The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-04-12
THE FREE TRIP TO EUROPE.

The National Journalist sheds the
light Of its countenance on the NEWS
offer to send a Rhode Island working
man to Europe this summer, in the fol-
lowing rays:
The Providence NEWS proposes to send
a representative Rhode Island working
man to Great Britain to investigate and
report upon the condition Of w~orkingmen
In that country, paying all his expenses
during his absence and providing for the
support of his family at home in the
meantime. A coupon in the form OF u
NEWS, and the workingman whose name
appears on the greatest number of ballots
as they are returned to the NEWS Office
will be elected to take the trip. This is
enterprising. 1t is ingenious. IT is inter-
esting. Last, but not least, it is philan-
thropic. But where is IL going to end,
provided the scheme commends itself TO
other papers and they follow the NEWS
eXamplef The possibilities involved in
the plan, il it is generally taken up. and
duly modified to suit the wants of different
communities are simply iacalculable. For
instance, IL might occur TO some kindly
disposed newspaper editor TO make n sim
liar offer to send abroad the most popular
invalid on n health trip. Or by another
variation of the scheme, If there happened
to be living in the town an individual who
was making himself particular,YL ohnox-
ious to the residents thereof. they would
be able to get rid of him for a time at
least by the simple but effective process
OF buying newspapers. Again, IL there is
n political campaign in view, n IL seems
desirable for a political party To Kill off n
few candidates on the other side, all the
party leaders need do is 90 have their or
gan issue ballots and then quietly buy up
q few editions OF the paper and vote them
into the interior OF Africa until election
Is over. All these variations and others,
equally comnendable, will suggest them
selves to enterprising editors.
The best thanks of the News are
freely offered TO its ingenious contem-
porary for able assistance in developing
the idea and yet. on second thought. il
is doubtful if the idea is apprehendcd.
"Philanthropic" is the last term the
NEWS would choose by which to describe
its plan. With the best wishes in life
for the health and happiness of working
men in general and Rhode Island work
ingmen in particular, if nothing more
were involved than a pleasure outing,
the News would leave it's representative
w~orkingman, as il honors him nv sup
posing he would prefer TO be left, to pay
bis own bills.
But Rhode Island has Just passed
through an election and in n few short
months is to face another. One of the
most prominent issues out of the many
involved, has been and will be that Of
protection rs against free trade. This
state has decided this spring in favor of
the Republican policy by force Of reason.
The News wishes to help it to repeat
and emphasize that decision in thu
tumn by force of the experience of an
eye witness Of the opposite theory's
fruits. that eyewitness being an intelli-
gent and disinterestcd citizen.
The News certainly hopes and ex-
poets that its representative will have n
thoroughly enjoyable time hut pleas
ure is not what he is going for prima-