Valdez daily prospector., 1912-07-22
VALDEZ NEWSPAPERS.

lildt tue ileNSpapcfS D1 \alucI uO not give sufficient publicity to mining news and too much to politics. Naturally. everyone has his own ideas of how a newspaper should be run. How many of Them would prove success in ihr publication business is alto Gcther another question:.
 The newspaper aims io merit Inc approval of the majority of it's patrons: it first seeks iO gain a nam" for reliability in it's news service and hnncSiy in the cX- prcSSion of it's opinions. although il may differ radically in it's views from that of it's readers. If il were otherwise. instead If being a m"uldrr of public thought if would br but q Typographical phnnnGraph or a mechanical poll parrot. II would be of that class of newspapers which buy iIs cdi- !"riaI rXprrS ions by Ihr yard and deal them out by the foot. Such papers would fear to express an opinion on the state of the wealth "r, the salmon run, the mining output OF a hundred other every day subjects.
 The newspaper, like any other Business enterprise, aims to keep abreast of the times, to hold it's place with the growth of the com muniIy in which it is published as well as lO aid that community in itS aspirations and ambitions. The newspaper which fills it's duty tn iIS community best is the one which p0rIrays the rommun- fly life best: which, in telling of the opportunities offered, OF the development of ifs natural re- sources adhcrrs most closely lo inc truth.
 The newspapers of Valdez. both inc Miner and the PrOSpcct0r, hav" worked unrrmitIingly for inc success of Valdez and the ad- iarcnt country. They have glad Ny published all the mining news ubIainahlc which carried the stamp of reliability upon it's face. If they have not published more il is simply because il was not Obtainablr or was cons idrred of such nature as not fO warrant publication. A year ago last win In ,,c made lo learn the heavy iOll ex- acted upon the undiScriminate sending of transformation to the world a large. The lesson should be needed and not repeated.
 The country surrounding Val deg is rich enough and sufficient ly eXtrnsiv" io warrant OUT ad- herring lO the truth and avoiding thr back fire from which wr are suffering even at this time. Grad ually, as we develop our latent resources the world generally will b"rOm" rOnvcrSanI with Inc |aris and will wish to share in fte prosperity which W" have nulIdcd for ourselves.
 There arc causes for the back wardncss in the development of the rich resources which we have at hand, over which we have no control and of which We are pow crlcss to change.
 The administrations of ROOsc- welt and Taft have not only been directly responsible for the re- IardIncnt in the growth of Alaska, but they have thrown such an element of uncertainty around Alaskan's investments as to kccp capital away from us. It has been so difficult io obtain laws under which we might expand our en- lcrDriscs, as in place us in po- sition of inactivity similar to that of the man whose enforced quiet was duo io Ihc straight jacket in which hc was tightly bound.
 The work now in progress in Inc hills, together with Il change of the present administration to one moro in sympathy with Alas ka'S needs will bring to us a new era in which tho newspapers of Valdez will do their part lo bring it. about.