The Greeley tribune., 1912-06-06
Brains or Coin

A contributor to the Tribune et1i-
torial columns has arrived At the
ooaclusi0n that what is most ad-
nAred today is the con,bative spirit
In men, the relic Of the stone age
days that has Its echo today In other
forms than murder, raPtne and
tl1eft.
Ooincidentally, his oont-ibus5on
came At . time when some consider
tion was being given the thought
that the most admirable achieve
ments Of men were not the most cd
mired. The thought wAs inspired
by the receipt Of . press ageat Coz
tsibufanA On Whist JaGk JeAneOn ynA
doanR 70 pscPare for M h8ht WIN
; ono Jfm Flynn to deEead his title Of
worlds champion. The prees agent
lntimated strongly that all ellitors
receiving this valuable matter ffeo
should feed highly hoa0eed - Il was
Exclusive and represented tho negro
slueger's views to . dot. TheFe WaD
also tho cheerful information tha9
J moro woald be sea&, shDald tAe Axse
dose be givea space. Ard, low b Il
spokea, the experience Of yeaFs In
, neWspape9 work snGges4e0 that the
people at barge want to know what
the two best nst nghters In the
w0eld are do1ne.
= Of the Titanic Disaster, which sAnff.
: cd oat the lives of sosne WossdeW
. ceaehrittes. AmOas those who sAA1
& viii. tAe III fa4ed ship WAS . Journal
!. ise and esaavfst ol worldwide 70
4 nown, N artist equally faAo1s, n
= mpsessari0 who was known o. sov'
= eeNl coattneaGs, 0ao 0( the gxeafesl
[t railroad Aea iA tho world md mAAy
!. distanguiAlsed In HAes q artistic ana
:, useful eadeavor.
% But amoa9 them was . very rica
- mAn. So far - recorded he ha6
It done nothing moro for the work
n than to inherit ~ enormous amO0A
n o6 moaey. HIS chief bid to fam
- was IN the fact that shortly belOc
In his death he had married . girl bu
:. little older than his son. He hal
N been divorced from the mother o
d. that son and several ministers hal
to refused to marry him to the yosm,
n woman he finally wed.
Of But he was very rich.
ar How he died, what his divorce
1t wife might expect in the will, no,
his son was In love with his ste.
mother and . hundred and one d.
tails Of his passing filled the new
columns for weeks, while the reall
great men who died were dismisse
with . paragraph or two for da
or two after the great ship sanl
And . day or SO ago his youn
nj widow and three others OF her kin
It's gave . luncheon to the captain {
the ship that rescued them, maxim
he more interesting copy.
ct- Some will place tie blame on til
uF newspapers, but that is not whef
m the blame belongs, because me
~ skilled In the handling Of news knO
nix what their readers want and pull
ey lish It, regardless Of their person,
on cOnvictiOns.
,P- The men Of brains who perishe
nd on the Titanic got their names |
Of on board almost backed the two be.
lg- boards in news value.
be The worldwide proposition Of II
lOt rich man can he reduced to the col
No. fines Of the smallest village. II
lat beats the best fighter, even, viii
he the man who merely discovers
ey remedy for q potato blight that In
cir proves the whole community .
teaches the people really elevatir
&C. things Of life mere gets his nan
90 In tle list Of dead, as It were.
he The age Of might has passs.
lAl when the man who could WELD Il
N. biggest stone hatcl,et was mat
" chief. The age Of money IS her
by when the greatest man Is he WI
ny staggers the financial world by Il
-se size Of his individual pile. The a,
Of reason L. coming, slowly but sur
,m ly, when franwy fists and hoard,
,al gold will not be the sumum bonu,