Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-02-09 | Page 15 | Says Journalism is Based on Wood

SAYS JOilLISM -IS BASED 01 WOOD Englishman Discusses . Re-. Re-. markable Changes During Recent Years. PRAISES LONDON PRESS Sydney Buxton Compliments Newspapers on Conservative Altitude in Balkan Crisis. t Special Cable to Tho Tribune. LONDON". Feb. 8. Sydney Buxton, president, of the board of trade, was thc guest, of honor at the first nubile dinner of the British International Association of Journalists (tho English section of tho Association do Prcssc) at the Tro-cadero Tro-cadero restaurant recently. II r. Buxton, in replying facetiously to the toast to his health, said It was a snmctfliat solemn thought that while there was a certain amount of brains connected with journalism and a great deal .of enterprise, the bottom basis of the whole -was wood milp. To sum it up. tor.'sts fell in order"' that .iournallsts nilwlit Iivc."N. ' : TIuto hud been some remarkable changes during recent years in Journalism. Journal-ism. There were shorter leaders, more news, and they had more sensational headings, lie was not quite sure whether It was tho sensations which niado the newspapers. Ah far as h could see. j they plajed into each other's hands and wore, more or less In league u gal not the public. Jin understood that there was a nows-papvr, nows-papvr, or Journalist's fund which, of course, was Itept secrUand on occasions occa-sions oi a sensational murder the fund was used during the 'first week for paying the murderer so u'nieh not to come forward and bo arrested. Al the end of the week the payment was decreased, de-creased, and at thc end of two weeks it dropped altogether. I'ndoubtedly the influence of thc press was far greater and more effective In his mind than It had over been lu the plist. In the Balkan crisis foieign countries had been much impressed by tho notable j self-restraint which the British press had shown during tho troublous limes, nnd-ho thought that, was tho greatest compliment that could. he paid .to England. Eng-land. It was agreed b7 lilt five' great nii.i. Hons that the. .'itmotrphofv ' of '.iifnilonV would bo more ealm. more Impartial n'nd .Hlpfc .fair for tho .peace negotiations, and' in that matter thc greatest part of Ihe credit belonged to the Urltlsh press.