Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-12-23

surely it has the right to |
be protected against those whose aim |
is apparently to bring it into disrepute.
Worthwhile News andlCitizen.
Inc LUDLOW Tribune tells the exact
truth Ewhen it says: 1.-the Tribune |
holds itself ready to help along any |
good cause to reasonable limit and
its record shows that it has lived up
to that sort Of thing. But neither it
nor any other newspaper should be
asked to devote it's space to the free
advertising of occasions which are
arranged for the laudable
purpose of making money. AS mat
ter of fact. news. the mere statement
of fact. could not be objected to by the
publisher of any local paper; but
emphasizing of attractions and the
naming of admission prices come legit
imately within the scope OF adver-
tising.' Generally people who ask
newspapers to do this sort of free ad-
vertising do so through ignorance.
They do not know where the dividing
line between news and advertising
runs. 1t is the duty of the publisher
to explain the matter in good natured
way. If he does this most people
will understand the situation and gladly
pay for the advertising they desire"
That has been the experience IN the
Times Office Bellows Falls Times.
A million dollar contract for granite to
be quarried and finished in an up-to-date
building style, coming to firm with
in ones own town is surely thing that
deserves mentioning, and is cause for
congratulations Of this community
and the state in general. It brings
with it prosperity for some time to
come to the village directly, and to
the state in consideration of the size
of the job one of the biggest boosts in
the way of advertising its natural
resources that could be accomplished.
This is only another Of the immense
contracts taken by the Woodbury. Gran
tie company to this place to be fur
nished from the cow justly renowned
Woodbury. gray granite. the Pennsly-
vania state capitol being one Of the
first and largest in this stone. Be-
fore and since that time many build
ings have been erected in Woodbury.
granite by this concern in scattered
sections Of the country. And the end
is not yet. A generation hence will
tell the story of nun erous handsome
buildings as monuments to the tnrlv-
ing concern which has secured the
contract, In a stone that Is especially
we'll fitted for work in that line. The
contract will keep hundreds of men in
the quarry and finishing plants busy at
good wages for a twelve months or
more We therefore again add our
[ hearty congratuations to the Woodbury.
Granite company. to Hardwick. Wood
bury and to the cormonWea tn. = Hard
wick Gazette.
The Central Vermont railroad pro-
tests. through the ST. Adams Messen-
ger, against the report in the press in
regard to the recent freight wreck
near Harlow bridge, claiming that it
was greatly exaggerated. If the man
agement would adopt more liberal
policy towards newspaper reporters
and extend to them reasonable help in
gaining information in regard to acct
| dents, it would not often have occasion
! to complain of misstatements. The
Vermont railroads. and most of the
roads in New England for that matter,
| continue the old-fashioned plan of sup
| pressing the facts relating to an acct
dent. When trouble occurs to train
station agents and employees generally
become dumb to ell enquiries because
they understand that it is all their pc.
sitions are worth to talk about it. I'm
der those circumstances the reporter,
who knows that something has hap.
pened, must pick up his information as
best he can. Often it comes from un.
reliable sources and is full of mistakes,
whereas frank statement from prop.
er officials would not only be of benefit
to the public but also valuable to the
railroad company in having the exact
truth related Enterprising western
railroad managers have adopted the
policy of giving full information tt
newspapers, even going to consider
able trouble to give them the facts
relating to accidents, and they ind il
of mutual benefit. -Northfield News