The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-11-07
MUST PUBLISHERS ENDURE
LONGER THE WASTE OF
PRINT PAPER?

If country editor is not enlight-
ener these days it is from no fault of
the great number of publicity bureaus
which the war has left in its wake. IF
he does not secure liberal education
the fault cannot lie with that horde
of good citizens who are directing his
path-or attempting to.
We had hard time locating our
real mail on Tuesday morning. In fact
We have every morning The newspa-
per EDITORS mail is so encountered
nowadays with the efforts Of the pub
licity bureaus that it takes an hours
good time to separate the chaff from
the wheat, to find the envelopes that
contain real mail and separate them
from the envelopes that contain
somebody's golden opinions about
everything from the league of nations
to the prize of hog meat To be sure
the one-cent stamps on the great de-
luge of publicity matter make tile task
easier and the publisher who does
not know the envelopes that contain
it must indeed be unobservant. Here
IS sample from one mornings mail !.
Uncle Ted" comes on pink paper, SO
We may be able to know at aglance
that some Juvenile story teller is put
ting politics i'll nursery style, so that
our little boys and girls may know all
about the league of nations along with
bread and milk. The Review has no
juvenile department. The pink sheet
goes to the waste basket without a
glance. Next up is National Chair
man Hays epistle marked personal, !"
so that we will be sure to open it, and
sure enough it is signed by Will H.
himself, though in stamp. 1t is a
good signature fac smile, however,
even to a blot under the Sincerely
yours, The same mail brings two
of the epistles, one directed to the
editor personally and the other to the
Review. We are always glad to hear
from Mr.. Hays. He is quite live wire
but we haven't enough newspaper help
to get Mr.. Hays ebullitions before
the public. Now comes the nation
wire campaign of the Protestant Epis-
copal church. We don't happen to be
an Episcopalian but that makes no
difference. We are supposed to help
the good cause along but the Protes-
tant Episcopal church fails to remit TO
help pay the printers for setting its
copy. The PHILIPPINE Commission of
Independence, having offices in the
Munsey building, New York, marks its
envelope, news, rush." We used to
open this envelope feverishly, expect
ing that some good citizen of Sand
point had dropped dead in New York
City gazing at the high buildings. We
have long learned to know that the
envelope contains somebody or Others
propaganda to teach us that the cit
tie brown brother" of the PHILIPPINES
is perishing for self-government.
Next comes the Inland Empire News
Bureau, which would manufacture our
editorials for us right in Spokane. We
learn from it that the American Fed
Grafton of Labor is quite un-American,
that the Appeal to Reason has gone
out of business. that the Plumb plan
of railroading is a menace to good
government. To be sure that we be-
come posted on these matters of the
pTimest importance, the Inland En-
pire News sends us two copies of its
ready to print" editorial matter. both
addressed to the Standpoint Review, a
good waste of the one-cent stamp at
least.
Next up comes Swift & Co. of Chi |
cago or Armour & Co They are much |
perturbed that the American people
will think they are making more
profit from dressed hog than is con-
tanned in the squeal. Both pay for |