The Ordway new era., 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 Il bill on
which the press of the country was
divided. The magazines the big ma
tional weeklles, the farm press and
the metropolitan daily papers were on
one side and the country newspapers
We're on the other side. The passage
of the bill would mean creating an OPP
portunity for n greater Capitalization
of the merchandising of the nation in
few large cities with a consequent
injury TO the small cities and towns,
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 bill was killed.
During our participation in the
World war the country press stood
stanchly and unseltishly back Of the
nation. 1t did nothing TO create dis
sension among the people during the
time of emergency, but it did carry to
It's 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 chat
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
demand for a decrease in the con.
sumption of the ordinary needs oil
peace time. Among the things the
consumption of which must be cut
was paper. A city man was at me
head of the department that regulated
the use of paper, and he 1elt IL au-
yisable to so limit the amount oil pa
per available for the country press as
TO seriously cripple all of these pa
pers and to have entirely closed many
NJ them. 1t was the privilege OF the
writer to present the case OF the couh-
try press to this man, and 1t oiu ho.
take him long to see that the govern
meht could not afford to in any con-
siderable degree cripple an institution
that represented so much OF nat'oha'
good as did these country hewsp"-
pers.
Country Press Deserves Well.
The country press deserves wen ol
tho neople of the nation, and especlai-
ly of the people of the country com
,nunities. individually these papers
NAV not be large in size as compared
With the city papers, but quantity Is
not the measure Of their value lhey
are worth both directly ana ihuireel
lv far more than their subscr'pt'on
nrice. For that price they brlhe 10
Won each week the news OF your
friends and acquaintances. 10 ,i'ose
,vho have left the country home to 90
either to the city or to some o'ie,
country home, the country newspaper
10 a welcome weekly letter that Keeps
them in touch with friends ana lot.
NOR associates. To those at nome II
carries the news of their friends anu
sa,nhhors If records the births anu
deaths the marriages, the comings
ond poings of those in whom you are
,nterestetl % 1t furnishes the medium
of nubliclty through which work tor y
hetter and stronger community 10
maintained. It voices the consensus
Of opinion of the community 70 ."e tme
CONSERVATIVES "a in the, halls, OF tne
state and national legislators. IL ~
tha paner of, for and by the peopie
NJ the villages, the towns anu '''e
small cities. - the
No country paper worthy OF e .ne
no mo ever seeks the support Oh .ne
''"anss nan" - It's community on any otner
prc,,nd than that Of giving more t1a,, Ya,,
~, vs,,,e for all that It receives you
~ ~ yourself, your community, your
stst. ~ and the nation when you suppors
srS s,Si read M your own "Home Town
Paper"