New Britain herald., 1918-07-30

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nal we ouoted from, the Tatio,, - nsr-
ooranh touchino a scheme If NJ,
Ochs of tho Now Vol, rri,,oo who
We are told oir,e. ~ ine+ol1 =, +bo+
journal ap odi+o,-i,1 C,o1>i,,o+ o,,, af
whose ,,o,,Lo,- vii ,o+,to &c ,1,i,,4
the office to ho bo1d fo,, gnecifod
tern, or as 7oo9 ae the no1;cies ore
approved bv the majority of the Cab
met
Mr.. Ochs would have NO editorial
appear that has not "the accan+arce
of two memb erS Of tho sta if who have
not written the article" ITO is n7ova1
should mot be intrusted to one nor
SON." no matter how CAPABLE as nve1v
individual has certain prciudices due
to his environment.
Upon this the Nation proceeds tn
remark that 'If it be true is is not
also true that a groun of men. nar-
tic,llar1y if in control of 4 rich and
successful property are apt to have
the proiudices Of their environment
TO become nltra-conservatice set in
their views-detached from the cur
rent of daiIv affairs9 This is what
baDnens in hanks COLLEGES connan-
les of all kinds. Indeed. since Mr..
Ochs saws that there is such q board
now on the Times If NAV exn1ain whv
its editorial naee is unite IFS least
worth, mart
The Na+io, n,j9b+ In +be in+eregt
u
h,ve sn,,.ed i+so1f thie closino fine
hoc.nsa tho odi+orio1 noeo IF +ba
rrinoes is fai,11, onan 70 ne euch c,yit-
icisn, # Is q ,7erv GOOD editoria1 nape
indeed Al the, same fine If is to he
sa1d that more and more the editorial
mara of tho 1o,dir,. d.j1;ee &c booon,iro
:; .- +o,.oo+,,r,od = r,o,o o.
nendaoa 70 the news of the dav-
which in tho character IF a ,atio,,-
ale of that news if ought indeed to
he
Meanwhile we are being constantly
told that tho dav of r,ersonaI Journal
ism is gone never to return Tn the
cansa that II ao,,rished in the DAVIS of
Let 1s saw Rcnnett and Greeley and
RAYMOND Of Prentice mad Penn of
E7orsythn and Kendall this is true
enough. Those were primitive times.
>Thev gave vocation to the l<night-er-
.rantrv of Journalism. The editor was
a kind of athIete-a professional pu-
giIist-a star actor billed to do his
stunt with pen or pistol They are
o,na indeed Rnt now as ever there
must he in journalism as nvervwhere
in ORGANIZED effort, q man behind the
guns. He NAV not be visible. But he
is there and he is bound to be there.
$50
The elder Bcnrett discovered the
news princin1e The first business of
the newsnaner is TO print the news.
That poes now without saving. Nor
is # essential that the newspaper
ions of any sort Yet every newspa-
nor should have a no1icv-s0nle prin-
oip,a 80 i+s being-some fixed stand
o,d 80 occour+ahilitv and responsibil-
49, rr71js ,,ao,,iras an editor. Two or
+t,.oo aoa, csn M moro edit news