Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29
COUNTRY PAPER
GUARDS NATION
Rises Promptly and CapabIy to
Every Emergency.
IS NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATED
Clements Interests Of Mass Of PopuIa-
tioE-Avoiding SensationaIism, In
Its Clean Wholesomeness Is Its Ap-
peal to Best Class Of Citizens
Country Press National Power.
BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.

BY WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
The country communities vii
lage, the small town and the small
city-are the backbone of the .Ameri-
can nation. They are the communities
to which the nation turns in time of
distress and emergency. They are
even more than the backbone of the
nation. They are the bulwark of our
modern civilization. Just at the close
Of the World war, Mr.. Balfour, for
eign minister of Great Britain, said to
the writer in London that the entire
civilized world must look to the small
towns of America to preserve for the
world the civilization that it had taken
centuries to build, because the small
towns represented substantial solid
ity that the tremendous upheaval Of
the war had not affected, and it was
only such foundation that would
preserve the structure Of civilization.
The cement that keeps the people of
these country communities together,
working and thinking along uniformly
sane and safe lines, that makes Of
them that substantial solidity" on
which world civilization can rely for
q foundation, is the country press
the village, the small town and the
small city newspaper.
Country Paper Wholesome.
The country newspaper goes to its
readers devoid of that sensationalism
that|is so prominent in the metropoli-
tan papers. 1t carries to its readers
the news items that represent the joys
and sorrows Of their friends and
neighbcys, and keeps the hearts of the
people Of the community beating in
unison. It goes to its readers with
that sane and kindly advice on local,
state, national and world problems
advice that is the result Of thought
and study beside the hearthstones Of
the nation, and not in the selfish marts
Of trade or the brightlights Of city
frivolity. 1t goes with the influence
of known and respected member of
the community-its editor back of it's
every word, its every opinion. It goes
to a people, the people Of the country
communities and the farms, that are
more capable of thinking along sane,
unselfish and practical lines than are
those who are surrounded by the
selfish and many times evil influences
of the large cities.
But the influence of the country
newspaper goes far beyond the COM
munity in which it is printed. Ma
tional legislators in the halls OF con-
gress realize that this influence is
power to be reckoned with. That
when the country press speaks in uni
son on any national subject it is but
voicing the sentiments Of that mighty
force the people Of the country COM
munities, the people in whose hands,
says Mr.. Balfour, rests the destiny OF
world civilization.
FiaIts for Entire Country.
The country press represents and
fights for those things that are of
value to the country communities,
realizing that in doing so it Is fighting ]
for those things that are best for the
nation and for the world. It works
and fights to upbuild the country COM
munity, to prevent its falling a prey
to the selfish greed Of the cities. 1t
champions the business, the social, the
educational, the agricultural, the in
austrial interests Of the country COM