Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1919-10-10
THE BAN OF THE EDITORS LIFE

The ban of a newspaper mans life is not the person
of radical views who is personally aggrieved when
opinion is expressed contrary to the which he holds
it the delinquent subscriber for the progressive
newspaper such these days. is the
who seeks to get lot of advertising published free
the guse because the waste basket is al
ways handy, it the person who wants to start
crusade for reforming the world because we can al
ways hand him pencil paper and tell them to Ego
to it"-and sign his
the person who really gets nanny is the one
who wants to know when do you go press?" with the
idea that copy for publication furnished time earlier
than five minutes before the forms close should overoy
the editor
The truth of the matter is that weekly newspaper
takes week and sometimes than week to
produce-in fact this editorial written while last
weeks paper being printed
The routine in The Tribune office is something like
this Friday and Saturday given to the preparation
of miscellaneous articles editorials and anything else
think of to forestall the rush that know is
coming. Sunday-well, Sunday is Sunday. Monday we
gather in what advertising copy and write and
set up what Tuesday aim to get all
advertising out of the finish the editorial and
scratch around for everything that be cleared
On Wednesday, the rush begins matter starts ping
faster than be handled Correspondence comes
in and the city editor begins putting his later
stories on the hook. Any quantity of miscellaneous
matter, notices and contributed articles png in
that might we'll have been sent two three days
earlier We begin to sort and lay matter for
the next week begin to get a line on how much
matter handle and whether to eight,
ten, twelve sixteen pages.
Thursday there jam, with late live news crowd
ing for attention problems editor He
knows that he only much type set before the
paper go press he limit the copy that
is put the hook to that amount. He also knows by
this time just how much he has available and
haps finds that he has from two dozen columns
of type than he usein fact there is hardly week
that do not set out column two at the last
moment And just when have cut and killed. and
figured to the last inch in comes goat
getter with when do you go to press?" and wants
half ad brings the annual report of the Sun
shine Society fine line of dope how to prevent
pip in hens and must have it in this issue.
The truth is that we like to publish half ads
the annual report of the Sunshine Society," and
adverse to limited amount of dope preventing
pip, but matter which gratefully receive Friday
Saturday, which is welcome Monday and
Tuesday, becomes nuisance by Wednesday positive
ly wrath provoking by Thursday.
The aforesaid goat-getter to think that
time set type with up-to-the minute
equipment he consider that every available inch
in the has already been carefully planned, and
when demonstrated with is full of excuses
burdock is full of burrs And we
do very best to accommodate the afore
said goatgetter while explaining the difficulties under
which laboring we'll realizing that the chances
are nine of that don't get idea across.
The truth is also that people have perfectly
legitimate for asking to be accommodate at the
last mOment-the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS railroad may
have just delivered after long delay goods which
the merchant wishes to advertise Immediately, the
report of the Sunshine Club may have just been
rectfed to rumored shortage and must be pub
lished Immediately to avoid scandal, threatening
epidemic of pip may have just been discovered The
editor has hard and fast ruleshe is here to
the public to the limit of his capabilities but he does ask
cooperation.
The Tribune "goes to press" on Thursday morning
and the last form closed late in the afternoon Thurs
day. but must be written, type must be se proofs
must be read and corrected and pages made Fri
day. Saturday, -, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday in
order that we may "go to press on Thursday.
Se1ah
Yes, the whirlwind has broken loose in North
Dakota. The Scandinavian American Bank of Fargo,
(known the "Non-Partisan League bank") has been