Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-31
The SUNDAY PAPER

cooPERsToWN CORRESPONDENT
OBJECTS TO THE SUNDAY
NEWSPAPER
AND THE TRIBUNE EXPLAINS
THE REASONS EXISTING
THEREFOR
The Tribune is in receipt Of the fol-
lowing letter from Henry a. Bemis Of
Cooperstown, regarding the publica-
ton Of the Sunday Tribune. AS there.
is a quite common misunderstanding
of the circumstances surrounding the
publication of a Sunday paper, the
Tribune publishes Mr.. Bemis' letter
with comments thereon as follows:
Ganatin School, Cooperstown, N.
D., Jan. 10, 1907 Nh
Editor Tribune: Thought the kind
ness of our representative Mr.. Steen
Nelson, the Tribune is making me
welcome visits. Welcome, with one
exception, and that is the Sunday.
edition. That is not welcome to me
because have no desire of helping to
rob the Tribune's faithful staff Of its
God given right of resting one day in
seven. I believe all men should be
protected in this right as much as in
the rights of Life, liberty and property
What lis it but an encroachment upon
ones liberty? How much time have
you, and the other members OF your
stall, to spend with your families, if
you have any? The American people
have developed an unhealthy greed
for news. especially Of the sensational
kind; and probably no check to such
a wrong condition of things will come
until a public sentiment strong enough
is developed to demand the enactment
of law making it criminal to publish
a Sunday edition Of any paper in the
state. 3
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It may be interesting to You to know
that the writer of this is a state
teacher having taught in North Da-
kota since 1883, and has not only the
welfare Of the children Of the state at
heart, but its entire population, both
for the present and for the future. He
is using the Tribune in his school
as very efficient aid to the study Of
civics, and his heartfelt wish is that
the Tribune" may shortly be able to
throw OF, the incubus of an unworthy
public demand. In the meantime
keep yollr Sunday edition for those
who just as lief you had no Sabbath
if only they can get the news. ;. !:
In closing Elet me reiterate the wish
that all who are connected with the
Tribune may soon be enabled to en-
joy that great blessing, Sabbath Of
rest.
Very sincerely and truly yours,
Henry A. Bemis.
The Tribune agrees with it's cor
respondent as to giving it's employees
the Sabbath day as one of rest, and for
that reason it publishes a paper on
Sunday and none on; Monday. 1T is
not generally known that the greater
part of the work on the Sunday paper
is done on Saturday, and in some
instances ms is done entirely on that day.
BY midnight of Saturday practically
all the work on the paper is done and
but trifle remains to be done In the
early hours Of the Sabbath, therefore
the employees of the paper not only
have all day Sunday to themselves
but the greater part of Monday. II
the Sunday morning paper were to be
omitted and q paper gotten out on
Monday morning as indirectly suggest
ed BIZ Mr.. Bemis, part Of the force On
the paper would have to work all DAY
Sunday and the balance more thar
half the day. This matter has been
discussed ever since the mornine
newspaper was first established many
Years ago, and it was supposed it had
been completely threshed out to thu
satisfaction Of those opposed to sun
day labor There is no member Of Thu
Tribune force but whom can attend
morning and evening church service,
AZ he SO desires, and this would not b,
the case were the Tribune publishes
Monday instead Of Sunday morning.
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