The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-09-17


Next the city decided eliminate advertising which would
publication The housewife did not want the
She complained its being her porch She
ordered the city to stop throwing her premises for her
was only of the accommodating difficulties the city
encountered.
Ito promuga party propaganda They doubtless did Then they
every party have editorial space the
parties objected this They commended that their OPINIONS
just important the major parts
opnion that they could not hope to effect change
the government itself going emphasize and
minimize protest They also complained about the matter of
being handled in Republican
wanted the stories handled in Democratic
To this difficulty they decided to let political be
written by representatives of all the parties
place the state ticket This multiplied stories the sub
unstable and tremendous cost to the people The voters by
wave of protest stopped it.
The newspaper necessity proposition and must
carry the editorial bias Of the the railroads
paper is known that its opinions the railroads opinions
lit is owned by politician seeking office they know how to judge
independent its opinions
independents opinions The people will like it leave it, They
will always recognize the source whence it comes,
The United States recognizes its need of this
vate enterprise the much that provides special
knows that the is both the educator and the business
builder Yet the itself will expect to ride free the
when it will ask free gift other bus
mess. And 1t usually gets 1t.
government thousands multinionaires during
last put this adversely might better that thou
of profteer expressed their patriotism the
deliberately how thoroughly they could rob the
eminent contracts with the for merchandise and
goods
publicity for the liberty loan campaigns and other patriotic
WITH A PATRIOTISM UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE THE NEWSPAPER RESPONDED.
AS the itself tries to ride the newspapers
business
Every newspaper office every day
ganda in the mail Under the hnly yelled gue of giving you
private business expects the the
type set and print and mailing COST nothing of labor
to send its propaganda out to the readers
There have been bigger offenders this business than the
automobile people They have far to demand that
free whole sections of publicity and won't
Newspapers are beginning to protest against this sort Of
dustra puderce They beginning to tell the story of the
automobile people who withdraw their advertising this
They should So that abuse rapidly growing One story
this kind has than stopped the
The people do not like bulldog practices in anything
The beginning to tell the story Of bust
theess dishonest advertising for nothing that
deal straight business matter in straight business
1t IS common practice for business houses and private
erises to reporters erquiste to slip about their
business into the columns the That's old practice that
ntegent managed newspapers fast correcting Many
papers have been known not only to discharge who
have refused to take the advertising from that would
this way try to steal advertising from the paper.
We have known for instance department that would
engage society editor society editor newspaper
society editors of nearby towns offering them small
buyers their towns These
stationery the newspapers stationery being
ling letters written When the little trick discovered the
merchants themselves expressed utter that the
should dispeased and far make insulting
marks to the newspaper owners who objected these hof
newspaper greater public service than any de-
prtment store known render is recognized
government infinitely important than mercantile
house. It is the legitimate trade builder we'll
the not be subsidized by selfish interests
must be maintained the highest business principles There
fore the shaownded sefpurpoed merchant who would
mine by methods tricky than honest the legitimate business
basis of works against free country
for subsidized And when subsidized press
get special interest press
The newspapers all the country getting
this business of trying to ride the newspaper The time
when they will not only epudate it, but they will before the
public the of the who try to steal the rides.
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