The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-16

call upon tho editor and eXult over
the facts that the paper mover geS
anything right The editor gets a
name wrong that is mumbled 10 MIN
over tho telephone. he'always bungies
everything IL a politician gets
caught In an unpopular interview, he
declares that he was "misquoted.
IL the paper makes an immaterial
| misstatement in an article In which
the main facts are correct the editor
| VIII find that II Is Tissue OF false
hoods from beginning to end" If IN
the hurry OF editorial discussion he
accepts poor authority, and misstates
a TACT he i6 denounced es Williul
and besotted liar GossIps who are
ment OF charity for the shortcomings
ol others see no Inconsistency In bra
zenly criticisiDg an editor for even
the most manifest OF errors. The eX'
Perienced newspaper man has Ions
since learned that ncwspnperperfcc-
ton is attained only by those who
have never engaged IN the business,
and his feeling of resentment at un'
Just criticism gives away TO one OF
calm and serene contemplation of the
'Ni''No VI ulduhluu
1t is the average public TO whom
the editor must make nis appeal
and every editor knows that the av-
erage man is fair, and just and ap-
prcciauye. Each editor has hundreds
OF such on his list He is the "old
Subscriber" He is the man who
takes the paper through storm and
sunshine. If he sees something In
the paper he does not like, he does
not inflict capital punishment on the
editor by stopping his paper. He has
Ideas OF his own. but he Is willing that
other mon should have theirs. II the
paper misses the malls, he takes il
good humoredly. II he Is asked to
pay his subscription, he does so with
a chuckle and declares that he ought
to have paid it before II he reads
an opinion in his paper with which he
differs he writes the editor a letter
or discusses the question with him in
a friendly way The Old Sub
scriber"ls the backbone of a news
papers support One of him is worth
dozen OF the hysterical and stop
my paper" sort who fly into a rage
when they cannot run the whole shop
here propose toast 10 the 'Old
Subscriber man who stands
without hitchlng-the good old stand
by who pays without grumbling. diff
fers without quarreling, helps with
out ostentauons gives praise and crit
isIsm when each falls due. and who
is welcome In every newspaper office
In the land whether he wears uroad-
cloth or ovcralls. God bless the "Old
Subscriber and may he live long
and prosper,
But with all of its worries and re-
sponslbllitles the work of the craft
Is not only agreeable but fascinating.
We have a daily chance to grow-to
grow in wisdom. purse and grace We
como in contact with people OF all
sorts and with big and puzzling Ques-
tionS of all kinds We are constantly
on the firing line OF the worlds en-
deayor. We arc living in an age OF
marvels and we must partake OF its
lofty spirit and its glorious optimism.
Messages flash through the mir with
out the aid of wires; boats swim un-
der the water; ships fly through the
air. Philaulhrophy Is putting millions
OF dollars at the disposal OF science TO
fight disease The generation Is alert
10 ltS IehponSiolHties anu Us ueeuo'
II is doing things Civic righteous
ness Is growing The busle call has
been sounded for the welfare of men.
We are trying to stop tho impoverish
ment Of the soil, the depletion of the
forests, the monopoly of our water
powers and the spendthrift treatment
OF our natural resources. Public sen
timent is full OF red blood and was
never more alive. 1t is for us TO play
the mans part and TO realize that we
can only keep step with the music OF
events by the unremittIng zeal. which
in character building and equipment
for life is its own glorious and fitting
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