The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-26
THE PASSING OF A NEWSPAPER.
New Haven Union.)

Success in business is usually the
| result Of the methodical persevering,
hard work of the business man. When
this is augmented by a close attention
to details, the ability to spar with
competitors and to recognize and emf
brace opportunity, prosperity is in
sight. To be honest, to be educated
and to possess tact and agreeable
manners are valuable assets to the
business man, although many succeed
without all these qualifications, but
none fail who possess all of them
retentive memory, combined with
that quite unusual quality-c1ose men,
tai application-and an intuitive
knowledge of men and their motives,
are the principal requisites for men,
bers Of the legal profession. Flo
quence, a sympathetic manner and ed
ucation, but above all an ingratiating
responsiveness, with proper considera-
ton for opponents, usually character
ize the successful lawyer, many of
whom are personally sympathetic and
high-minded, but regard themselves
as generals in a legal battle, and too
often their slogan is Anything to
win" and Everything is fair in love
and war"
The successful physician is usually
so devoted to his profession as to be
a martyr to it. Like the poet, l1e
should be born physician, not SIM
ply depend upon his education for his
ability to practice nor on his diploma
as the assurance of his competency.
Education is essential, but to be born
with that intuitive ability to diagnose
disease correctly is his best qualif1ca-
ton. To know when symptoms are
alike, Of what disease are they the
fOrerunner, this is a gift not possessed
by all having the title Md, attached
to their names. Dignity is one Of the
characteristics of the medical profess
sion, often quite impressive, but it
will never take the place Of that COM
passionate quality known as "sympa-
thy A hypnotic influence is inval-
liable to the successful physician.
Newspaper men are in realm quite
their own. Unlike other professions,
it's members do not possess stereotyp-
ed qualifications. The education of
the newspaper man is broad. IT is
not limited to books. Some of the
the word, as it is not popular in news
paperdom) were self-educated. Among
the most brilliant editorial writer's
comparatively few are college grad
yates Originally Of thought indepen-
dence of character and fearlessness OF
purpose usually characterize the news
paper profession. A press subsidized
by special interests is opposed to
the spirit Of American institutions that
it's death knell is inevitable.
Newspapers are like greatness, IN
having that quality '.born with them"
Their struggles for existence, in the
face of innumerable discoura gements,
always appeal to the newspaper fra
ternity. It usually means personal
sacrifice and unappreciated effort.
Success in newspaper life depends on
so many diversified conditions, often
so uncomfortable that when con-
temporary newspaper passes away it
may have been an opponent in poll
tics, perhaps a rival in business, but
one must respect the effort that Ia
bored to sustain it and sympathiZe
with those whose hopes are blasted by
its passing away. Only those who
know how uncertain is the life of a
newspaper can appreciate fully the
purpose of it's founders and managers,
and the fight for their conceived prfn-
ciples which sustained them in their
conflict. When success is earned or
even when the battle is lost we be-
lieve that the Influence of a newspa-
per, like the echo of the voice Of the
sweet singer, never dies.
One of our contemporaries the New
Haven Palladium, has passed away
after an honorable and influential ex-
istence Of 83 years. Although of a
different political faith, we have al
ways wished it well. AS it absorbed
the Daily News years ago. so to-day
its existence is verged with it's morn
ing contemporary the Journal-Cour-
ier Although New Haven has had
an over-supply of newspapers In pro-
portion to it's reading public, which is
really not advantageous, especially to
advertisers. The Union, however,
has invariably recognized the rights
of each of it's existence. While we
congratulate our morning contempor-
airy, the Journal-Courier, on its in
creased opportunity, our sympathy
goes out to the scattered staff and
workers on whose labors and devotion
the success Of a newspaper depends for
after all there is pathOs in the passing
AWAY of q neWspaper