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Show Function of Newspaper A solictor for newspaper subscriptions subscrip-tions made this remark out of his personal per-sonal experience the other day, says the Ogden Examiner. "Some of the severest critics the newspapers have to meet are people who rarely buy a home newspaper, at leatt never patronize it regularly,--They borrow it of friends, or steal glances at it in hotels, barber shops, or reading rooms. If there were no newspapers here, they would tie the : very first to deplore the lack of public spirit." Tne newspaper makes possible all I kinds of private and public enterprise, If you want to get any thing done. whether if. be your children educated, your products sold, or vour gospel j preached, you have got to tell people ' about it in some public way. No kind ' of organization is possible without pub- I ' lie discussion. You can sell goods for more and buy 1 them fi r less, through the exchange ; of information which the newspapes makes possible. j A newspaper can perform these great services efficiently only when it is lujally supported by the public. : the man who reluses to contribute his small share through a newspaper subscription sub-scription is like one who has enjoyed a feast, but who dodges the contnbu- j tion hox. |