The Nome nugget., 1903-07-01
A WORD FOR THE NEWSPAPERS.

There may be persons narrow enough to think that community, locality or country, prosper without the aid of newspapers. There may be som, people who look upon newspapers sort of 'necces sary evil" they must be tolerated because they art established institutions If they are given any sup port by such persons it is done in narrow grudginl way, as though the little financial support they ex tend is to be considered as an act of charity. Nc reputable newspaper that we know of is conducted a: a charitable institution yet there people to be found who assume to believe that newspaper is run solely in the interest of the public and not legiti mate enterprise. There is not, we believe, q news paper man on earth who has not heard at some time or other something like this: "lIcrcsa little item q you it will help you to fill up your columns, ,''' thereupon you will find that ",ohn Smith h luS' received fine line of ct ceeras,' which ars 'o' ''- cheap at his place of business, the name 'u "u'n'' of the stand being carefully noted. "'' ID D". solitary instance In hundreds of .' way, " newspaper is imposed upon, an@ ''e 'n'po''''v" '' usually accepted good natureF anu p'.'" ingly withal. 1t may appear '"'s, " '"0 ed, but nevertheless, it is i"'' ''"' .'""' p0op-O seem to think that a pcwlaper is run for glory or ld;vers;o, or so,oo,hir of the kind Perhaps this ;aa, hoe oo. oh.o,1 ,cause alleged newspaper mo, ; al,sL, o elsewhere, as well, have seemed .> ,o,ox , 4ch impression. But to bona fide
 ,os,s,nou ,osher, his business is much to bir, o is that of the grocer or the dry coods ,,rchan:, or in short, any other bus- ,oaa let men who would not think of "beat- irn, his grocer out of bill, or of obtaining
 -dit for beans and bacon do not scruple to stand off" the newspaper publisher with impunity. They are not to blame perhaps. It is the newspapers them selves very frequently Yet when it comes to chart- able work there is not newspaper in the land that has not done its full share and nno times out of ten without hope of reward of thanks It is the news paper that exploits in the fullest manner the resour- ces of a country. Its work is ncver-ceasng rule it is always loyal to the best interests of its commit nity and goes year in and year out doing its self appointed work herocally and unhinchngly. If the prospers, one has time to think of the work that the newspaper has accomplished; if it de- cines the newspaper suffers in undue proportion.
 The newspaper publisher must employ skilled labor for which he must pay the highest price; his work as we have sad is unceasing Yet it has been noticed in all times that the value of newspaper is only appreciated by the individual when its support is needed. Newspapers taken as a whole are unsel- fish and self-sacra fcing. They make good govern ment possible they the watch dogs of the people and, in the main, will be found guarding zealously the interests of their communities. This may be
 looked upon solely as something they are bound to do anyway, but experience teaches that the news paper business is the least mercenary of any of which we have accurate knowledge and in this think the public will agree with us, because many of that sef-same public very often to think that it is simply means by which they can get something for nothing.
 In these days there are trusts" in almost every thing but newspapers, and we opine that if a real full hedged newspaper trust' were formed in these United States, howl would arise such no other trust" has ever caused There is only one kind o "trust" known by newspapers and that pays no div dends