The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-14

trength Of 5000 authority being lodged
20 the President 10 increase enc number
60 10000 81 an emergency
There will be "a good deal Of discussion
Of this question Of increasing the regular
army bui the chances are thar the army
VII never again Dee as small as it was
before the spani-h-Amercan War.
PAHNBtRsT's IDEAL NEWSPAPER.
According 20 the Rev. Dr Parkhurst.
the New York preacher. who MANAGES. Ia
one way ana another to keep himself
before the public there A. movement
in that cty to establish an idell news
paper. newspaper that VIII tel the
truth. Newspaper with a high moral
purpose. The Doctor lately returned
from trip 20 Europe with his mind
fun OF this newspaper idea. In speaking
Of tho proposed new paper he said that
bee did not speak for himself alone bat
/ for capitalists who were Willing and ready
60 put up the money necessary TO estsb-
I llsh aud maintain such "a paper as he
bad in mind
The complaint that Dr. Pafkhurst
makes OF the New York newspapers is
that they do not aim 90 toll Ne truth.
but 20 get sensations. Ia measure 81
Is well founded The competition between
the newspapers % that city s. Of ;he
nercest kind. They must keep up their
circulatlons or else they viii lose their
business. AMI loss OF business means
bankruptcy. Competition forced down
the price OF the papers so low that there
S. no profit whatever in tho sales OF "a
paper. Profit depends entirely on the ad-
vcrtlsemeuts. ana advertisements on cir
cuhton. Il can be- readily understood
therefore why there is such an effort to
secure matter that VIII attract the a.
lenuon OF the public.
But &, s. doubtful H a newspaper run
on lines marked out by DIT Parkhust
would live very Ions Capitalists would
get tired OF putting their hands in their
pockets every Saturday Ia meet the OK
penses OF the plant unless % were run
Ia their interests. There are capitalists
no doubt who would be willing TO pay
/ the expenses Of a newspaper that. having
a reputation FOR truth telling would de-
fend trusts and every other thiue in
which they were interested Capitalists
would not want any other kind OF a
/ paper 90 dcfraud their monopolics.
/ There is. Of course. reason to complain
Of some o. the New York newspapers
| They have no regard for truth whatever.
/ They not only pad their news. but they
/ print as news "a great deal that IS pure
/ fiction. They manufacture INTERVENE ana
I so 90 Ear as TO put the names % per-
sons 10 articles that are neither written
/ by. nor do they contain the views O..
/ such persons. They do not lead public
opinion. and there is little or no respect
for the opinions they express because g.
II pretty well understood that they have
no convictions. They simply try q keer
iu with what they think f. public senu.
mcnt. the purpose being 90 keep in touch
/ with the crowd and thus sell papers
~ IS probable that an honest aaie end
clcan newspaper new paper that
would strive to give the truth in politics
as wen as in other matters. could he
made 20 pay Ia New YORK. but % would
take q eood deal of money 60 get 80 OF
I "a profitable basis q will he ree lied that
the Rev Mr. Sheldon undertook 10 run
newspaper for a week in Topeka Kan.
as boz thought Christ would run IL. n o.
pretty certain that 70 would nos have
lived q year. though Be made money dur
ms the few days t was published u
Ras bought as curiosity
DR. rarkhurst. however. does uot pro-
pose TO run a Newspaper on thc lines
marked out by thc Rev AT sheldon. ISIS
idea Is 60 publish az up-to-dats neWs-
paper II IL were an independent Journal
It would please very few people. and 8.
party orsan u would get no support
from the opposite party. however honest
% might be.
II the proposed paper b. started Dr
| Parkhurst should no Put in charge O e.
lie would be- surprised 90 rcc hoN mauy
untruths got into his paper. and he would
be- SIN more surprised 90 hud that many
OF the untruths came from ihe very per-
sons who clsmor for the truth in the
newspapers aud are constantly condemn
ing the papers for mis- eading tine pual q
| After all a newspaper b. reflex % the
. community iu whlch &c b. Published. auI
90 Is difficult TO make iss moral stand nd
higher than the average moral STANDARD
/ OF that community and yet prosper.