The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-10-28

munity not from any selfish angle, but
from the broader viewpoint of ma
tiOnal good.
Some three or four months ago
there was before Congress bill on
which the press of the country was
divided The magazines. the big ma
tiOna weeklies. the farm press and
the metropolitan daily papers were on
one side and the country newspapers
were on the other side. The passage
Of the bill would mean creating an op-
portunity for greater Capitalization
of the merchandising Of the nation in
few large cities with consequent
and to the people Of these cities and
towns and the farms surrounding
them. The country press fought for
the defeat Of the bill, and in the end
the members of the committee in
whose hands the fate of the bill rested
listened to the country press because
they realized that the welfare Of these
country communities represented the
best interests of the nation as a
whole, and the bin was killed
During our participation in the
World war the country press stood
stanchly and unselfishly back Of the
nation. 1t did nothing to create dis:
sension among the people during the
time Of emergency, but 1t did carry to
Its readers continuous message Of
patriotism and national unity. In each
community it wiped away much of
fractional lines, and created an atmos-
phere of intense Americanism that
welded the American people together
regardless of place of birth or an
cestry.
Value Not Always Understood.
But the people of the cities do not
always understand the value Of the
country press. With the increased de.
mand for war supplies there came a
demand for decrease In the con-
sumption Of the ordinary needs of
peace time. Among the things the
7 consumption Of which must be cut
was paper. A city man was at the
head Of the department that regulated
| the use of paper, and he felt it ad.
visable to so limit the amount Of pa
:. per available for the country press rs
| to seriously cripple all Of these pa.
pers, and to have entirely closed many
of them. It was the privilege Of the
! writer to present the case of the coun
! try press to this man, and it did not
take him long to zee that the govern
meht could not afford to In any con
siderable degree cripple an institution
that represented so much Of nationa
good as did these country newspa
pere.
!, Country Press Deserves Well.
The country press deserves well o
the people of the nation, and especial
" Of the people Of the country com
munities. Individually these paper
may not be large in size as compared
with the city papers, but quantity i
not the measure of their value. The
are worth both directly and indirect
~ far more than their subscription
price. For that price they bring t
you each week the news OF you
friends and acquaintance. To thos
who have left the country home to
either to the city or to some othe
country home, the country newspape
is n welcome weekly letter that keel,
them in touch with friends and fo1
mer associates. To those at home
carries the news of their friends an
. neighbors. 1t records the births an
deaths, the marriages. the coming
and gOings of those in whom you al
interested. 1t furnishes the mediul
Of publicity through which work for
better and stronger community
!: maintained. 1t voices the eonsensr
! Of opinion of the community to II
! representatives in the halls of Il
state and national legislators. 1t
1 the paper Of. for and by the Poop
I of the villages, the towns ana Il
], small cities.
& No country paper worthy OF Il
e name ever seeks the support Of Il
s .people Of its community on any 9th
+ ground than that Of giving more tn.
= full value for all that It receives. Il
L aid yourself, your community. 10
e state and the nation when you supDo
i. and read your own "Home Tos
= Paper" ..-