The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-09
THE NoNPAREJL MAN

"A Question of Fight or Wrong In connec-
tlon with College Professors Work for
a5 yellow" Paper-HoW Check for
$3.50 Influences Mans NIeWs--Ne
sIty OF Being Horribly Honest with OUR
selves Shown by an Up-to-date Incident
In Mr.. Hearst's Career.
An anonymous writer in the lndepen-
dent for June tells a story illustrating
Mr.. Hearst's alleged belief that money
will buy the fruit of any mans work
Some time ago a young man applied to
Mr.. Hearst's New York newspaper for
work and was engaged to fill position
which would become vacant at the end OF
"a week. In the interview the fact came
to the attention of university professor
who had always taken an interest IN the
young mans advancement.
sg4'I am sorry, said the good man, that
you should have chosen that particular
school Of Journalism for your professional
start" And he proceeded to deseant upon
the responsibility a journalist owed to
society, the, influence of one educated
youths example upon others Of his class,
the tone a writer Inevitably took from the
character Of the Journals he worked for,
etc. And your untafnished. sense OF self
respect, my young friend" he concluded,
will be worth more to you, when you
reach my time of life than all the sal
aries an unprinctpled employer can pour
into your purse. "Y2.s Esss II
So impressed was the neophyte with
this lecture in morals that he called upon
Mr.. Hearst the next morning and an
nounced that he had changed his mind
about accepting the proffereds position.
The editor scanned his face shrewdly and
then inquired the reason. After much
hesitancy the young man told him the
whole story. 5 "a
''Ah! said Mr.. Hearst. BE seated a
moment, please" And turning to his
secretary he added: ssWrite a letter at
pliments, and say that ] should be pleased
to receive from him a signed article of
! 500 words-subject4 and treatment to be
t of his own choosing-for the editorial page
/ of next Sundays paper. Inclose check
t for $780,
"Now," he remarked, with a cynical
smile, as he bade his caller good-by, ''you
| can see for yourself what comes of that.
! He did The Sunday issue contained a
signed article, which gave the paper the
spread the influence Of his example among
other university professors. All this for
I50c word. sfsl& ssa4f y.
Such is the story. And we can see just
how the cautious and highly moral pro-
fessor argued the case out: to- himself
when he saw the check for $3.50 staring
| him in the face. There are great many
professors who will do a great deal for
| $3.50, but they would not commit an i'm
moral act for that sum. But hold on, says
the professor to himself, let us see just
what the status Of this act will be. Is 1t
Immoral? am asked to lend the author
! ity of my name to the yellow press, to
q paper whose tendencies I deplore. Can
II do 1t? On the other, hand, by writing
for it, do not distinctly raise the stan
dard Of the paper? In place Of some i'm
moral or low article will appear my highly
edifying and distinctively educational ar
| ticle. Will not the standards of the paper
! thereby be raised? Hence, does. it not
become my duty-an imperative duty to
q society-to write the article requested?
And financially, is It not my duty to my
family? s, II
4 This is written to show that If you real
lily want to do anything. pretty bad you
} can always find an argument for it, and
usually a pretty good argument, too
Say, but we have to, be horribly honest
with ourselves when a check, perhaps moi
for $3.50, but, say, for $3.50, ooo is.in the
balance. 1f1~5
i We wish to start1a guessing contest
right here. Did the professor do wrong
or not? -..ts ~
) At any rate, it is probable that that
t particular young man 'ddiidn' go to hin
:. for good advice any snlereaf-A2eE y %*>s
/ ~ :
How is your metabolism? If it is de-
!, ranged we can tell ydu what the Smatte
is - The discovery was made during
perusal Of the report Of the annual meet
a ing Of the American Association oftrL1f'
a. Insurance Examining Surgeons held a
= Atlantic City, in which DR.. T. D. Croth
i ers Of Hartford, Conn.,, read a paper en-
q titled How Far Does the, Moderate Us
Of Alcohol Affect Longevity?"- Dr.. Croth
9 ers was against alcohol. He maintaine
Il that recent scientific study had show
; that alcohol was ,depressant even Il
i small doses and that it disturbed the bloc
: circulation and deranged the metabolisr
a of the body. Experience, he said, prove
that small quantities: Of spirits retar
growths in animal life as well as in tn
9 vegetable world. English statistics prac
t, tically show that it increases mortalit
i and diminishes longevity in from rs t
!, 40 per cent of all cases. Studies of hered
: ity proves that the moderate drinker
IS a greater risk than the total absta1ne
o and that his mortality is increased, tn
risk being increased with the amount c
spirits taken. DR.. Crothers claimed ais
that no other poison is so dangerous, bot
I !, directly and indirectly, in diminishing tn
/ vital forces.
Such being the case, we would advis
5. every man carefully to look over hi
! metabolism before retiring for the nigh
: and in case Of any arrangement to qu1
: at once. There is nothing so bad for!
II man in the long run as bum metabol
i ISM The metabolism being wrong, all
wrong.
. Look thru your roll. There is a dan
= gerous 500 bill loose in the community:
- A bird fancier in the Boston Transcr1T
:. finds that the robin begins singing at 20
" a. m. About the hour that the bah
- stops.
= The Woonsocket Is. ID News has foun
- a man who has beaten the coal trus
- He says:
Re .The best blow at the coal combine an
~ corporation fuel robbery is to plant col
= tonwood trees and care for them. | HAY
all the good dry cottonwood fuel | war
"a right here on the farm from trees plante
10 by the original HON esteader, Captain
III s. Kellogg twenty years ago, and nov
r, so far as I am concerned, coal combine
sc can go to the place where the only ia
has more birthstone in it than any
have been buying in Woonsocket at SS.'
a per tom
"a This may be good hint for Mime
i'll sofa farmers with little waste land {
is their hands.
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So much happened to one small boy
Of New York that a newspaper sent to n
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