| Show THE PAPER IX IN THE COMMUNITY I 1 we often ottea say that its impossible to realize the value of any ally article till we have to do without it few have eyer ever considered what might be the situation it newspapers should suddenly cease to be published it is true that we otten often look back to the days when there were no newspapers and abid to the somewhat later days when newspapers were few but in those times nobody de depend en edon dedon the papers now the case Is quite different just how tar far different it is to just what extent newspapers have entered into the life of 0 everybody has been illustrated in manitoba and saskatchewan canada which for 10 days have bean been without newspapers as a result of a dispute over newsprint A dispatch from winnipeg describes the situation I 1 what it cleans n eans lor for a good sized city to be without ut daily newspapers has been amply demons demonsi tj iilA J here ordinarily all is life iffe and gaiety gayety in the streets of winnipeg at this season of thle the year but over the city now there hangs a pall of dreariness the first effect was the de depriving Driving of the citizens of authentic information of news of the day As a result the wildest rumors have been current throughout the city icv having no circulating medium of 0 intelligence the great mass ot of the population is unable in to discern what and what not to believe the next effect felt was a tremendous decrease in business everywhere having no means ot of informing tile the public of 0 t the wares they have to sell the lile tile houses usually crowded by bargain hunters at this time of year are suffering great losses one section alone in fit my department store has a tailing falling ot off 0 of daily in receipts said the head of the concern the same condition prevails thru out other lines of Iu business siness the theaters having no mean me ansot advertising their attractions to the general public are heavy losers even the street railways are badly affected the lack of bf advertised attractions and general depression causing many persons to remain magnat at home under present conditions business cannot be effectively transacted the life of a city cannot function without the newspapers knowledge 0 of tills this fact act throws upon agn newspaper editors and publishers an inescapable responsibility they owe it to their communities to be accurate honest and fair lit in every particular ti newspaper men who do not en deaver to exemplify tills this ideal are aie moral traitors to their communities and to civilization ex |
