El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-22
Newspaper The
Mirror The
Big, Wide World

The newspaper IS the greatest
power for good in the world today"
An honest newspaper viii fight with
leroclry for worthy cause No
honest newspaper ever openly stands
before its people as a champion OF
evil Now and again there have been
notorious examples Of sporadic effort
at exploitation Of the public's opinion
by wealthy newspaper owners The
bitter 1all these men had, each in his
turn. proves for all time that the
Anglo Saxon viii put free speech and
public honesty above all else in his
life"
These were among the declara-
tons OF Percy ". Montgomery before
~ Paso Rotary at its luncheon
Thursday, discussing the subject Of
Newspaper Making"
Continuing. he said:
The president was elected on the
slogan He Kept Us Out OF War The
country was at peace and apparently
desired to stay that way But the
kaiser grew careless with his tor
pedoes and the senate passed q reso-
luton declaring a state Of war eL-
isting-'
Newspapers' Great Work.
Right then and there. II the Ameri-
can newspaper never mad done any
thing else or never does do anything
else. It did the greatest thing in the
history of the worlds written Ian
guaEe- In less than six weeks no.
100000 strong, we went over the top
for war with a howl like a mad dog
Do you know what did II all2 The
power OF the press People were get
ting madden and nader all the time
The press gave them a voice.
mighty voice, and their throat was
cleared for the famous yell Make the
World Safe for Democracy The
press, the silent efficient press. sent
this cry TO Armenia Georgia. Tehe-
ran. Tiflis. EkateninburR-to the end
Of the wide. wide world: the press,
the voice OF all that is for reason
and hone and construction IN the
world OF today.
Newspaper A Mirror.
THE newspaper IS a mirror. holding
up to our eyes the world Il does
not hold up a world that was nor yet
Is to be. neither does Il picture a
world that might be. nor yet-again
world that Is theory-it holds up
to you and me the world as It IS
You are in that world and when you
look into this mirror Won see YOUR
SELF You get the sordid story Of
gutter brawl. prodigars return. pas
slouate vail OF a lover for the lost
IDEAL. Weighty word OF a statesman on
a passing crisis. a plant in charity's
name for milk TO save a baby's life
life as Il IS not as You nor viii Il.
life as II IS Look into this mirror
and see yourself
ANY intelligent man or woman can
look into tho ewspaper-mirror and
learn and. please God. II they looh
With understanding. find with each
recurring gaze at their own soul. q
better picture OF themselves"
Would Help Mexican Boy Scouts
Rotary voted to recommend 70 the
board OF directors that Il appropriate
S125 to send 25 Mexican Boy Scouts
o the scout summer camp at Cloud
sroft- The motion 10 make the ap-
,ropriation was made By Frank Far
ell
". G. Roe. chairman OF the con-
nitree 10 protest against cutting
timber on the Mescalero Indian reser-
ration. reported that the contract had l
leen let to cut the timber and that I
inly an injunction could save It
Ed Lachman reported on the Rotary .
in Atlantic City. Fred 4
Billings was made the goat for next 1
7eek and ". T. Hinson was the prize /
Tinner for this week.