The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1920-02-06
|C0rmER nan THUS nENTAlY,
GRAPHIC PuT ~ IN TYPE


Clyde Fly Of The Demine 0rnpAlI
wrote The following. or IL he dldn'l
his partner, Ramsey. did. Anyway
we wrole this same article, worl
for word, mentally. several time
since we have been IN columbu.
Wherever the word "0raphic" oc
ours, just change u 70 the col
umhus Courier. mentally. o
course. and absorb the entire ar
ticlc.
WHERE THE GRAPHIC sTANDl
II II a curious fact that when
the present management Of
The Graphic came into charge
Il wasn't considered proper 20
print anything but the most
favorable and naitering re-
ports. In those days We never
had sandstorms. nobody GOT
arrested. institutions werc per-
feet and everything was work.
ing out lovcly-accordinR 20
the newspaper. Everything
from moral coercion, boycott
and physical violence was used
To keep the news out Of the
paper. II was usually 4 pref
~ warm day, summer OF win
ter, when publication time roll
ed around.
II was a high crime IN those
days 10 print an idea more or
less than held by the crowd
temporarily in control. People
who paid a k-nickel for n pa
per thought they had bought
the whole outfit. aud an adj
vcrtiser who purchased a line
Of advertising thought he held
a mortgage on the plant
which he could foreclose by
simply cutting off the rev
enue. Nobody was 10 blame
for the situation, particularly.
II was only a mistaken policy.
II Is true that a newspaper
Is a quasi-public enterprise
aud that everyone should be-
Interested In Il up 10 the point
OF licking a mean editor, II
necessary. Also they ought 10
subscribe and pay for IL Usu-
ally, let US say fortunately,
however. most editors are pas
sionaiely fond Of their CON-
munilies and viii 80 10 bat
with any other outfit that tries
10 discredit the least Of rs cit
izens and enterprises. II Is
positively pathetic 10 read the
editorials Of some little news
paper tucked away In the midst
Of some h~opelcssly decadent
village. When n can't boast
Of present achievement II holds
out rosy dreams Of the future
or points with pride 10 past
accomplishments. Usually the
editor Is the last 10 abandon
a township that can't keep the
mesquite down IN the park.
Lord knows how they exist.
Perhaps they don't require
much.
The Graphic does is best
10 stand for all that Is good
IN the community and II has
stood for a lot that common
sense pointed out as distinctly
bad-thai was weakness. but
We are human II Is nice Ia
get along and have everyone
tell you that this or that edit
lorial was mighty fine But
the ny in the ointment Is eyi-
dent when you know that you
have written 10 please the
crowd and haven't been hon
est, and you r certain that
time will show YOU 10 be as
shallow as the characters OF
those whom you wrote TO
please.
And, too. you cant always
Judge Alright. Some institu-
lions which we unlte 10 boost
turn out 10 be unworthy and
are failures; other Institutions
that looked al first blush 10
be rather cranky" grow and
bring forth unexpected fruit
age. u Is best, we have found
10 encourage all enterprises
conceived In honesty and Jet
them stand or fall on their
own merits.
Some person can never ior-
give an error In Judgment ON
the part OF a writcr-even the
, typographical errors stick out
like a flaming headline. There
Is not q publication more care
fully edited than the average
small-lown paper, because the