The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1920-09-10

The subscription price is now very
small item in the income of the aews
that are published for profit
In fact, it is a mere side issue with
them. The principal income is from
the advertisements of the large COM
mercial interests, and since this IS the
case, the newspapers of today are very
careful to hire writer's who viii noe
offend big business, and therefore
eopardize the chief source of profits.
The labor press is the only method
the worker has of presenting his case
to the public The labor press is the
only means that the worker has Of
educating himself and fellow workers
in the labor movement The labor
press is the only medium through
which the workers can find out the
truth on matters of common interest.
Taking these things into consideration
it is discouraging to see the lack Of
interest of the workers in the labor
press. Workers who should know bet
ter are continually raving because the
labor papers are too conservative,
and yet they begrudge the paper
enough money to make it independ-
ent. People who should know better
will compare the labor paper with the
capitalist dailies and remark the
number of pages they can buy for
two cents, while the labor paper
charges three cents, and sometimes
five. They do not stop to think that
the only reason that the capitalist
papers have so many pages is be-
cause they have to have room IN order
to publish the advertisements They
60 not stop to think that the reason
they get so much advertising is be-
cause they color the news that they
publish in a manner that IS in the
interest Of the advertiser, who be
longs to the employing class If the
workers would only take these things
into consideration, they would readily
See that the capitalist papers make
loighty expensive reading to work
ing man, no matter how cheaply they
| ere sold. He would also understand
that the more support he gives to the
labor paper the less support viii il
DE compelled to ask Of the business in
terests, and therefore the more inde.
pendent viii it become He must not
expect to get a hundred per cent ser
yice from a ten per cent support II
enough Of the workers would devote
little Of their time to the study Of
this problem, We feel THAT they could
eventually get Them organizations to
see the matter in its proper light
When organized labor does see the
matter in its true light, we win have
IN end Of sympathetic resolutions and
endorsements Of central bodies; we
win see the institution of strong
ana militant labor press that is owned
and supported by organized labor en-
urely and whose writer's viii be free
to publish the truth as they see it,
God hasten the day In the mean
time, the readers Of the Butler County
Press should make an effort to buy all
If their necessities from the adver-
Gsers in the Press. The Press il
proud Of the large number Of business
men who have signified their friend
hip to it by using the columns Of the
4 paper for their advertising These
men have faced criticism no doubt
from the reactionary element among
The business men, and we should do
cur best to show our appreciation
Va pa A
The trade unionists who marched in
the Labor Day parade found that the
talk Of holes in our paved streets is
rot all bunk. It was suggested that
all Of them be put in one ko e. Some
hole, that.