Licking Valley courier., 1921-10-27
educational, the agricultural, the III
dustrial interests of the country COM

educational, the agricultural, tine liz
dustrial interests Of the country COM
munity not from any selfish angle, but
from the broader viewpoint Of ma
'tiOnal good. O.: q.
Some three or four months ago
thard was before Congress bill on
which the press of the country was
diYided. The. magazines, the big ma.
tional weeklles, the farm press and
the metropolitan daily papers were on
one side and the country newspapers
swere on the other side. The passage
of the bill would mean creating an op-
portunity for greeter. Capitalization
a, Of, the. merchandising, Of the. nation in
"a few large cities with q consequent
injury to the small Cities and towns,
.and to the people Of these critics and
towns and the farms surrounding
them. The country press fought for
4 the defeat Of the bill, and In the end
,ylif iheaiBers Of the committee in
whose 1ptnds the fate of the bill rested
,listenedste the country press because
they realized that the welfare Of these
t6IntrysSommdnities represented the
best interests of the nation as
whole, and the bill was killed.
''.7 During our participation In the
yWorldi war the country press stood
stanchly and unselfishly back Of the
:Ration. 1t did nothing to create dis
sension among the people during the
time. Of emergency, but II did carry to
! its readers a continuous message Of
patriotism and national unity. In each
continuity it';wiped away much Of
.taaetiS9ai' lines, ana sxeated'an atmOs!
Z sphsre Of; intense: :Ameftcaniam that
.Xsidsat the; Amsticaa people together
y. ,..@fgssfplass, of place Of birth Or an
sfesfffy 'H'' -. ai%st. 49,
!. Value Not Always Understood. %
!, Rut4he people, Of the cities do not
always ngdetstahd the: value Of the
country press. With the increased de-
Y nand Yot war supplies there came a
i'demafds FOR R@decrease In the con.
.isumptiSh'tof the ordinary needs Of
. :peaea, -tirney sc Among the things the
T, consumption ofAwhich must be ''otft
, was paper - city man was at. the
head Of the department that regulated
me Use Of paper, and ne felt II ad'
SfsaBle t6'so limit the'amount OF pa
per available for,the country press us
! ,tos seriously, cripple iall of these pa.
!, pers,, and to have entirely ;closeddhany
Of thems, 1t was the privilege Of dbe
writer to, present the case'of the Sopnn,,
try press to this man, and II did, not
|: take him long TO see that the govern
'ment could not afford to In, diy con.
siderable degree cripple an 'ihstitution
4that, represented so much 81 national
good as did these country newspa
pers.
Country Press Deserves Well.
The county press deserves. well Of
the people Of the nation, and especial
. :ly of the people Of the country com
ntuhltles. Individually these paperi
may not be large in size'as compared
With. the city papers, but quantity Il
mot the measure Of their value. The!
are worth both directly and indirect
| iy!'fdr more than their subscription
price. For that price they bring t
you each week the news Of, you
friends. and acqualntances. To. thos'
whe, have, left the country, home to g
either to the city. or. to some othe
country home, the country newspape
{ is a'%elc6me weekly letter that keep
them in touch with friends and for
mer associates. To those at home |
carries the news of their friends on'
nelghbors. :. 1t records the births an'
deaths, the marriages, the coming
and goipgs OF those In whom you ar
Interested: Il furnishes the medium
OF publicity through which work for
better and, stronger community
maintained, It voices the fonsehsu
of ioplnion tt the community to tn
representatives in the, halls Of tn
.stGtel and national Legislators, 1t
the paper 81, Tor and by the peopl
Of, the villages, the towns aud tn
small cfties,' =
: No country paper worthy Of tn
hume ever seeks the Appport of tn
pedbfe Of Its communitySon any othe
ground than that Of giving more tap
full yaluS z ~ that Il receives L-,s e