The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-02-04
THINKING BY HABIT

N TIME to come some historian with gift for comparison \ will scan the newspapers of New England and will find them open charge made by the distinguished H. G. Wells, who visiting America years ago. while finding the American newspapers in most respects admirable found them lacking the inerpretatve Most of the items that he read related persons particular happenings things that not any strict either very novel or very useful know There missing, according to Wells that realization of the relative importance of evens of the re- happenings upon each other, which forms large part, for instance of the French newspaper.
 During the war American newspapers have greatly i'm proved in this respect glance at the columns of al any newspaper will show much space given really con equena happenings and less space much less than former y given murders suicides and the or less ite incl dents of individual crime.
 More space given to foreign There ncreas appreciation of the relations of country to another of modern industry.
 Matters of production efficient factory men of scientific investigation everyday items in the news whereas such matters formerly conded almost en- irely to the trade and technical journals.
 spite these improvements the newspapers and more especially those of New England continue to shriek loudly against things which they like and to call out loudly against some things which they do not like
 They the President for not going to They him for following the to Europe, where he goes end the and perhaps to obtain permanent peace They are joyful the United States creditor naon iu highest tariffs with the competest possible exclusion of foreign goods They offer proBrsh propa anda with profuse demands hands the day and on the day demand war with Britain
 largely yet is the press like rrascble gentlemen, good naured just because he is good naured and just he is vexed There is unity of events not always easy perceive, which nevertheless should be always sought It should be the aim of journalism to tell what has and what about to happen rather than to express its frantic disapprova of inevitable consequences of economic physical social laws
 Selecting the great events of the past few years those mat which have conclusion to conclusion that the facts may be regarded how often have New Eng land newspapers class been upon the side of the inevitable of the thing that happen and how times have they been against it; railing vigorously, but unavangy against the inevitable.
 The latest instance perhaps of this unreasoning attitude exhibited in it's most exaggerated form in the British newspapers Britain with abundance of machinery metal manufactures desperately trying to business Of peace basis sought to keep within the realm the manufactures that could be conducted ere This surely rational pro ceeding, to which reasonable persons should object
 There raised to portals of the sky shout of New Eng land newspaper vexaon The section which for decades had most srenuousy proclaimed the right and the duty peo- pie to do its business and to keep the foreigners out nounced in unmeasured terms the British for wishing to do sheir business at time when if sorey needed "Hands the sea-, "es of bood all the venona sentmenaes of the press often uttered without any real belief heart forgotten for the time be- ing, senseless demand trade all that Df There needs to be further improvement in the fnterpretative side of the New England press.
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