The Globe-republican., 1901-08-15
THE ED!TOR's TALK.
The Newspaper.

ne N0WSpaReEs
Do newspaper men travel much on
their railroad passes? (Let it be under
stood that passes given in considera-
tion of advertising. and the editor feels
that the compensation is equal, no matter
how much ne uses the carte, ttgood any
where in Kansas.'D Editors use passes
less than formerly. unless the editor is
politician, and makes frequent inroads
on the State Capital and political head
quarters.
Speaking about the decline in editors
travelling, a welI-known conductor re-
minded us of Cimarron editor, who
used the Santa Fe Railway every day,
This was in the early days, when hotel
accommodation was poor in Cimarron,
when the cushioned seat of a passenger
coach was softer than board bedstead,
and it was rust as cheap to ride on the
cars 1T was to stay at home But
johnson always chose the evening east
bound train and went with it until he
met the west bound, when he returned
home. He thus had a nights sleep Oh
the cars.
The main railroad office keeps record
of the use of an editors pass now-a days;
and in the early days they did not; but
this is no abridgement or the editors
travel. He knows that when you see a
gad-about it is just like gad-about
home body. The editor has not much
time to travel, and his duties quite take up
his time at home. 1t is necessary some
times to spread out and get a little shak-
ing up-the odor of the print shop re-
moved from your clothes and your mind
relieved of ''shop talk Now. when
you see an editor from home. he is ont
business Busy editors get into
habit from which there is no way of
L off of home
and attending TO business
How things have changed about
printing office. 1t is true the changes
are not altogether in the habits of the
printers, but also in the conduct of a
country printing office. In old times it
customary to lay-oH Saturdays,
and perhaps issue no paper on a holiday
In those old times, editors and printers
indulged in the ardent beverage, and it
was no uncommon thing to see drunken
editors and printers. Beer bottles and
whiskey bottles were common in a print
shop. But no decent editor signs for the
early days. when newspaper publishing.
in the light of subsequent times, seemed
more of a joke than anything else; when
the editor took wood and pumpkins and
farm produce on subscription; and when
most of his patronage was given in a
sort OF C0afILaDLe way just 10 nei ip the
editor and printer along.'' Newspaper
publishing is more of a business than it
used to be-and its enterprise is COM
mended as much as any public enterprise.
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There are still some old fashioned
ways that follow the life of newspaper.
There are some newspaper patrons that
have inherited. if they have not acquired, /,
old-time habits. Some people believe
that a pubIi sier can furnish them news
paper, year after year. and wait OH them
for the subscription price. The pub
Usher can afford more wait for his
pay than the merchant business man.
Each sheet of paper represents much
cost, aud it is of much Importance to
the publisher any article he may fur
nish in a business way; or of as much
Importance any piece of goods sold
by merchant.
Natural Existence.
If bird life was extinct it would moi
take long for the insects and worms to
destroy every living thing In the earth
Vegetation would be completely obliter-
ated and animal life would cease to ex-
ist. All fie sh is grass, and the worms
would soon exhaust the supply. Nature
keeps up equilibrium in the sus-
tenance of life. but man wisely and
judiciously directs the evenness OF nature