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Show PATRONACE IS REWARDED. The following from a contemporary contempo-rary is a good every-day truth: There is an unwritten law in most newspaper offices that the latch-string to editorial favor can only be reached through the advertising adver-tising columns. This confession, for I speak as a newspaper man, is no disparagement to the conduct of American newspapers; nor does it reflect on the fidelity or independence independ-ence of the editor at oil. It simply sim-ply means that the principle which governs the personal courtesi. B shown a large depositor by a banker, bank-er, or a large buyer by a merchant, can be as promptly and effectively recognized by a newspaper towards its best patrons, and without reflecting re-flecting upon its integrity one whit more than in the case of banker or merchant. |