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Show 1 COUNTRY PAPER i GUARDS NATION i j Pi3es Promptly and Capably to Every Emergency. , IS NOT ALWAYS APPRECIATED Cement Interests of Mats of Popula. tlonAvoldlng Sensationalism, In It Clean Wholesomenets I IU A p. , pe.il to Beet Class of Citizens-Country Citizens-Country Pre a National Power. By WRIGHT A. PATTER80N. The country communities tlie village, vil-lage, the small town and tho sniull I'ity are the backbone of the Amerl-lunjuitloii. Amerl-lunjuitloii. They arc tho communities to which the nutlon turns In time of distress and emergency. They are veil more (hun the backbone ot the nation. They lire the bulwark of our modern civilization. Just at the close of the World war, Mr. Ilalfour, for-dun for-dun minister of (Ireat Itrltaln, said to llio writer In London that tho entire vhlllzed world must look to the small towns of America to preserve for the world the civilization that It had taken iontiitli'1 to btiUd, because the small towns represented n substantial solidity solid-ity thai tho tremendous tipheuvnl of tin war bad not affected, nnd It was only such n foundation (hut would preserve the structure of civilization. The cement that keeps the people ot iIiom country eointnnnltliM together, working and thinking along uniformly sane nnd sufe lines, that makes of litem that "substantial solidity'' on which world civilisation can rely for a foundation, Is the country press the village, the sniull town and the "tinnU city newspaper. Country Paper Wholesome. The country newspaper goes to Its readers devoid of that sensationalism thut Is so prominent In the metropolitan metropoli-tan papers. It cnrrles to Its readers the news Items thut represent the Joys and sorrows of their friends und neighbors, and' keeps the hearts of tho people of the community beating In unliion. It, goes to Its renders with thut sane and kindly advice on local, state, national und world problems; advice that la the result of thought and stuijy beside the hearthstones of the nation, and not In the selfish marts ut trade or the brlghtlights of city frivolity. It goes with the. Influence of a kuown and respected member of the community Its editor back of Its every word, Its every opinion. It foes to a iH'Ople, the people of the country communities and the farms, thut,nre intv capable of thinking along sane, unselfish ami practlcul Hues than are those who nre .surrounded by the tclllMi nnd many times evil Induei cs of the large cities. Hut the Influence of the country newspaper goes far beyond the community com-munity In which It Is printed. National Na-tional legislators In the balls of con-gresi con-gresi realize that this liilluvnce Is a power to be reckoned with. That when the country press speaks In unison uni-son on any national subject It Is but voicing the sentiments of that mighty foice the people of the country com-muidlles, com-muidlles, thu people In whose bunds, sas Mr. ltalfour, ivi-ts the destiny of world civilization. Fights fn Entire Country. The country prens represents and llcbts for thoM' things that are of value to the country communities. reall7lug that III doing so It Is fighting for lloxe things that are best for the nation and for the world, It works and tights to upbuild the country community, com-munity, to prevent Its fulling u prey to the selfish greed of the cities. It champions the bus'iiess, the social, the educational, the agricultural, the Industrial In-dustrial Interests of the country community com-munity not tiuin any bclllsli angle, but from the broader viewpoint of national na-tional good. Some three or four mouths ugo there was before Congress a bill on which the press of tin country wus divided. Thu mugit.Iiic, the big na tional weeklies, the farm press nnd the metropolitan dully puperg were on one side and the country nevvspupers were ou thu other side. The pussugu of the bill would mcuii creating an opportunity op-portunity for u greater centralization of the mereliaudUliiK of Uiu nation In a few targe cities with a consequent Injury to the smull cities and towns, and to the people ot these cities und towns and the farms surrounding them. The country press fought for (the defeat of the bill, und in the end the members of the committee In 'whose hands the fute of tho bill rested" listened to the country press because ithcy realized thut the welfare of these country communities represented the best Interests of the naUoo as a i whole, und' the bill was killed. During our participation In the World war the country press stood stauchly and unselfishly buck of the nutlon. It did nothing to create dls-.senslon dls-.senslon among the people during the time of emergency, but It did carry lo Its readers u coutluuou;, lueMiige of patriotism und national unity. In each community It wiped away much of fuctlouul llni'N and created an atmosphere atmos-phere of Intense AnicrlcnuUin that welded the Aincrlcmi people together regardless ol place of hlrlh or ancestry an-cestry Value Not Always Understood, Dut the people of the cities do not ulwuy.s understand the value of the .country press. With thu tiimu.&cd ilo maud for war mippllet. there caum u demand for u decrease In Uu consumption con-sumption of the orillnnrv iiwti of pence rime. Among the tilings tne -consumption of which must be cut wns paper. A city mau was at the hcud of the department that regulated the use of puper, and he felt It advisable ad-visable to so limit the amount of paper pa-per nvnllnble for the country press ns to seriously cripple nil of theso pa-pers, pa-pers, and to bnve entirely closed many of them. It was the privilege of the writer to present the case of the country coun-try press to this man, and It did not take him long to see thut the govern. metit could not ulTurd to In any considerable con-siderable degree cripple an Institution that represented ml much ot national good as did lltcxo country newspapers. newspa-pers. Country Press Deserves Well. The country press, deserves well of tho people of the nation, und especial ly nf the people of the country communities. com-munities. Individually these papers may not be large In slzo ns compared with the city papers, but quantity Is not tlu iiieimure of their value. They nre worth both directly and Indirect-ly Indirect-ly far more tlinn their subscription price. For that price they bring to you each week the news of your friends und acquaintances. To thorn who have left the country homo to go either to the city or to somo other .country home, tbu country nuwspaper Is u welcome weekly letter that keeps them In touch with friends and former for-mer associates. To those ut home II curries the news of their friends and neighbors. It records the births und deaths, the marriages, the comings and goings of those In whom you are Interested. It furnishes the medium of publicity through which work for a better und stronger community Is .maintained. It voices the consensus of opinion of the community to the .representatives In the halls of the state and national legislators, It Is the upper of, for nnd In the neonlo tH or tne villages, the towns and fM small cities. ,1 X No country paper worthy of ttfl t name ever seeks the support offtB Z people of Its community on any xw t 'ground thun that of giving inoreunB X .full value for nil that It receives. ! t .aid yourself, your community, iM Z statu and the nation when you (Wjjfl X nnd read your own "Home M-H 1'uper." I ! o- i |