The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1910-10-21
The Real Value OF the Country
Newspapers.

Newspapers.
lIg newspapers In blk cities are use.
ful lut every honest newspaper Il a
member Of great police force. It's
important Tor yigilabt, active, well.
paid newspaper policemen W be scat
tered In every corner Of the country.
H. IL very important that reasonable
income, generous recognition by ad'
yertiscrs should make the local news
paper independent Of everything eS-
ccpt It's readers welfare, 10 Is I'm.
p0rtant that the local editor should
be we'll paid; that he should be at
least as well of financially ms the
average man In public onlCe, whom he
alone critlclzes, by whom he alone Is
feared.
AS conditions are today the local
editor, the man who IL leading thOus-
ands Of good fights all over the coun-
try, IL poorly recognized or not rccog'
nized at all with few exceptions, II
il Impossible for men with great abil-
ity, public spirit and Integrity TO make
by hard work in a year OF Intelligent
journalism quarter as much as can
be made by any rascal willing to sell
himself TO a corporation. II Is great
harm TO the country that the am
bilious newspaper man should be
moving always toward the big cities
In order to make a decent living,
Every town where there IL n congress
man needs good editor, Every city
where Judge sits and looks at the
corporation with one eye and the llttlt
people with the other eyc-and a very
different eye for cuch-necds an hon
est editor, with both eyes on the
Judge,
IL would be a very good thing, In
deed, for this country II country edi
torship meant comfortable Income
permanent fortune, permanent IN
dependence, In addition to a position
OF honor
But the local editors, the owners o
the newspapers In the smaller com
munitIes, will never come into thei
own until the United States govern
ment shall introduce the parcels pos
system,
As matters stand now hundreds o
men who would be glad to Advertise
In local newspapers, TO reach the loca
population, away from the big depart
ment stores, are unable to do so, bt
cause the thievery OF the expires
companies makes II impossible for th
manufactures TO reach the consume
reasonably.
A big, successful newspaper In Sa
Francisco.-as an eXample-earns Nv
dollars every year for every copy
the paper sold This newspaper ca
earn this amount OF money bccaus
advertisers through this newspape
can reach directly the people that haV
the money to spend and supply theI
Immediately.
How much IL would mean to th
owner OF a small newspaper II his Gil
culaton would be worth to him 80
copy? What good thing IL would b
for the intelligent, earnest, cnergeti
and honest editor with 1000 circul'
lation II ., 1000 circulation iu the cour
try meant $4,000 profit q year,
Two thousand circulation In tn
country would be worth more than :
600 in the city to the owner OF III
paper II this country had the parce
post.
In the long run IL would be far be
ter for the local storekceper. ltmigl
crowd out the man who is hesitatin
about falling aud who is going TO ia
In the end, anyhow. But it would &c
tainly help the able man. And
would make rich men OF many strui
Cling editors,
II shc man who owns uewspap'
In the country had the power, hacke
with parcels post, TO distribute man
featured goods to bis readers direct
his paper would be OF the greatest 20
sible value, aud Infinitely more val
able per copy OF circulation than at
newspaper In any big city.
1t is important to emphasize I'll
value OF the country newspaper.
To urge patronage Of the local pre-
is good advice from the point OF vie
OF the average citizen.
IL would be very sad day, iudee
for this country II there were n,
scattered IN every little hamlet co
scieutious, clean newspaper man, wi
ing for ridiculously small pay to watt
and protect the interests OF the neig
borhood. Arthur Brisbane In N.
Journal.