The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-10-21

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observed that the difference between
the Americans and the English is that
the former are all optimists and the
latter are all pessimists.'
This was one of the observations ut
tered today by Lord Nothcliffe( Alfred
HarmswoTth), one of the most infiuen-
tial publishers of the present day, who
owns the London Times and sixty or
more other foreign journals, while he
was riding about Chicago in an auto
mobile in company with a reporter for
The Daily News. He had arrived from
Kansas City on the Santa Fe at 1880
a. m.
SOME OTHER OBSERVATIONS.
Some of the other observations of Sir
Alfred in the course of the morning
were:
The foremost newspaper in every
great city is a conservative paper.
Every one who comes to Chicago
should be made to go through the Uni
vresity of Chicago. 1t is going to be
one of the greatest in the world-it is
wonderful.
1T is enough to make one laugh to
see the way you Americans are busy
discussing topics which we thrashed
out decades ago in Europe.
GRAFT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
The great graft battle in San Fran
cisco-what is it but the old struggle of
lroundheads and cavaliers over again?
only you people cannot see it.
a.. Pierpont Morgan? Why, if he
had lived in the middle ages he would
have been another Lorenzo de Medici-
another Lorenzo the Magnificent"
The automobile went first toward the
University of Chicago. AS Lord North
cliffe was whirled softly along the
boulevards he looked about him with
the greatest interest. Everything he
saw was a target for his comment. His
praise of Chicago was munifeent. For
America as a whole he sees a great
future, and his passing remarks on the
many topics of the day which were
touched in the conversation were pun
gent.
Sir Alfred, or Lord Northcliffe, as he
is more popalarly called, is a man IN
the prime of life-well built, ruddy
checked, energetic-a man who, it
might be imagined, would be received
well anywhere, in a lumber camp of
the Michigan peninsula, Pennsylvania
labor meeting, or the audience chamber
of the kaiser.
PRAISE. FOX THE DAILY NEWS.
What do you think of the Chicago
press?" he was asked.
'Excellent-most excellent. know
your papers well-The Daily News es-
Epecially. The papers of this city are
among the best in the world. But,
then, you ought to have a fine press
here, with your population.
Some one has remarked that Chi
cago should have Bostons papers and
Boston should have Chicago's.' AS am
not going to visit Boston, you may say
that l agree with this estimate"
1T is not obvious whether this is
complimentary to Chicago or not" the
suggestion was made.
BASED ON POPULAR IDEAS,
"Oh, the observation is based on the
popular ideas of both cities" explained
Lord Northcliffe. Chicago is popular
| ly supposed to be a crude, money
grabbing place, you know, and Boston
is supposed to be an intellectual CEN
ter But the Chicago papers have
been received so favorably in the out
side world that people have thought
they would do credit to the intellectual
center. AS for the Boston papers
we'll, it is sufficient to add that l do
not in the least subscribe to the popular
view of Chicago. In fact, your whole
nation, the members of which have
been described to be as frenzied money
grabbers, l find to be dreamers-a
whole nation of dreamers."
REAL DUTY OF EDITOR DEFINED.
What do you believe is the real
duty of newspaper editor?" the visit
or was asked.
He must do what your university
! lis doing-he must educate. Every true
editor is an educator. The press as
whole does not degrade and democrat
ize, as carpers have shouted. 1t up
lifts"
DO you find that the newspaper pub
lie in this country differs materially
from that of England?"
mot at all The public is the same
everywhere, from Shanghai to Nova
Scotia"
May that be taken to mean that
lyou intend to extend your business as
publisher to this side of the Allan
ltic?"
oh, no. l could no more come over
here and edit paper successfully than
an American could conduct a paper ir
England"
TELLS SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS
ITO what enc thing do you lay YOU
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