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Show edition of so-called great journals, filled to fririlous if not filthy repletion with pretentious pre-tentious partisanship and commonplace editorial padding; with 6alacious scandal, brutal fights between men and dogs; illustrated illus-trated stories that don't rise to the dignity of tenth-rate, and with caricatures of the human face and form divine that would properly frighten a Hottentot out of a. year's growth. This contemptible newspaper garbage fills our homes, demoralizes our young folks and disqualifies them for intelligent, thoughtful reading, making up in quantity of poor paper and second-hand matter what it lacks in sterling ability and independent thought. To be truly independent, a newspaper news-paper whether it be a country weekly or a city daily, must have a pecuniary basis sufficient suffi-cient to give it a right to live and speak its honest opinion without fear or favor. There should be brains enough in its management, even if compelled to exist and thrive upon an oatmeal diet, to give zest, variety and vigor to its columns. If it is fortunate enough to stand as the organ and mouth piece of a worthy and useful organization, organi-zation, it should recommend itself and its party by fair representation, reasonable appeal ap-peal and intelligent argument. In the making of newspapers as of books there is no end. Salt Lake is bound to have its share, for it is the center of trade and intelligence in-telligence of this whole inter-mountain region and in the multiplicity and changing platform of political parties on local issues there is demand for mediums through which these issues may be heard. Let us cultivate literature, religion, politics and journalism on a little oat-meal if necessary to insure economy, clearness and vigor in the outcome. SCOTCH OATMEAL AS A DIET. Was it the originators of the 'famcus Edinburgh Hcvieie who started that bantling with the motto "We cultivate literature up-un up-un a little oatmeal" As the brainy but impecunious starters were more Scotch than Englifch probably the quality and i- quantity of the peculiar diet mentioned was literally true. And so of the royal family of England, whose financial ability to maintain a luxurious table cannot be justly questioned, it seems that the Queen is, in the choice of her diet, more Scotch than English, and that oatmeal takes precedence at her breakfast table. In the days when her numerous numer-ous progeny clothed in bib and tucker, surrounded the breakfast table and were obedient subjects of their royaA Jfa, it was their enforced duty to furuisU a given ration of Scotch oatmeal every morning morn-ing till at last the royal kids considered themselves tlio punished rather than thj punishers. But this digression is neither here nor there; it was in mind at the outset of this brief discourse, to speak of the economical diet, environment and outcome of the early-newspaper early-newspaper and magazine press, and to initt upon their present deterio.atou. The popular money making newspaper of today, is not modeled after the terse, clear. - cut New York San, which, (sett'insr aside its miserable politics) educates its readers in matter and stylo through its editorial col-i;mus; col-i;mus; gives them the current news in Its well filled and fairly clean array of nmvs into which is woven brilliant little gems of poetry and prose all in compact com-pact and convenient form. Compare it with the ponderous, fluffy, wall-paper |