Show IT THE HE IDEAL WEAL NEWSPAPER f 00 t The first conclusion at which one arrives in the consideration of the ideal newspaper is that there Is no such animal No newspaper can be ideal when It features the salacious scandal candal the risque the immoral in our imperfect life The portrayal of crime in detail detail detail de de- de- de tail the obsequious deference to beauty in the convict the labored effort effort effort ef ef- fort to bring out intimate facts that have hae no bearing on the crime none crime none of these are ideal and they all contribute contribute contri contri- bute to that certain psychology which leads to moral and crime The country newspaper is la singularly free from this morbid and unworthy attitude It is on the whole admirably admirably admirably ably clean It rarely invades the privacy of the individual or the sanctity sanctity san san- of the home The metropolitan press is growing more and more away from those high Ideals of newspaper newspaper- I ing handed down do as legacies from tho the distinguished gentlemen of the old- old school journalism That the people are growing restless restless rest rest- less under this unremitting breach of ordinary decencies affected by metropolitan metropolitan metropolitan me me- journalism is evident by bythe bythe bythe the lack of confidence In its leadership leadership leader leader- ship and disregard for its teachings It has become a common saying that the support of certain newspapers is no longer an asset but a liability and that the defeat of a n candidate is rendered rendered rendered rend rend- ered almost a certainty when certain metropolitan papers that we all know espouse his cause Sometimes tho the country press has been known to save gave a Do candidate from defeat v i laboring under ro A mo support Though the emoluments emol- emol of country editors are so meager as to be almost negligible it itIs itis itis is far better to draw down the smaller small small- er pittance and be independent and free than to share in the spoils of metropolitan journalism and write under dictation insult the proprieties ties and in general defy the ordinary amenities of life by featuring those things that contribute nothing to the uplift or betterment of the human race Better Detter a thousand times a country editor with ideals lifting his community by sheer force of character charac charac- ter to a better life a higher moral plane a richer experience than to exploit exploit exploit ex ex- ex- ex divorces revel in crime details color news with propaganda and in general assault those ideals of journalism journalism journ journ- that make a better individual life and a more harmonious community ty r I |