Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-24
Has journalism Come to Thisf

7, n recent issue of the Independ-
ort Reporter, over the signature of
p T, Patten, appeared the follow
ing, copied in part only;
II YOU want to be VERY loyal
,.on can adopt the rule Of never
furnishing any news for puDllca-
ION outside the. columns OF the
Independently Per ps
h trt' YOU can at least say, when
wing out news to the represent
Five of any other publication,
cribs is given you upon tne dls.
,inct understanding that IT Is not
to be pIbillsh of t iaeil fndependente
Penorter," and If you do not do
this YOU are not doing your full
duty toward the locality in which
voii live and toward the newspa-
Der which is SO important rector
and from which you expect SO
mich in the maintenance and up
euiid'ns 90. We are entirely
willing you should advertise-in any
way YOU see fit or in any neWspa-
per YOU see fit. although OF course
we have an over mastering opinion
that money spent for space in the
Independent buys more
than through any other medium.
If YOU have occasion to have job
printing done in an ofice other r
about that, although we know we
1--WE good service and equitable
value for the money, but when 1t
comes to this matter OF news we
are just as greedy as they make
EN- We want all the good news
and we want it first. We shall be
loyal to Somerset county anyway.
IFS our principal business, but we
shall count on loyalty in return
and be confident about getting it.
Bring US The news in person, tel
cphone it or send it in by mail.
and don't let it get away from you
for publication in ANYTHING bmt
REPORTER.
While | have the greatest re-
spect for Brother Patten, and have
always had the most friendly rela-
tons with him and his paper, I de-
sire in all good nature to show him
and his readers the absurdity of his
psoposition for the suppression of
news.
Skowhegan is one Of the most pro-
grcssive towns of it's size in the State
of Maine. 1t is located in thriving
section of the State. Its citizens are
wide awake and cannot be expected
to wait SIX days for their news. Nat
urally, daily papers are quick to APP
preciate live towns, and the fact
that some dailies. in an effort to
meet the demand of good service,
employ a iirit-class reporter, usually
citizen of the town, to devote
their whole time to collecting news
daily, should entitle them to CO.
operation on the part of all citizens
in giving such information as they
possess.
If John Smith dies Friday, even
local citizens would hardly want to
wait until Thursday of the next week
to learn this fact. They might want
to attend his funeral. If the minis
ter performs Il marriage ceremony
in the quiet of his parsonage in the
latter part of the week, he would
hardly want to suppress the news
until the weekly paper had been pub
lishcd week later; and the same
rule applies to every item of news
Under the present condition of the
world, the full blooded American
possible after it happens and not a
week later.
The daily has become a necessity
in every intelligent home, and even
residents on the r. F. d. routes in
slst on its daily visit.
Thara iS olco falI in, o,rnrv Cnpo =
munity that the weekly only can fill,
and that the Independence Reporter
is most admirably and adequately
filling. but for the publishers of the
weekly to expect a town to suppress
Its news for n week in order that
they may present the news first, is
absurd, and if> such q thing were
possible to accomplish, it would be
one of the strongest factors that
could be devised in placing that town
on the waiting list for business.
The Kcnnebec Journal has always
mad one of the best reporters in
skowhegan that it could obtain, and
always citizen of Skowhegan. 1t
mas at the present time a very cap
able representative in Mrs. H. G.
Judkins. She is making good, by
giving one of the best local news
services afforded by any daily paper
IN this State and / feel certain that
the citizens of Skowhegan will feel
like aiding her in livery way. and I
am certain, from a newspaper ex-
perience of 40 years, that no one will
owe the local paper any apology in
so doing.
CHARLES F. FLYNT, Manager
The Daily lKennebec Journal.
The annual silver tea of the Eu-