The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-01-09


druggist at so ccnte oaen or. on receipt
Of price. we viii mkN you same our
selves n he should not have H.
timism the mser uniocks his gold and
the world feels thrill through all the
arteries OF trade. But when It feeds on
pessimism. the treasures lie hidden IN
the vaults, the furnace fires go out and
the wheels OF commerce rest rushing at
tho wharves. a tliS
For the business world is the creatuiS
OF an advertisement. On the printed
siase the buver and seller shake hands
across the continents. the promoter and
the investor meet beyond the seas
There BUN and bear wage campaigns
for nigh and low; there stocks and bonds
exploit gold bricks for easy victims. All,
gentlemen. where would the modern de-
partment store come IN. were Il not FOR
the mlnistrntions OF the press? Where
would rise the fame Of Grandpa's soap
and Lydia pinkham, and all the lesser
wonders7 Indeed. gentlemen Of Indian
Territory, how could Perupa be the REM
edy altogether lovely md chief among
ten thousand. IL The preas had never
horne TO you he glad tidlngs OF its
gloriesg
And the press Is a power in politics
within is broad hands 1t holds the life
OF public mea, to make or to NOR their
fortunes AT lis dlctation. parties rise
and fail. taste the wines Of voctory. or
glup down the. fiery "tin tops and Sim
comeads Of defeat. These truths are so
self evident that they are manifest or
every hand. No sooner does some un-
selfish patriot determine to offer himself
as "A iarab FOR the slaughter at so much
per. than he proceeds to snugEle up close
10 printing press and the genius
thereof. II It is county once, he calls
on the Editor with alarming frequency,
and talks with almost divine eloqueuce
on how TO save the country. He reads
the opposition exchanges and tells with
fine scorn how much they are IN error.
Hc may even 80 so far In his altruism
as 10 subscribe FOR the paper and once
iii a while he becomes so absent minded
as 10 pay for II IN advance Well we
have all been there. either as the dis
penser OF political blue SKY or the sus-
ceptible editor who exchanged his por-
tion of the mighty press for the Tawest
kind OF bunco
No sooner does a new party emerge
from the womb OF lime aad chaos than
Il requires an organ" to peal forth It's
calliopean music And when great
party goes forth to battle. the ammuni-
tion is not complete, the stores not full
the nrsenais not equipped unil he sat-
llng guns Of the press are brought into
a.. -.
of education are possible only because
It's exalted energies are lent TO teach
HE school And the colossal wheels re-
volye INCREASINGLY 10 scatter light abroad
and yet The offices for "our" party. II
the cream Of lis gigantic forces. men
become only specks upon the wheel, onls
star-dust In a universe, only helpless
Punches and Judys at puppet show
Through the highways and the byway'
Of lhe world Il shouts seductive argu-
ments that induce the sovereign voter I,
exchange his birthrlght for mess o
promises. And when the fray is over
the press modestly lists the dead ans
wounded and lets the other fellows hav'
| TIE glory Of the scalps and spolls.
i And the press is a power IN religion
II is the one great missionary OF tn
truth. preaching the Masters doctrine il
the midst Of pasans and cannlbal tribes
Il Is bapismal font ana moumer
4 bench; II IS catechism. creed and ps.lltrl
pm IN one. The printed page discourse
more than an the spurgeons and Beech
ora of carislcndom. II speaks 20 thou
sands whore doctors Of divinity talk &
only one IN The homie ana around th
nreside, deep truths root deep In fh
conscience OF men. and there the pres
brings evermore The laws Of healing 70
ile nations.
assert without hesitation tina
i the press IS the Christian powe
in the land. It's influence Is great
by moral II not religious Il sci
dom boosts the rake, tHe roWdy
or the blatherskite. ID seldom associate
with the vicious or the eva doer Ia
deed. the groatest concern OF wrong do
ers. OF grafiefs, of plegugllas OF hig
land low degree a. that their mlsdeed
Twill be published 10 the World 1Ae Tea
OF the press IS the beginning Q
righteousness Both by what Il does an
what L refrains from doing q stands ~
good IA every community. How ofie
doss virtue approach the orcss 70 bieac
her Enrinents into q snow er vhltenas
az a single tonchl How ofteu does vic
enter Into 9 private closet vita Ga
press. and There with 1rayer and SUI
pllcation. invoke silence FOR Us sins
Indeed ~ sv7or'os s she presasthal /
community where nfteen er tWeal
churches are REQUIRED 10 keep people !
ihe stmsh ana narrow way only lp
Or lhree of ihc Archmedean leaves -
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