The Penn's Grove record., 1920-04-02
Newspapers Gone, Trade Falls OFF

UOIi6, lIdue III VII
The Importance of newspaper adver-
Using in the business life of a city was
shown during the recent suspension OF
the Winnipeg newspapers which were
forced to suspend publication through
inability to secure news-print. During
a week the city was without local
newspapers and this inconvenience
was marked not only by the ~subscrib-
ers but more indirectly and definitely
by the retail merchants. There was a
distinct falling off in the volume of re-
tail trade, especially in the large de-
partment stores. The loss in volume
/ steadily increased as the suspension of
publication by newspapers grew long
Ell. One business house reported a dl-
rect loss of exceeding $4,000.
1t is reported that $500 newspapers
have suspended publication since July
LIST, 1918. The high price of news
print, higher postage and high price of
labor and various other causes have
brought about their death.
The death of newspapers has not
been among country weeklies only, but
the Globe Democrat, in st. Louis, the
only Democratic newspaper in that big
city and the New York Herald have
been among the deceased.
A newspaper is considered the
greatest public asset a town can have.
A democratic government can not
exist without newspapers to inform
the people on the public affairs they
should know.
Thomas Jefferson, the father Of
American Democracy said:
"Were it left to me to decide
whether we should have a government
without newspapers or newspapers
without a government, l should not
hesitate a moment to prefer the
.aeter.
"Where the press is free and every
man able to read all is safe
THE only security of all is a free
press"
A newspaper owned by an individual
or corporation rests upon public con-
fdence for value and currency. The
news items are published for enlight-
enment of the people in public bust
ness and social affairs. The opinions
given are those of the writer or his
selections from others with his APP
prevail. They very often do not ac-
cord with those of the readers, but
are accepted with honest differences OF
opinions as to public policies. Friend
ships can be maintained by persons
with different political, religious and
social opinions. That is one of the
characteristics of being IN American.
Hence the Importance OF having news
papers in a community.
A newspaper is published to give
business and legal information valu-
able to the readers. For this the adj
vertisers pay and that is the principal
financial support of all papers. Hence
the Importance Of maintaining news
papers.
The business loss to a community is
related in Winnipeg, Canada. The
community readers lost the news edu-
cational in citizenship and the business
men lost the trade because the buy
ers did not get the business news.
If towns like Penns Grove were to
lose it's newspaper, if the readers We're
leIt TO Depend on the daily newspapers
only the readers would naturally go to
buy where they read the business pub
lished in the big cities.
You may not like the publisher
personally, nor his opinions on some
things, nor much of the news printed,
vet you should keep in mind it is a
mirror of happenings and OF facts and
opinions gathered for information and
enlightenment. First ask, is 1t
true? ?"
Jefferson says: "a free press is
the safety of the Republic" The free
press can not be maintained if pub
lished in the interests Of a corporation
and an editor and publisher can not be
free if they live under industrial feud-
alism. Hence a free business man
will see the need of supporting a town
newspaper for business necessity as
well as maintain a free government
and a free people.
Not only the news opinions are be-
ing restricted by the death of numer-
Gus papers, but big newspapers and
big businesses are both restricting the
individual in action and mind freedom.
In order to exist publishers must adj
vance prices in subscription. Pub
fishers can not pay labor the same as
corporations who manufacture lux
uries unless they get more profits.
The fact that so many newspapers
have gone out of existence is that the
publishers have not the support
needed.
Keep in mind what happened in
Winnipeg when the local newspapers
ceased publication. Then the business
men will see the necessity of support
ing the local newspapers.