The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-07-08
UNITED PRESS REPORTS COLORFUL,
BUT NOT "COLORED" FOR INTERESTS

escapes the plague OF mutually"
the euphemistic term for letting the
favored group work out their own
sweet VIII and give you each day
your daily opinion OF the co-opera-
tive enterprise. and one annual din
ner.
The United Press client puts the
responsibility of continuing rela.
tions upon the Association. He eats
only such dinners as he selects him.
self; and instead OF listening to
long speech at the annual banquet
he makes long one himself, upon
such an occasion as this, In approx
al OF the commercial form OF dis
pensing news.
And IL ever we grow wabbly in
our belief that franchise is the
vermiform appendix OF news SER
vice compacts. we are straightway
treasured by a legend writ large at
the top OF an Associated Press con.
temporary's editorial column, placed
there by the founder before he
rested from his labors: mo more
public service franchises on any
terms
The United Press deserves well
done" also, as an indispensable
member OF the staff of the Detroit
Times. 1t Ia just that and nothing
more. neither wrapped In mystery
nor panoplied with austere au-
thority. Daily we turn to 1t. at the
hour OF the matutinal assignments
! and say, You take care OF all that
part and parcel of the universe ~
ing outside the city OF Detroit, coun-
lty of Wayne, and State Of Michi-
| gan"
And it does II Just as a good re-
! porter would do II. II walks with
the crowd and keeps it's virtue;
talks with kings nor loses the
common touch. Carries no volume
of rules entitled, How to tell news
! from toadstools and vice versa"
Puts upon every bureau and man
afeld the responsibility OF handling
the situation as the vision OF the
great American reader turning to
his evening paper. wirelesses to him
across the shining seas. He Is not
gyvcd with traditions nor manacled
with beaurocratic definitions OF
news He Is only to ask HIM
self. rs ii true. and Is II entertain
ing?" and-the answer being in the
atfirmative--to make the words fly
with the swiftness Of the weaver's
shuttle.
We like this valued member OF
the STAN that clicks merrily to us
through the livelong day, because
he has advanced beyond the vital
statistics stage OF reporting. We can
stand for the coloring OF the news
that results from an interfusion of
The reporters red blood with the
story he Is putting on paper; II
he sees the strikers starving chill
dren along with the interruption OF
| industry: " he hears the comments
Of the middling folks as we'll as the
CIIlfldi NtIslOU, IL Ht bCCo N1i NC
picted not alone in the thrilling
movements OF armies but In the
black desolation Of hearthstones.
The penal code Of France was
unbiased and colorless as spread on
the musty tones. But Victor Hugo
reported" II in the deathless story
OF Jean Vatican, serving 20 years
for stealing q loaf to save seven
children from starving and being
pursued mercilessly through life by
the law .incarnated in the unrelen'.
ing Javert. Biased no doubt, col
orel certainly; but It put the bar
baIic cruelty OF the penal code up
on the consciences OF the French
pecrle,
Tn >United Press does not feel
called upon TO adopt the precaution
Of The artist who placed light up
on his head so that his own shadow
would not get into the painting.