Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-10-16

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different states and he able thns h deal
with the state questscns inteiligentiy.
such Ger Instance the great 4ae<tioe u
an elective or spposntiss iatleiary IA
New York The mab sho has sissased
cut saeh 4 question 40 that hns ssssse.r
lished great deal 4he mak sfho -
sell harmed 10 The constitutions pf the
states ami nafiou 10 eel lifted Zoe con
ductiilg . newspaper or administering .
go,etnms'nt Hut the osodern nsvspa
per iosks beyond its own countfy. fag
must know the history u Engi~nd.
from xhsnce We came, aud Ia which
country suf constitution IL rooted. and
90 with the history u the other eoun
tries "a Europe. ~ France. of tsrfpans.
The eoarse a foreixa history ohers a
safe eusoe for human actin aud pspn
cially FOR political action.
study the Bshhs
swhat booss ought you fe read :
Almest all books have their nee. bal
some als Indispensable 10 this kind ~
an edusation. But "a oil these. tire
most useful aud Indispensable. The one
shose snowleslge IL the nsost eifectisp,
l. the Bible. I am considering II Dow
not ss religious hook. bat - manual
Of utility. Il professional preparation
and professional use fof 4 lourualisL
There is perhaps no book whose style il
more suggestive and more instructive.
from which you learn more diree. ly that
sublime simplicity which never exagser
afes. which recounts tne greatest event
With soIemnity. without sentimentalsiy
~ adection; none which you open with
such confidence and lay down with such
reverence. there Is no book like the
Bible.
@1'hen Shskespeare. the chief master
II English speech, the hoad OF English
literature. the storehouse OF wisdom. Is
Indispensable. would also Invite your
attention 10 John Millions immortal
work ON the Liberty OF Unlicensed
Printing" which contains the highest
doctrine that has ever been promulgated
10 rny knowledge with regard 10 the
fresxlom Of the press.
DO Not Take Any Model
When | advise you 90 make your
selves familiar with these glories of
English literature. do not say that
these works ought To be taken as
models DO not take any model. Every
man has his own natural style. and the
thing to do Is 10 develop into simplicity
and clearncss. Now iet us turn 10 the
practice Of the professions In great
newspaper Office about sixty out OF a
hundred writer's will be rep&rters. That
il one Of the most important branches
OF the profession and il is paid very lib
orally That is one OF the first things
when young man comes for employ
ment. and you take him on and give
him a chance 10 sec what he can do.
That will bring into action all his cul-
ture and good judgment III he reports
lire, he must see the most important
things about il. the chief interest
involved, who has met with the greatest
loss. has any individual perished. how
did it occur. interesting circumstances
and he able TO write il out. Next 10 the
reporter. a very important fuuctionary
in the newspaper is the man who reads
the other newspapers and makes cx.
tracts from them. lie must have good
story. Next 10 the exchange reader
comes the man " ho examines manu-
scripts and prepares them Tor the press.
lie must know how 10 disentangle ipcts,
correct punctuations. deternine tie
value of correspondence and it requires
great deal Of judgment, a great deal OF
literary cultivation.
Finally you come to the editor in
chief. who gets 10 his place by process
Of natural selection because he can do
the work. The man who stays there is
the man who has the staying power and
character IN which the people believe.
Now as 10 the matter Of news. a news
paper without news IS no newspaper.
The main function Of a newspaper is 10
give the news and tell ycu what events
have occurred Of all sorts. political.
scientific aud nonsensical. There must
be scientific man who understands
electricity aud chemistry. an important
feature IN news. But the bust
ness Of collecting the news is.
for certain reasons. taking minor
place in the newspaper itself, and
/ for this reason il is costly necessity 10
firing the general news Of the whole
world today for the reader to enjoy to-
morrow. and this costly necessity has
led TO the formation OF news associa.
tons When the enormous sum re-
CURED 10 do this is divided among the
newspapers of the United States, IL costs
each individual newspaper very little.
The system OF thus gathering and dis
tributing the worlds news. which is the
most perfectly organized. is the estab-
lshment in Chicago and New York
known ae the United Press. The editor
sitting at his deck has only 20 look after
the news in his own locality. When
he has got what he gets from
the United Press the news Of all
the rest OF the world and putting them
together. his days history OF the globe
is complete. That is in an institution
which has revolutionizcd aud ,is revolu.
tionizing the operations Of the profes
sion. That. think. il a revolution that
is going 10 make great change in the
profession Of newspaper making. raising
Il 90 higher dignity than il has ever