The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-14

& 1A ~ A-ArGAsUE VII - ND
W By this writer 10 anv anony.
nous communications. no mat.
Ter how interesting the subject written
upon may be. Anyone who has a good
word to say Of others is never afraid
TO sign his name to il Anyone who
has just complaint 10 make OF others
should be brave enough to back it up
with his or her name
/ If the person accused of wrong doing
be singled out by his full name il is
but fair that the accuser's name ap-
pear also. That's the rule.in- any court
of justice. and that's the rule in this
court presided over by l. Clare Davis.
Correspondents should be able 10 see
that when 8 letter is signed simply
Parent" or a Mother it is no guar
antee that the person writing il is q
parent or anyone else whose word is
good for anything. But If a name. no
matter how humble. appears, it in
/ stantly commands enough respect TO
/ induce one to consider the statement
made. or to find out If the writer is
/ reputable person Names so given are
never published IL a request be sent
to withhold them. Much interesting
matter is thrown out because of this
neglect to sign a name, and the person
who sent it wonders why he or she
was not given a hearing.
Sign your communication with a fic-
titious name for publication IL you
want to- but give your true name also,
as guarantee of good faith" and
honesty and truthfulness Why should
use my name to register your little
kicks in these columns when you do
not honor me sufficiently to let me
know who you are?
Ii is astonishing. anyway. how many
times one must say these same things
over and over again to Needless
"grown-ups." We raise our hands and
wonder why We have to tell our chill
dren every day to brush their teeth or
10 empty the wash-bowl or to take
their soup from the side OF the spoon.
don't wonder any more.
For years and years the newspapers
have been laundering. begging, plead
ing. beseeching. imploring. write on
one side of the paper only Does il
have its effect? Not very much Peo-
pie act as if they think that it's an ar
bitrary rule gotten up by the editor
because he's cranky. They go on
| flooding newspaper shops with eommu-
nications written on both sides of the
naper. with notes. in the margin. and
all that sort of thing. Sometimes it is
good stuff" too that is thus sent in
hn Cd lIx- 20,
lose it, so he swears about three yards
and sets the Office boy or some other
| poor devil TO copying ii.
Why must it be copied? Well. where
hand composition is employed each
niece of manuscript is cut up into
pieces called takes and distributed
to the different printers. ANYBODY can
see. in this case. what would become of
that part of the article written on the
other side of the paper 1t would be
lost. or so hopelessly tangled that no.
body could find the connecting links.
Nobody would have time TO do so. any
way Work in a newspaper Office goes
with a rush and there's no time for I'M
raveling crazy quilts.
/ Even when one or two men do all
the printing on couple of linotypes
| they can't be bothered to hunt up the
! rest of the story on the other side of
nippy piece of paper Paper is cheap
er than the time of the skilled work
man Write on one side of the paper
only. If you don't some poor drudge in
| the Office has to do it for you There
are no arbitrary rules for any of these
things. There is a good reason for
every one of them. Follow the rule.
There's the rule that certain notices
land communications must be in by a
certain hour to insure publication. And
some folks think that that's bluff on
the part of the newspaper man to make
other people hustle. They can't see
why anything sent in late at night
should not appear when the paper
comes ont ON the street in the morn
ing
They forget that q newspaper has an
inside and an outside and that the
outside" of nearly every paper is sa-
cred TO newsstand the latest news
A newspaper is not printed all at
ionce. One side is printed quite early
in the night. On that side appears
shipping news. early local. communica-
Itions that are not strictly news. and all
miscellaneous correspondence and edi-
ltorial matter.
Every member of the staff knows
that certain matter must be in before
/ II o'clock at night. because it goes on
the inside of the paper. When edi-
torial matter is TO appear on the in
side of the paper. even the editor is
bound 10 have his copy in early. be
cause when once the first form is
made UP and goes down into the press
room to print the first side of your
paper il is not in the habit of coming
back for postscripts.
After that the decks are cleared and
everything subserved TO the news
4 The telegraphs are ticking away foV
dear life with the news of the world
The local reporters are out on the
street AMI back at their desks writing
] I'D with & rush the latest local scandal
! murder. fire or dog-fght that you'll al
want TO read about in your morning
paper. There ara happenings" ever
where. and you will want 10 read about
them smoklssg hot in your news" pa
per.
So you see whv your Pro Bono Pub
.neo. your ..reritasr and your ~Citi
~a,,t. ,.orv.rz,r,ss fraf{f1r7S should bs Il