The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-02
THE oNE-CENT DAILY.
And What Goes into 1t for That Small
Price.

And What Goes into 1t for That Small
Price
Some Years ago the most eminent sci
entists Of several countries were asked
10 name seven modern wonders. The an.
clients had fixed in our minds forever
such marvels as the pyramids of Egypt
the hanging gardens Of Babylon, the
temple of Diana at Ephesus and the Co
lossus at Rhodes Our own experts named
wireless telegraphy. the telephone. the
arplane, radium, antsepties and anti
toxins spectrum analysis and the N-ray,
II was right to thus honor these weghty
contributions to knowledge and progress.
But why did not some of the authorities
consulted think of the penny newspaper
and give it, if not the largest note, at
least place somewhere near the head
of the listg
The one cent daily would be wonder
without the war; il scours the planet
| for news and keeps us in almost magic
touch with events far as well as near
/ Yet the war has vastly expanded its
range. the volume Of its deliyerances
and the need for its work. When the
| final record of this world CONFUSION
comes To be written, the best part OF the
story win have to be gathered from the
files of the daily press. Put into book
form these acCumulations would already
make a substantial library. and at the
present rate OF increase a substantial
building would be required for their
housing. Think of the innumerable things
which the newspaper must chronicle in
days like these-at home our war prep
arations in council chamber and camp,
the mobilization of our Industries. our
conservation movements, our Red Cross
work and thousand occasions for pub
lie speech unknown in peace times
abroad the like activities on vet wider
scale; parliamentary debates, the
speeches of premiers and the pronounce
ments of publicists, conspiracies and
peace programs, the rImbings of disor !
der in Russia and the STRINGS of de- |
mocracy in the\central empires And as
to the war itself. were ever campaigns |
covered more infinitely and more viv |
idly, with more lavish output of expense !
and with less regard to personal danger |
Along thousands of miles of battlefront.
close up to the fighting lines, in and out
OF the trenches amid insernal eoncus-
sions and under the hail of shell, wher-
ever in Europe, Asia or Africa the enemy
raises his head there the daily press has
its representatives. with swift autos for
their means of travel and the cable and
wireless for their messages.
Nor are gathering and sending of the
by any means all. Peep into
the newspaper office in the wee sma
hours ayont the twal,' when the cable
has delivered its messages and the wire
less has ceased to sputter. Remember
hat the news has to be edited and head
lined Received into the composing room.
Il is distributed To the lnotypers and
.omes out from the mechanisms working
with almost human intelligence in ser
led lines OF metal. From the stereutyper
( passes TO the machine room. and the
Hoe presses there turn out the printed
,heets at the rate of more than 2O.0OO
In hour cut. folded and counted. Swift
ans are in waiting: these transfer the
bundles To still swifter trains. which
cater the morning paper all over Mas
achusetts and New England. Once the
.etting Of such news took weeks and
months: today the whole operation i
Impressed within a few hours The war
anne and we knew il in less than a day:
he Russian revolution came and we were
eading about it the same afternoon
When Germany yields in the dark hour
Z her discontinue, we shall be rejoicing
{ cur breakfast tables over the triumph
{ Righteousness Just after the newsboy
a. delivered at our doors all that focus
lg Of vast expenditures aud priceless
eviction into the smallest coin turned
No from Uncle Sans mint all that
.iEardy Il intelligence and enterprise
BE- eliminating wonder q this age ii
.ouders the news III the world for a
snt,-Boston Herald