The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-05-26
CHAPTER ON PAPERS.

spienulu HUE ually. by the way
we have heard nothing of the Daily
Patriot, started last fall as Lewis.
tons third paper, and 1T is to be pre-.
sumed that it found too sensible 0
community for it to exist long, and
that because OF Lewiston's wise peo-
pie sticking TO the Tribune, the tried
friend Of years, the latter is now en-
abled to give them the service OF a
daily that is not of mushroom growth
and consequently standing on a firm
ly established foundation. 1t is too
bad, for the sake of the standing of
the states press that the good sense
of Lewiston people does not m ore
widely prevail This state, as well
as others, is flooded with lot of lit
tie sickly rags that can only disgrace
and damage the whole state, and es-
pccially the communities where thev
are published, by being spread before
any outsider. The cause OF this is
that whenever a town or community
gets able to support one fairly decent
paper. it generally has two or three
half starved sheets. When the total
business of section barely begins
to justify good representative Jour
nal, local factions, tin horn politi-
clans, and curdled human nature be-
gins to fcrment and whisper of cor
gans, representation" etc needed
by those who don't represent a mole
Guile in the business interests of the
community, and the result is that
every hobo printer who can dig up
hatful OF type can generally find
some place to drop, and by the aid
of small fry indictments, and the
very limited ambition Of simply earn
ing wages out of his 'plant, and
no expectation of building up his
business to be credit to the place.
and no desire to, is thus enabled to
eat into the business OF the old pa
per that, after years of struggling
hand in hand with young and un-
developed country and patient bat
ting for its interests, is just begin
ming to see its faithful work reward
ed and its loved and chosen field
reaching condition where there is
enough business for it to maintain
moderate journalistic dignity upon.
From the best observation, il a pa
per can manage to keep out of the
sheriff's hands for five years, it is
then time for cunning individuals to
begin to tell under their breath that
'that eddytur must be maxim mon |
ey' or to solemly declare that cit
seems to me we need mother papur "
This disposition has been the blight,
at some time or other, of every state
in the union and Idaho is now pas
sing through this stage. Less en-
of second hand "news pa
per junk shops and better encourage
ment and support of the legitamate /
journals she has, would give Idaho
press that would be glory to her in
stead, for great part of disgracing
her before the world and giving color
TO the assertion that she is Il ssrotten
The efforts of the dis
yruntled and the over production of
one- horse papers would be materially
decreased if business men and pro
,ressive citizens would bear all this
n mind and refuse to allow patron
age to he coaxed out of them for
OF no possible benefit.
Few people realize the resources
needed and the outlay of energy and
money necessary to build up and
maintain respectable and creditable
newspaper; and from the fact that.
With too large majority, the local
'aper is not considered necessity
It should be- in the family. but de-
ends merely upon the whim of the
ublic (Which should not be) for "A \