Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-06-19
TELEPHONE MAN
TALKS PUBLIC
OWNERSHIP

Wichita Falls. Texas. June III. Il.
F~arnsworlh. president ~ the Southwest
crn Telegraph a Telephone 60. told the
Texas Press Association. in annual con
ycntion here. that while he favored pri
waite ownership, he would favnr govern
ment ownership Of all public utilities
if he believed there was amy danger OF
corporations controlling the govern
mcnt.
The Telephone I'm Asset To The rHb
Usher was the subject of Mr.. Earns
worth'S address.
Himself 4 former newspaper man cor
ncctcl with the Austin Statesman iur
thirty wears ago. he contraStcd oil mcth.
DDS with new
"Tslay in newspaper offices in Texas.
he said. the editor may sit at his desk
'and speak 60 amy of more than rI1n tD
persons ia this STAGE alone. lie Llai | ~
the opportunity 10 verify such r"NS a.
j. assembled by his comparativalr few
reporters. Ills telephone the "ca,'r ter
a system of 3l3.000 other telephone. IN
Texas.
Modern equipment has made i. !. asst
bile L. print the news the telephone -
bringing into every editorial center. The
public conscience has been quickcnei nv
a knowledge IF what j. going on Ia tn
world. The newspapers and the tcic
phone have made the nation one great
ncighborh,od and have. in AL almost
unconscious partnership SER cl The pu'-
poses of better nuyprnment.
This has been tome ualcr private al
m%ini>tration and We Of IA. telephone n
well as YOU of the press would like Ia
do more. II j. our wish u rpatinur % on
crate the telephone system under every
proper restriction 90 ~Alranaid he pub
lie interest"
: Mr. FarnSworth here compared pr
waite and government ownership Of trlc-
phones. claiming that private ownership
had produced the best results in this
country. He said he brlie cl private
ownership can do more f. he public
nj less cost in money lal less waste "a
government
We have almost a. many telephones
ia Texas IS ia France. wher. there are
almost ten times a. MANY penIlr AID
where government ownership prevails.
This t%cStifics t. what private enterprise
does for the system of communication
\ message Ia new>papermcn of the
southwestern merely 10 college ncwSpa
pcrmen-but 10 those who never expect
a. attend a school Of journalism was dc.
%liyercl by VIII N. Ma,c>. chairman II
the school ~ journalism ~ the Universe
N of Texas. and former lieutenant COVER
nor Of Texas.
Mr.. MayeS pointed ont that our fore
fathers made the mistake of thinking
hat education was limited to youth.
This error continued he said during the
first century Of this country'S existence
until about fifty years age when the
press began e. correct This condition. he
said:
Newspapers AMI journals came to take
mp publ education where the schools
leave of. The press has become the uni
versity of the people the journalists have
become their people.
That the influence If the press has
not always been exercised in the right
direction. that II too often has been for
the bad. j. due 10 The fact that The roun
try's educators have been slow ~ apnrr-
ciatc fully the tremendous power ~ the
press. and for that reason have neglect
cd 10 give attention to the proper train
ING of those who. a. journalists. really
become the post graduate teachers and
leaders of public thought. Those who are
giving closest thought 10 educational
problems now >ce clearly that the coun-
try> most potent source Of instruction
has been neglected 10 the detrimcnt ~
the strength II The nation.
The university 81 the masses the pub
lie press should have the most able. the
most capable, the best trained faculty