Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1920-06-24
As THE EDITOR
SEES IT.

What do you do with your newspa-
pers when thru reading them Burn
them up? Don't do it. Every sheet
IS needed for the making of fresh pa
per stock. In years time the saliva
tion of the newspaper business may
depend greatly upon the manner in
which old papers are saved and return
ed to the mills.
The scarcity of news print paper is
something appalling, and in another
year only the Lord knows what viii
happen
This news print shortage is due part
ly to production, but much of it
is due to the greediness of the publish
ers of the big city dailies. Instead
of confining their Sunday editions t.
reasonable size they double and treble
and quadruple them in an endeavor tc
outdo each other.
These publishers know the condi-
tions of the print paper market. they
are deliberately numbering the small
city dailies and country weeklies, yet
they persist in their course of ungod-
" selfshness.
The next time you see one of these
big Sunday papers just go through it
and note what it contains in order to
fill up so many pages. Classify the
legitimate news and matter of general
information as against the slush, rot
drivel and sensationaism. You may
find that matter containing a perma-
nent value to humanity occupies only
a small portion of the space.
Then remember that with their e.
normous circulations this profligate
waste of paper is daily reducing the a.
vailable supply of stock IN the United
States. and Canada and rendering it
increasingly difficult for the smaller
papers to secure stock at any price
Keep in mind the fact that the pub
Usher of that particular Sunday daily
is a veritable and Unsuitable news
print hog, that he is devoid of, the A
merican spirit of live and let live, and
that he is willing to murder the coun-
try press rather than forego a penny
of his profits or reduce the size of
his Sunday editions in an honest eff
fort to conserve paper stock.
Just bear in mind that the prohibi-
tive price of paper stock and the con-
sequent increase in the subscription
rate of your own home paper is due
as much to his hoggishness as to any
other cause.
There is said to be certain code of
honor even among thieves, but we have
yet to hear of such at rait in the hog
either of the four footed or the news
print breed.
Save your old papers. Without con
servation disaster is sure to overtake
the public press.
Sunday day of rest. Do you
make it such, or are you devising ways
and means of swelling your profits
during the week?
Sunday is a day Of rest, for one rea-
son, because the human mind requires
certain amount of relaxation with
out which it becomes weakened and
confused and fails to function prop
erly and to advantage. 1t was SO in
tended by the Creator.
And where do you find that rest
Where do you obtain that spirit Of
repose which stimulates and rejuve-
mates the entire human fabric?
There are many ways and places
but one is more beneficial than all 9th
5rs combined. That is your weekly
visit to the church on Sunday morning
or evening, or both. Even if you hear
not one word the minister says, thc
simple knowledge that you are in the
sanctuary of the Lord casts a feeling
of calmness, solemnity and repose over
you which is good for the mind, the
body and the soul.