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Show We have a near contemporary that must have I obtained its ideas of journalism from Franco. M. Paul Pottier tells about French journalism in La I Revue. He says the journalist of France "is not I paid a salary, but so much per line of his ma- I terial which is used. The Paris dailies have a I uniform tariff, per line, of 15 centims (between I three and four American cents). The Paris hack, I it seems, at thirty (?30) dollars a month, must live on 50 cents a day and clothe and lodge him- I self on 60 cents more. In France journalists aro I only employees, and a journal is merely a com- I mercial venture. The hack interview and the I hastily written report have succeeded tho beau- I tiful pieces of literature and tho calm crouques I and editorials." I It seems that some journals aro prostituted in I Paris as well as in Salt Lake City. I |