The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-11-15
Other Peopls,s business.

ah IL Is 1alllnS OF human nature tnat q
large portion OF the people who inhabit
the earth know. exactly how other peo-
pies business should be run.f Mainly
they are those who are unsuccessful In
their own vacations, and effect to be-
lieye they you'd shine With iustre and
brilliancy iinr managing the affairs OF
others inawhom they profess to see
many deheiencies In managerial skill.
There Is. perhaps, no business or pro-
.Sessinn that has so many critical shafts
aimed at 1t az the newspaper. There is
scarcely aEhamlct. town or city that
does pos contain at least one man who
could not runsihe paper OF his place OF
thabltation much better than It Is being
conducted. This will readily be recog-
niEed by the more practical and gener-
Gus spirits as, supreme esotism. Be-
cause the paper otfends his taste in
some particular the. critic imasines per
Sc that It must be offensive to all others.
Some time ago a western minister had
utopian idea which he was allowed
to pu; in practice. He held extreme
views, and announced tina; he would
conduct a newspaper as Chriit would
conduct 1; were he on earth. Outside Of
the suspicion OF blasphemy in this IN
dersnking there was undoubtedly q
strain OF tmpertinence In the suggestion
o, otnnlscence on Rev. Sheidon.s part.
There was an artificial demand for
copies OF this paper. prompted almost
entirely by curiosity. After the novelty
wore OF the subscription U.s. was de-
pleted In the same ratio It had risen.
There are few. very FEW wholly bad
papers insthe United States, fo- the rea-
son 1t does not pay in the long run.
And there is no newspaper o. the most
humble standing and ctTcumscr!bed
fame that does not Try to be IS decent
and self-respect.ng as It knows how,
and there are very Few that doa't know
how much better than their detractors:
TIT an amus;ns.yetw well authenticated
fact. tia; many people believe that a
newspaper IS published for amusement.
and that the propie:o-s are engaged
IN the business FOR the fun that can be
extracted out Of it Anyone who enters
into the publication business with that
Idea In his head will suddenly drop out
OF it with tears II his eyes and i dyra-
mic eruption OF his bank account The
publication OF . daily newspaper is as
much OF g business as = banking or
mercantile establishment. with the eI-
cep;.on o: .entailins twice the Worry.
anxiety and mental e1ertion. for the
newspaper man IS always on 5u,y. and
his work Is never done. And Ike any
other business venture the newspaper
Is run 10 make money though few peo-
pie realize this fact outside OF lie stern
realities OF the business office.
These reaectioas are inspired by the
announcement Of Rev. D.. Paskhurs;, OF
New York city. that there Is move
rle1; on foot IN tina; city to establish AZ
ideal" newspaper, and an '!aear' thea
TIRE Il Is no; commended here that
rewspape are taul;IesS hut Il IS mos:
emphatically denied tha; they are wit
;!usIy untru;h.cl OF d!shones:-they
can't afford 70 BE- Like al other hu-
man agencies and enterprises they are
liable 20 mistakes IN this connection
could no: d.. Pa-khurs. be asked with
the same pertinency 10 sive Us 4 little
more Christian pertec,!on than is e1-
tant in the churches to-day. Ideals IN
this lie come very high, They are
within the reach o. bus Few. ard even
Nhen they are attained there is some
thing Hacking. Generally tiey are
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