Show J. J One Pays Others i I Which paper will any level headed level headed ed business man say is a city's y greatest friend and booster the booster the one which fills it columns only 0 e with praise for the city afraid to point out needed improvements and handing out large largo doses of flattery upon those whose responsibility re rev i it is to make those improvements or the paper which watches like a hawk for the weak spots and the shortcomings short II IIi i fi r and having found them brings them out into light so that they theys s 2 may be remedied And which paper do you suppose will carry to the stranger the best impression of the city Any man with brains knows that no cit city is perfect and the paper which everlastingly tr's to make male I 1 him believe so convicts itself and the city it represents of a lent presentation of facts It may by constant repetition of effort ef ef- I fort to convince the stranger public that the city and its business businessmen men are ale without fault come to believe like the man who repeats i c a falsehood often enough its own story but no one else will t yf f There seems to be an odd kink in the natures of all of us which resents inwardly at least anything which does docs not have the appearance appearance ap ap- I pea ranee of approbation and anti yet we all nil need constructive To one who will give it to us is the one who is our real reali i friend Only a real friend cares enough for us to run the risk of 7 making us angry by pointing out our faults to us The man who does not care finds it easier and more pleasant to pat our shoulder 1 and load us up with flattery And with the individual so with the city or which community community which t t is is nothing more than a collection of individuals Any city might r go along year after year never improving never advancing were 1 tf it not for the spirit of progressiveness put pit p t into it by the individuals individuals individuals v making up the city The Thc newspaper which knows why it exists and what its duties are steps in to do its share for or the good of the city or community f It is its duty to point out to the individuals in the city or community corna com corn a r those things wherein they individually or collectively M t. t could make improvements Sidney L. L Angell |