Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-03-28

must appreciate the brotherhood of
man. 1t must recognize no difference
between the worthy poor man and the
multimillionalre. 1t must commend
those whC succeed and encourage thnsf
VINO TAIL. 1t must believe in the coum-
try and its Workers, 1t must deal with
measures more than with men"
HI" address goes on to say that yell
low journalism comprises the news
papers and periodicals that are WITH
out conscience, those publications
which pand"r to the prcjudiCcS and
passions Of tlc ignorant, that s.I.e
up frutalizing sports, the follies OF So
cietN, the dbnoru1alities of crime antl
deScneracy; that print advertisements
that are faerantiy dishonest: that for
their oWn business ends forget that
the community is dependent upon its
newspapers Ior its information ana
guidance concerning political. Social
ana commercial matters.
On" point which is worth consider
ing by editors and publishers as well
a. the public IS brought out in the add
dress which Miss Andrews read where
ast"r and crime are considered prim,
for blatant display and the good that
mankind j. doing hidden away. !
reason is given, with the declaration
that it is not apparent to the casual
headline reader but that some news
p9per publishers Will tell Nou tn. pub
lie demands such a class of journalism
This is denied, and the declaration
made that 1h- black-typcd statements
aye read ana that tin reader niei
turns clSeV mere for iniorna ton
Further along it is pointed out tina
civilization has always moved along
certain given lines and the record o.
progress Shuts perpetual battle De-
tween reht and wrong positions
Great editors have accepted this rec
ORD If progress as news. Underlyine
the entire structure Of wspaperdum
however, Is what might be te,mcd
destructive tuuught-a temper To de
err the good works of men-ana when
this viewpoint was applied 10 the
worli,s progress. present daN Journal
ism had an easy decadence into 4
disposition to eXaggeratc the abuse
of society.
The address saws titat the news pol
icy Gf elean journalism must BE- estab-
liSned through evolution. rather than
through revelation; that the startins
point of this great reform must be in
the ne~s distributing centers, and
fuly % per cont. Of tie news reports
of the great American press aSsoeia
tiunS Is r.lade up from the PROOF sheets
of the New York daily papers. 1t Is
sent ny telagraph to tie newspaper
Offices throughout the country and.
consequently. rs New York thinks. s'
thinks the American press.
1t is truly said that the busy MAI
and MS associates and employees can
we'll advocate clean journalism as a
time say T. as ii supplies relIahle ahe
uncolored Information Of the world 5
financial. industrial and social events
II continues that liz the school room
perhaps. is seen the greatest oppor-
tunty for clean journalism To d" ef-
feetiVe work. The child at the desk,
acquiring knowledge that is to he used
in Years 4" come. can i'll afford To
waste r.eciou, hours in learning les
sons tlat must be unlsarned in after
year.
The writer of this address, which
Is being circulated widely and read III
various communities for its more than
single purpu~r might nave added, IN
Tho way G clean presentation q!
facts that We are already we'll into
an era in which there is a demand
60, and a responsive move toward
mere reliable newspaper stories. The
lott cd
tha scareheadS and inordinatn hoWls
of. such new spdper splurges as are
forced upon the public by PuHtZef
and Hearst and their imitators. Inc
tendency of the times is toward sh@rt-
.r neVSpa ncr stories which contain all
the facts without the gruesome set
ting. which any striking incident or
disaster will call forth. and toward
matters of general instruction IN an
branches Of science and industry. Inc
editor who ncglectS to nave import
ant departments in his newspaper de-
voted to general reliable information.
as Wei as thp society gossip ana the
chrCnicle of the DAYS events, Is max
in. mistake. We must also give
credit to the up-to-date newspaper ad-
vertiscr who is inventing schemes 10
get his nov wrinkles. which are OF
commercial value tn him, before the
ruhlic without paying for the space
he occupies. Much of the material
which comes to the editors desk i'll
these DAYS. contains germs of I'M offna-
ton and foods of advertising from
which this address is not free of the
Indictment