The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-27

tor generally has some other occupation
he may be lawyer or a Judge, or a mem
Der OF congress, and his political sympa-
TIMERS are expected to assist him in fur
nlshing editorials.
At the capital of each of the South Amer
lean republics there are one or more pub-
locations supported by the government for
the PRONUNCIATION of DEGREES, decisions of
the courts, official reports and laws nassed
by congress. The paper which sustsins
the administration that happens TO be in
power, receives financial assistance. or a
"suoVention," as it is called, from tue gov
eminent. This usually comes in the form
OF slnecures to the editors, who
RECEIVE GENEROUS SALARIES
from the public treasury for their political
and professional services Every presi-
J dent and cabinet minister every governor
OF province, political leader ana iefe
pontlo (mayor), must have his "orQan. !"
ana Is he is not the editor of it himself,
sees that whoever acts in tina
capacity is paid by the taxpayers Except
III lew OF the larger and more enterpris-
ing cities there are no regular hours of
publication, but papers are issued at anv
time, from o'clock in the morning ill 10
e1 hlgnt, whenever there is matter enough
IN type TO fill the forms. 1t
seems odd to have yesterdays raper deIiv-
cred to you in the afternoon of TODAY. but
IL often occurs. Papers often quote from
one another They select their news as
snip builders choose tim uer-When il is
old and tough. Compositors are not paid
by the thousand ems, as in the United
States, but receive weekly wages. seldom
more than eight or ten dollars The
printers are mostly natives. AL
though a few Germans are fopnd
There are no typographical unions or
trade organizations in SoGth America. In
the larger cities the papers are delivered
by carriers and sold by newsboys on the
streets; but in smaller towns they are sent
to the postoffice, to be called for by the
subscriber as regular mail. The subscrip-
ton price is Unfortunately high-seldom less
than Sl2 per anuum, and often double thai
amount. In some of the
ALLEGED REPUBLICS
there Is censor of the press. to whom q
copy of each edition is submitted before II
IS Puplsned. Ihls sometimes causes in
convenient delay, II the censor happens to
be out OF town or otherwise engareo for
the issue must be Withheld until his anopet
signature is placed upon each page of conv
Although freedom of the pressu ia
boosted, cases of Imprisonment arc COM
mon OF editors who have too freely snol,en
their minds IN opposition to the prevailing
powers. Journalism has its disadyant,
~ III 0uo paris III power TODAY
may De out OF power tomorrow and
the editors who support it be clapned
into prison. A case in point was
that Of the editor OF Ell Cdnipeon. in Lima
Peru, who, few years ago, published an
attack upon the congress of that rennhIic
which was very mild compared with ar,i-
cles that are frequently directed ct on,
lawmakers; but ne was imprisoned six
months for it, and his machinery. tvns
ETC., conhscated and sold for the benefit nj
the government
A street fight, is the EDITORS DELIGHT ond
although an account OF it may not annear
for several days after the occurrence the
writer gives his whole soul to its descr;n.
ton. The following is literal translation
Oh Inc opening OF one of the articles: "a
personal encounter of the most transcand
ent and painful. interest occurred dav he.
fore yesterday on the street of the 25tb of
May, near the palatial residence of the
most exalted and illustrious Senior Don