The Forrest City times., 1914-02-20

the courts to decree that ignorance of the law is no Justification for law break | ing and then for the legislature to grind | out bushels of laws to which the people l have no access d fltSs provision is made | for the publication of them? Of course l there are those who will say that 1t is 1 the duty of H newspaper to publish these laws under the c.grlmstances, but the newspaper has proper and just de fcnse, Primarily there is not enough fun and amusement in the newspaper game 10 justify it's continuance at monetary sacrifice but even if there were the neWsNapcrS would not publish all this stuff aS news The newspapers give their readers a digest of the news and great Gva3 ot the stun turned out | by the Legislature lacks sufficient news value to justify more than line or two. l but this same law that is given only a 1 line or two m@y be of intense interest , to few people The newspaper must l apply the law of averages to such cases and can only give extended notice to that matter which IS of such general interest that a majority of it's readers want it The state makes the laws and uuluckiIv makes entirely too many of them. Hay ing made them it should provide some | means for getting trem tu the people and the newspaper is the best and the most economical means at hand
 Getting Laws Before the People
 It has been suggested that the laws
 might be given to the people through n . iANlfilltt some llllE on the order of the ' Congressional Record or of the official 1 Gazette issued by some of the foreign | governments, but the Congress iunal Rec. | ord is sufficient answer to this Probably ] all of you know how little 1t IS read and ] lt you dc not glance at one copy of il ! will show you why. Another schem, ! suggested is circularizinE the state ] sending copies of proposed laws auc ! amendments to each voter. This is a greai step backward but there is Stu addi tlNIAl of l. laws and proposed acts and amendment, Tn the newspapers rather than by eithe i of the plans mentioned The uewspape' ! carries further because 1t has Somethiul l show him. This Is one of the reasons why newspaper advertising Is the hes ! advertising The eye of the reade
 comes in contact with the advertisement eNen if he is Elanclng through d pape 1 merely for news. However advertise 1 meuts now a-daNs are read by pcopl, 1 who desire to inform themselves on tn, 1 bargains of the day just as the news il
 rcdd hy people who desire to inform
 themselves on the news of the day.
 That Which Is Good Needs Publication
 Hardly is II putting il too broadly t
 say that which is good today needs pub Itcity and We might go further and sa, that most of that that IS good is get
 ting publicity. The University of Ar
 kansas needs publicity. It is gaining
 strength by publicity and tt should hav
 bNtIltltN. iNe men Tn charge are show
 Ing their proEresSiNeuess hN Eettinj
 dlEuificd publicity of the very best kin,
 that is getting the university into tn . news. And when the day comes tha , the university is not making news am , news of the Kind that q daily pape wants. then there should be chang
 because then the university is "Eoin
 back"
 The State of Arkansas needs publicity , It needs it as a thirst tortured man los Q in desert needs water and as tn
 starving need food. Jt is getting Erea , dsal of publicity of the proper sort to day and the men who are giving it thi b proper and dignified publicity are coin | ing dollars for the present generation O ' Arkansas and for the generations { come Why in the name of commo
 sense should a man farm land held a
 $2V0 an acre in country where he i } able to work from four to six month Q only out of each year when ther- 9r I richer farms dirt cheap. in the cleaner s sweeter land of Arkansas? But We mus let the Northern farmer know of ou s lands and climate and schools throuE e proper publicity The church need - publicity and churchmen are going afte 70 it in several parts of the country throug g the advertising columns of the dail newspapers It is not unusual to see i Q the newspapers of a Saturday morning v many cities big display advertisement | calling attention t0 the services at Na n rious churches on the following da, @ There are ministers who consider thi g uDtignified but the practical man a - well aS the practical minister Is il