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Show THE COUNTRY WEEKLY THE REAL PEOPLE'S PAPER Not long ago a man of national prominence pro-minence asked his secretary to obtain for him the comments of the press upon up-on a certain national matter. A press clipping bureau furnished the clippings clip-pings from the papers In Chicago, New-York, New-York, Cleveland, and other large cities, and the secretary laid them before be-fore the man. "What use are these?" he asked. "Give me clippings from Podunk, Kan.; New Town, Wyo.; Mopolis, Iowa; Monina, Utah, and the rest of the country. I want to know what the real people think." The country weekly, more than any other agent in the United States, goes into the family, and reflects what the average man, man like you and the rest, think upon important subjects. "A three-line comment by a newspaper news-paper published in a town of 500 in the west," said another "prominent man, is of vastly more importance to me than a column of editorial in the biffgst paper in New York." A recent writer says; "The country weekly .... goes into the horn-', where it is read . . . I,y every member of the family; its influence is not to be estimated by terms ol circulation, but in terms of social impulse given to the" family unit- A "The city paper, on the other hand, is a production for ephemeral information; infor-mation; a thing for street cars and office buildings; a publication which does not go into the home in the sense that the country newspaper does, and arouses no feeling of friendship friend-ship such as the country weekly calls forth." Its influence is wonderful, so great that Don C. Soitz, business manager of the New York World, says: "The country editor can clear up anything by simply printing the facts over and over again." A well-supported country press in any state, county or local community means a better place to live in, better schools, better industries, and a better bet-ter people. There are laws needed in Utah to help make a better cauntry press, and we ask our readers to help us get those laws. This is the first of a series of twelve articles on the needs, ideas and welfare of the country press in Utah. The next article will appear , in an early issue of this paper. w. s. s. . A. |