
will awaken the echoes in all our valleys,
our fertile slopes will wave with golden
grain, our mountains will pour a new
shower of glittering wealth in the laps
Of our people, new towns will spring
into active life, more numerous schools
and colleges will assist in the work of
education, commerce will flow with
greater volume in new channels and
will take her destined place as
the grandest of the galaxy of great
states.
And in the great time that is coming, when
loudly the trumpet shall sound
And they who have labored and rested shall
come from the quiyering ground;
When they who have striven and suffered to
teach and ennoble the race,
Shall march at the front of the column, each
in his God-given place,
AS they pass through the gates of The City
with proud and victorious tread,
The editor, printer, and ''devil' will travel
not far frt m the head.
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