The oasis., 1894-03-29
NEWSPAPER ETHICS.

establishment. mine a railroad. or a canal newspaper is conducted for the personal gain of it's owners, and any other view of the object of it's
 publication is chimerical and unwar- ranted. The revenues of a newspaper are derived from two Sources-sub- scriptiOns and advertisements. Sub scribers take paper because they like to read it whether they approve it's entire course or otherwise, or whether they commend all it's utterances or condemn some of them. Advertisers pay for space in the columns of news paper because it profits them to get before the public the information con- veyed therein. The newspaper takes pay for the space sold, and is no more committed to any further service to the advertiser than is the merchant who sells him groceries or dry goods, the doctor who treats him in illness, or the lawyer who conducts his litiga- tion. In all these instances the fee paid is for the service rendered. and no other service is expected for the same fee. At the same time there is is nothing morally or legally opposed to allthese accepting similar fees from others for similar service, barring a lawyers taking fees from both sides in the same litigation: and they all have the right and do serve at the same time people who are bitterly an- tagonistic. There is no reason why in this particular a different rule should be applied to newspaper: yet some men and even some newspapers would have the world think otherwise.
 While the advertising columns of the true newspaper are open to all for hire, it's editorial columns are never so. On political matters it states candidly and fairly at all times the reasons for the faith which is in it: on other mat ters of public interest it endeavors to learn ctsaud reach just conclusions. In such cases it may sometimes antag onize public sentiment but if its posi- tions are substantiated by subsequent events. the journal becomes stronger for having faced such antagonism. If it was in error it does not hesitate to admit as much.
 In the development of fin de siccle' journalism the paid write up has become an important factor in the revenues of newspapers. The Exam iner not long since worked Arizona for such a write up. Later, with true journalistic instinct, if sold similar space to Mr. ]. A. PeraItareavis, for exploitation of his immense land claim and his plans for it's development, in case of it's confirmation in the land court. At this a number of Arizona newspapers jumped astride the Exam iner, accusing that journal 0i ingrati- tude, dishonesty, and numerous other fragrant sins. Tn response uO some Ol the strictures NIT. Peraltareayis paid the Star to publish statement that the act of congress creating the land court provides that all lands patented and the right to all water appropri- ated at the time of confirmation by the court of any grant, shall be recog- nized in the patentees and appropri- ators by the grantee. The same statement-p paid for-has since been published in the Enterprise, and this week it appears in TIE OASIS also paid. Commenting upon this, the Herald presented the following;
 "The Star has been the first paper 'in the territory to sell it's columns to ''Reavs, the fraud and land shark. Ii t.s ....,1f.hsnr, bv tho month a rar