Connecticut western news., 1908-06-11
THE POPE SoLIcITUDE

We're in quandary. We cannot hit upon any suitable method of appro- priately expressing our thanks to the Pope Manufacturing Company of Hart ford for the manner in which they are going out of their way nowadays to provide interesting reading matter for the country papers in Connecticut. The other day THE NEWS received letter from the company (and they paid the postage on it, too, think of that stating that the company would provide THE NEWS, free of charge, with photograph of an automobile. To get this work of art all THE NEWS would be supposed to do would be to foot the bill for having half-tone cut made from it and to also print in the paper say column or a column and half of matter pertaining to these automobiles and to provide the company with copy of the paper.
 Now isn't that magnanimous? Don't it show a commendable interest ln the newspapers of Connecticut ? Of course it does. It isn't everybody who contin- ually has an eye open for something in- teresting to place in the way of the press in order chat it may come to the atten- tion of news-hungry constituency. Some people will even purposely conceal matter which would make a good news story But not so with the tribe of Pope. They've been watching the game and have become thoroughly convinced that subscribers to country papers are not get ting enough reading matter of the right sort and they propose to assist in bring ing about a change.
 Their offer, above mentioned, is sub tie suggestion to us that THE NEWS sub- scribers are not being furnished with the kind of news they want or ought to have. Observe the diplomacy the com pany uses in causing us to now see things to which we have heretofore been blind. They don't "come right out" and say that there should be change but, instead, they provide this interest ing and high class matter and, to break it to us gently that the paper should contain more illustrations, one for in stance of their machine, they, out of their exceeding goodness and hberality of heart, offer to send us, postage all paid, a large photograph, possibly 5x6 inches. of tho said machine. They realize that our farmer readers would sit up nights or stay home from grange meeting to gaze at this picture. And, too, it would be so soothing, 80 pacifying, to the farmer, as he plucks his ear off barbed wire fence and watches the colt dash across railroad tracks, stone walls and such, bringing the new phaeton nearer to kindling wood. with every jump, to know, because he saw the picture, that the machine which scared the horse, and which is getting out of the township as fast as the chaffeur can make the wheels turn, was one made by the celebrated Hartford concern and not one of those affairs made by concerns who do not care a picayune whether country papers lever have anything in lem" or not.
 Every editor with spark of gratitude in his makeup should appreciate the solicitude and thinking only of -the-wel- fare-of-others spirit displayed by the Pope folks It's remarkable because it's so rare.
 Now we must do something to show our appreciation of this evidence of their whole-souled interest in us therefore we've decided to say to the Popeites that if they will send us an automobile, one which retails for about $3OOO, we will agree to ride in it and to call the atten- ton of our subscribers land those who borrow the paper) to the fact that MT. Pope built it and that he "has more like it at home.' Of course we also want him to furnish chaffeur, five-years' supply of gasoline, cart load of extra tires, machinist to make repairs, and few minor things of that sort, which really don't count for much, anyway.
 We wish to have our expression of ap- preciation compatible with this proffer of assistance in running 8 paper that will interest our subscribers and it seems to us that we have just about hit it.
 Therefore, Colonel, you may bring the benzine buggy yourself or send one of the boys over with it.
 FLAG DAY