Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1914-12-10
Why The Double Standard

There are two very distinct
classes of newspapers in this
country extremes-and
the public sets diffesent stand
ard fo1 each.
Just why, no one knows-but
it does
Of the one it requires truth
fulIness, decency and modera-
llon.
Of the other it re quires noth-
ing it just takes what is hand
ed out, and looks for more.
The great metropolitan daily
gathers up the news of the
world and that news is read at
the breakfast table, or during
the day, or after the evening
meal.
The reader seldom pauses to
remember that reporters and
editors have warped and colored
much of that news up to satisfy
the public craving for sensa-
ions. 1t may contain q few
grains of truth and a few BUSH
els of fake.
The country paper gathers
up the news of the home COM
munlty and sends it forth on
press day. That news must be
TRUE, or the editors reputa-
sion tor veracity is ruined and
his career of usefulness is at
an end.
Faults that are condoned or
entirely overlooked in the big
daily are unanimously con-
demned in she humble weekly.
The city daily often builds
up a tremendous circulation by
pandering to one of the worst
elements in humanity-the in
satiable desire for scandal.
The country weekly builds up
its circulation by catering to a
higher plane of citizenship, by
the dissemination of facts in
news columns, by a rigid ad-
herence to truthfullness in it's
uttefances
The world has apparently
learned to expect about q Ger.
tain amount of fakery, exagtr-
alton, sensationalism and SEN
suality in the metropolitan
daily though happily there
are a few dailies that are dis
appointing to their readers in
this respect, they are decent.
Of the country weekly it de-
mands the traversing Of the
straight and narrow path-the
elimination of suggestive and
questionable matter-the put-
LEGATION of a sheet which would
not shock Christ if he came to
earth.
Why the double standard?
The Ninth Annual Business
Meeting for the election of
officers of the Iowa Society of
New York, met at the College
R ,om of the Hotel Astor, eight
o'clock Saturday evening, Nov.
28th The following list of
fficers were elected for the
ensuing year:
President, VIM. R, Huntington;
lst Vice President, H. Pascha';
2nd Vice President, w. A Clark
Bird Vice President. G Brownell
tth Vice President, R. 7. Shea;
Treas l. B HN pes; Sec Frank
Raft; Historian, G. B Clarkson
Chaplain, Rev. DR.. N. D. Hills
Trustees for three years. Max
Rachert, Michael j Morris, w.
IL faU efSOD.
The man who was il jured
near Crescent ard died here
S;l'urday still remains uniden-
tilted On his rszor the name
Ferguson is written in lead
pencil and Morrison, III, is
written in his note book, but
these are the only means Of
Identification. So far nothing
has developed from these clews
and the body is still held at the
Hennesey morgue.
Mrs C. A LisIe has had as
guests the past week, Mrs. Nc
Wicker of Des Moines, Mrs. j.
Nash of Ortumwa and Mrs.
Chapman of Omaha; the ladies
leaving on the noon train Wed.
to be home for Thanksgiving.
With Mrs. Lahman of Missouri
Valley and Mrs. Lisle the party
we're entertained Tuesday noon
with a o'clock dinner by Mrs.
NJ. R AnSbach, and Tuesday
evening enjoyed the hospitality
ne Mre w A Han1nronn and