The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-02

uon As we may with llnAnimity recon-
mend. There are many other suggestions
that crowd upon me for place in this ad.
dress hut neither time nor space vii! per.
nit mo to crafty my inclination In that
direction much farther.
nine column poster in town that will
support but IL five column newspaper is a
poor Investment. An attempt to ape met
ropolitan airs not only incurs greater OK.
pense but it curtails the receipts. Adver-
tIsers seeing large amount Of patent
medicine ads and other dead matter will
Invariably want u half page for the price
oi q colnmn, which proposal. the publisher
PEELED to accept. Keep your space down
to II limit that Is actually needed and tllcn
you and not your patrons can name the
advertising rates. Remember that IL paper
is like keevcrythngclsc-tll wider it's spread
the thinner it gets. Advertisclmcntssiould
be kept changed with the Seasons Don t
advertise for straw hats in January nor
Tor arctic shoes in July, such neglect looks
badly for our climate to foreign readers,
and is calculated to disgust the advertiser
who undoubtedly is not getting he wortl,
OF his money Witha well conducted local
and editorial depart mcnt !; limited amount
Of advertising space will always demand u
premium.
'No other public teacher lives SO wholly
in the present as tcc,litur; aud The nobIcst
atlirmations "f unpopular truth-thc most
self-sacrilicing defiance OF IL base and selfish
public sentiment that regards only the
most sordi'l ends, and values every utter.
ancc solely as it tends to preserve quiet and
contcntmcnt, while the dollars fall jingliny
into the land-job'cr' vault. and the miscr' y
bag-can but DC noted in their day, and
with their day forgotten. 1t is too often
his cue to utter silken and smooth 81 wings,
to condemn vice 80 as not to int crfcrc with
the pleasures or alarm the conscicnces of
the vicous-to commend and gorify labor
without attempting To expose or rcprcss
any OF the gainful contrivances by
which labor is pltintlcrcd and
between somewhere and nowhere,
the able editor OF the nintecntll century
may glide through life respectable aud in
ease, and lie down to his long rest with
the non-achicvcmcnts Of his life cmblnz-
Oned on the very whitcst marble, sllrmount.
ing and gIorifyng his dust.
There is IL different and sterncr path
l know not whether there is amy now
qualified to tread it-I am not sure that
even one has ever followed it implicitly,
in view of the certain meagrcncss OF its
temporal rewards aud the haste wllerewith
any fame acquired to ;tspllrre 30 thorough.
ly ephemeral as the EDITORS must be
shrouded by the dark waters OF oblv-
ion. The path demands an ear ever
open to the plants OF the wronscd and
the suffering, though they can never TO-
pay advocacy. and those whp support
newspapers will he annoyed and Oft
tive to oppression and degradation
in the next street as il they
were practiced in Brazil or Japan; II pen as
ready to expose and rcprovc the crimes
whereby wealth is amasscd and luxury is
enjoyed in our own country at this hour
as if they had only been committed by
Turks or Pagaus in Asia some centuries
ago. Such an editor. could one he found
or trained, need not expect to lead an easy,
indolent, or wholly joyous lic--to be
blessed by archbisllols or followed by APP
proving shouts of asrcndant.majorities
but he might find some recompensc for
their loss in the calm verdict oian approv-
ing conscience: and the tears of the desps.
ell and frienlcss. preserved from utter dcs-
pair by his efforts and rcmonstranccs,
might frcshen for y season the daisies that
blooIned above his grave"
This closing paragraph of my address
might call forth from the sprdnl sycopl,ant
OF wealth an,asscd in ouy own Territory by
assign its author to the ranks ot those IN.
safe to lead In public thought, were it not
that tho quotation marks will show
that lay no claim to its paternity 1t
WAS the closing sentences OF i: speech deliv-
cred by u man who had but few peers and
no superior in his chosen vocation; a. man
who accomplished more in his day in
moulding public opinion than any other
man OF his generation. and whose weekly
Tribune. next to the family Bible. was gu
thority in n hundred thousand American
homes. They are the words OF Horace
Greeley, whose lamo and memory will live
until the evening stars shall fade
awny. The proceedings of our last
annual meeting recently distributed
to you ALL carried with it Ger.
tain views OF mine as to the duty of Dako-
tn press toward its agricultural patrons
and the obligation 1t was under to protect