Arizona republican., 1921-06-05

news Newspapers he wrote for the most part prostituted to the interests"
 Now there nothing in this indictment The same charges had been made by soap box ora tors before MT. Sinclair born Every who ever had harebrained scheme for reform which he could not get the newspapers seriously. notice at all of the opinion that the chief aim of newspapers keep the world in darkness and in chains.
 Meanwhile the newspapers have gone improv- ing themselves. increasing their influence and power for good, and securing and the confidence of the people.
 There were times when some newspapers were servitors of the "interests.' But time came when both those newspapers and the interests" learned that that relation mutually unprofitable; that the worst investment corporation could make was in newspaper; that paper known to be organ of the interests only glaring advertisement of the very things the interests wanted to conceal Today do know of great newspaper in the United States that is under corporation control; not wearing either openly or seriously a brass or brass check.
 Every great moderately great newspaper is the property of it's advertised There is money in plain view behind it and everybody knows whose money it Is. whatever Mr. Sinclair and the soap-box orators may think about it.
 As to the Associated Press. there before such painstakins news gathering organization The
  think the Associated Press corporation. whereas 1t is nothing of the sort but association of papers every of which has equal voice in it's management, the small member having loud voice the largest
 The Associated Press represents class and party. though people who strangely partisan sometimes suspect that it is at times democratic and at other times republican.
 During the administration of Mr. Wilson there Were man md uho he Associated Press leaned toward democracy During the administration of republicans others equally that the A. P. was republican.
 That a natural and easily explanable phe- The political news sources in a demo- cratic administration mostly democratic in republican adminisraticn they mostly republican
 There people Sd narrow. that they imagine newspaper opposed their views when it prints which is distasteful to them
 The Associated Press and newspapers strive to place before their readers the matter which they think will the interesting them. Therefore they give preference to the opinions and doings of statesmen. captains of industry. who have at tained prominence in walk in life. agriculture. industry finance, and science rather than to the activities and opinions soap box and Mr. Sinclair. for whom nobody
 The only error of the Associated Press was in taking notice of Sinclair vention by the appointment of committee to collect evidence concerning the charges made in the Brass Check" to be used in refuting them Whatever interest may have been aroused by the sensational charges of MT. Sinclair. and any outrageous charge mast at least curious interest, had passed The Brass Check" had all ready become passe--pushed into the backwash by the constantly increasing flood of books among which may mention MT. Sinclair Lewis Main Street. we'll its way in three months toward oblivion