Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-08-12
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Cardinal Gibbons remarks that Tt may not be good theology, 1t may not be good ethics, but it certainly is very good common sense, and very good moral element that the fear the dread of exposure in the public press, keeps many man sticking close to the path of rectitude who otherwise would stray off into the byways of personal graft.
 In preparation for a conflict with union printers in Chicago over the es- tablshment of the eight-hour day in book and job offices, the United " pothetae of America has established school for machine operators in the Grand Central station building. A class of fifteen men and women IS being taught how to operate both llnO- type and Lanston monotype machines. All members of the class are being paid a reasonable wage each week, said President A. R. Barnes of the Chicago Typothetae, but no guaranty has been made to anyone that per manent position will be furnished. This school was established 1n order to secure competent operatives in event that the dispute concerning the eigLt-hour day is not peaceabiy ad- justed."
 A western newspaper man who has probably struck snag now and then in the pursuit of his work, says that the editor must know something of law. physiology, anatomy, literature. the sciences, arts, theology, mineralogy, biology-all the ologies, including de- monology. He must be as profound as Walt Whitman and Browning, and as versatile as the Brittanica Cyclopedia. His profession requires him to blow in all fields. His usefulness is limited only to his attainments. for the hori- zon opened to his achievements is with out bounds. A theoretical school or journalism can do no harm; 1t may do some good. It may turn out q class of incompetents, but no harm IS done, for ours is essentially a profession where the law of the survival of the fttest obtains inexorably.
 The recent dinner of the London As sociation of Correctors of the Press, over which Anthony Hope presided, calls attention. says the New York Sun, to the customs of the old times when printers chained copies of their books outside their offices, and if any passing scholar detected an error, he was rewarded according to its magni- tude-a cup of wine for broken let. ter, a cup of wine and plate of beer for turned letter, etc. Something of this old custom of giving regards for the detection of errors still prevails in the English Bible society, which offers a guinea for the detection of a mis- print. Quite recently a London jour- nalst earned an honest guinea in this way. There is an interesting story told of proofreader who corrected an edition of the New Testament in Greek without allowing single mistake to escape his vigilance, although he knew not word of the language.
 Paper made from cornstalks is the latest outcome of American Ingenuity. Such paper, it is stated. can be pro- duced at onethird the cost of that from wood fiber and rags. It is said, too, that samples of the new paper show it to be equal to the fine goods made from linen. Cost of making paper from cornstalks ranges from S22 to S25 ton, while that from rags or pulp reaches S60 or $75. At present It is estimated that 53.0O0.000 tons of cornstalks rot annually in the fields of the western states. In the new pro- cess every particle of the stalk will be utilized. Fine paper will come from the pith, while course wrapping paper and box board will be made of the hard outer covering. Other portions of the stalk will go into varnish, pod der. gun-cotton. papier mache, cellu- lose, lubricants and other material. Through this new demand for the hitherto discarded cornstalks an addi- tional revenue will be provided for farmers. It is expected, too, that material reduction in the cost of paper will result.