Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-23
Wednesday Morning, February g, 1916.
FILLING UP CORNERS.


 The Fourth Estate" journal devoted to the newspa per business unfortunately does to the aen ton of the atty otherwise there would be better under standing between newspapers and their readers, re- marks the Arizona Republican Though the newspaper is regarded by the public and the law semipub lie institution though it is visited in the course of day by more people than visit any other private nstiu ton and though there greater familiarity of the pub lie with newspaper workers than with the attaches of other institution the public knows less about the pexes their duties than they do about the troubles of such aoof institutions banks and railroad offices The chief public misapprehension is that the main problem newspaper office is to find matter for the columns of the newspaper That is now and then, real problem the advertising department of most newspa pers in fact rather standing nsoluble problem the editorial and reportoria departments The public would understand this better could hear the curse not loud but deep" of editors when sorting out the go stuff and of the make and if it could see the volume of "overset" matter, most Of which is dumped into the "heLbox' the morning, Ca sad economical waste), further available It might have been good the day before But most stuff that comes the newspaper offices is escent as the rainbow.
 Members of the laity who do not understand these things often wonder why certain matter which they had laborously contributed appear Its absence is charged up the bad judgment of the editor who of fact decided after and trained considera tion and knowledge of his constituency, that it was not as great large Of his readers much other before him. He could not therefore sacrifice space to matter of interest to single contrib utor representative of considerable group of his readers, but which would be of little interest to the great his readers The conscientious editor does consult his interest in the matter before him It may appeal strongly him but he knows that it will have appeal the large majority of the sub scribers.
 Now and then in of weakness the editor ma, sacrifice space which, by way does not belong to him. but is the property of several thousand subscribers and of which he is only the custodian article, that friend of his friend paper has contrib uted and which at all to one subscriber in This species embezzlement or misappropra- tion only little less glaring than the crime trusted custodian funds who abuses his accommodate a friend But that is a fault in newspapers offices.
 The Fourth Estate" cites the following instances:
 "A few evenings ago the Montreal Herald and Tele- graph representative attended ceetng in aid of of the many good for which the public sympathy is sought in these days. One of the speakers pected doctor of divinity deplored thought fact that the newspapers paid little the cause which he had so much at the heart
 Why he said, there is scarcely anything the papers about the work when there is it only to up corner"
 The Heradand Telegraph, the next day moved to the following admonition of the laity:
 This good man had editor of a daily paper in city like Montreal That is why he did not know what he talking about.
 Nobody tried to set him right
 Nobody said word for the newspapers We didn't ex- pect they would.
 Most of those present probably thought that receiving appeals aid relieved editor any anxiety danger of going press day without all filled up and doubtless some of them did feel that it perfectly rue-the newspapers and their editors terribly selfish if absolutely wicked institutions
 Articles such as one do often appear in the newspapers.
 We used to popular misconceptions.
 don't to talk about power press and the great influence weld in moulding public opinion
 We prefer to let these things speak for themselves
 But we felt that just for this once. We owed it tc ourselves 10 point out to friend Divinity and that there newspapers Montrea