The St. Louis Republic., 1903-01-30
Newspaper of To-Day, He Says,
Requires as Much Intellect as
a University.
NOT TOO LARGE FOR BUSY MEN.
Besides, 1t Would Be Impossible to
Print Scores of Columns of Ad- !.
vertising in a Small Num-
ber of Pages.

louisville. KY. Jan. 29.-GenaraI Charles
Fl. Taylor. publisher of the Boston Globe.
was the prominent speaker at the banquet
tonight of the Louisville Board of Trade.
General Taylor was heartily welcomed by
those assembled at the banquet. He said:
Journalism Is topic on which Louis-
vile of all places should need no instruction.
but in which she should have a proud and
intelligent interest. Here Prentiss, that bril-
liant pioneer. and New Engiander like
myself helped blaze the way for the mod
ern newspapers, and here Henry Wattersou
las won honor for my calling and renOwn
for your city, as the ever-youthful leadef
Of our journalistic 400. r
The change in journalism which has
come during his time and mine was veIS
well described by my old friend. John LII
sell Young. a few years ago, when ne saidN
The press is no longer The exDress.on of
personal power. Thirty or forty years ago
the newspaper was teacher. the voice Of
one thinker one leader. Now. it is a univer.
sity. AS much intellect Is needed to dts
seminate a journal as to govern Harvard or
Yale. The fly sheets of the earlier days
have given place to a daily volume which
embodies the genius of the artist, the
writer. the artincer and the statesman
SIZE OF PAPERS.
Some people complain that our newspa.
pers are too large. This objection is din
cult to meet. for the simple reason that II
is so unusual for customer to make q
russ because he Is getting too much for
his money.
THE newspaper OF to-day Is Ike tho
bill of fare In a hotel. There Ii should
be table Of contents which shows the
reader that which he most desires to read.
bill of fare, begin with the first item and
eat every item right down and die Of ap-
Uplex; On the yoq select wns
with q newspaper
"The expanded and expanding Newspaper
this is what a small newspaper could not
do. Truly the small paper would be =
powerful rouser Of public curiosity, but. be-
ieve me, 1t would satisfy no one. least Of
1--WE hear from time to time that the
newspapers of the day are too large for this
The busy man is just the man for the
big newspaper, as he is for other biz things,
and most Of the busy men men OF ,d my @ aSapsan.
papers every day. They know how 70 as
patch their readings. as they know how 70
spini be- guilty OF Of the % folly Of putting small
paper on the market I should not look for
much sympathy among the men Of bust-
ness. -.
'The small paper certainly would not meet
the requirements OF the home. There the
spirit OF our American democracy has
emancipated the children, as well 40 the
women, until now every member Of the fam
lily stands up for his or her rights az
newspaper reader. and for q LIBERAL slice
BUSY READERS. -
$50 much for the readers. who have the
first claims. and whose members form the
real basis of successful Journal now
q sbsst the aaHss.ssrs The sas Hsssessss
tisers can reach their patrons aH4 fncfeaa1E'
their sales and profits. II you print from
20 to 200 columns of advertising ina single I
issue. how can you do it in a small news
paper? The whole proposition Is SO absurd
that It Is astonishing that Intelligent pe0-
pie persist in making II a topic OF puotlc
discussions. We are living now in an ago
Of large things. In other words gentlemen,
this Is no longer four-page world. and
four-page civilization. and think we are
all glad of it."
The speaker then showed that the tde9
newspaper Is Impossible. because journalists.
like clergymen, lawyers physicians and
business men, are all human. with the limi.
their work. He explained the growth OF tho
Sunday newspaper. which is merely meet
ing the expanding wants of the reader and
the advertiser. :.-ss
CRIME AND SCANDAL.
The speaker also touched upon the charge
that daily papers publish too much Of crime
and scandal. In presenting mirror -tf
events Of the day 1t is impossible not to
include such events within decent nmita-
news In their localities.
He said: "The people themselves are the
real sensatfonalists though unconscious}0f
IT. All the first reports of bank failufs6;
terrible accidents. fires. ETC., which are M .
ualiy fearfuily exaggerated. are started ~
they fly from mouth to mouth. The tpfGllt-
gent reporter gets at the facts and the
newspaper comes out with the truth and
sets thousand wild runora at resi-" -