Show j There is a class of people today who who are of the opinion that tha t the e is constantly constantly constantly con con- growing worse that wickedness wickedness' is ison on the increase ase and that consequently d destruction must come upon us in the near future A very gloomy view of the world to be sure t 1 but how came these people in possession of such pessimistic ideas Are they the victims of dyspepsia through wrong habits of living or have havee they drunk so deeply of evil themselves th that r. r they t y jUd judge e o others h rs equally vile Perhaps neither it is more probable that th the are the are the prey of a mental dis disease l bro brought ab about ut by too much newspaper newspaper a read reading ng They are re in the habit of reading reading read- read 1 1 ing almost everything published in the j daily pap papers rs and perhaps little else Ey Every ry c crime int J. J committed in th the then land is 1 announced p ed in in in bold headlines an and all details details kno known n in In the cas case are published 1 j jw w when en the arrest arrest is mad made th there r is 4 the preliminary examination numerous numerous' j witnesses are brought t co court rf and 1 the thel st story ry of each is reported in ih full 3 j often rep repeating fing the same facts a dozen 1 i times L Later ter the accused d ha has s a formal trial an and the newspapers newspapers- rs again de devote ote pages t to tb the rehe rehearsal t r of f these se same sam di disagreeable dis dis disagreeable s- s agreeable facts agreeable f facts and to their their- repetition by all the witnesses If it t is a case of murder and the guilty is sentenced sentenced sentenced sen sen- to td be hanged the banged the papers papers' keep close watch of the time and place of execution and publish everything the thed d prisoner n r h has has to to say a crime and arid cont contemplated t. t q c d h eath th r Tho Thousands sands a of a R pe people ph 1 ir f soe wrought tt 1 UP th mile to to o vito w eg the e execution The guilty person probably thinks probably thinks himself very himself very important very notorious if not great and not notoriety notoriety notor notor- r- r in death to is to many people preferable preferable preferable prefer prefer- able to obscurity rity in life The result result result-of of all all- this is that evil is magnified and many simple-minded simple honest people are led to form wrong wrong opinions of human life and society It may be argued that the fault is primarily with wit the people that the newspapers simply supply the popular demand Admitting the truth of the ithe latter statement the power to remedy this evil remains to a great extent with the publishers They are supposed tobe to tobe tobe be educated above the masses and consequent consequently con con- sequent they are the persons persons' to initiate reform We commend to I them the advice of an ancient sage sage to hi his L' L coreligionists coreligionists coreligionists co co- religionists J I r ii I Finally brethren whatsoever things are are re true true tru whatsoever whatsoever whatsoever what what what- i things ar are h honest est whatsoever ever things are j just it w whatsoever thins things are lre pure I whatsoever things are lovely whatsoever things are of of good report if there be beany beany beany any virtue virtue and if there be an any any praise praise think think on th these e things In a recent address a Salt Lake preacher made the statement that modern mod mod- ern rn so society i ty had reversed the admonition of St St. Paul making it read as follows follows I Whatsoever thin things s are untrue whatsoever r things a are e dishonest unjust impure unlovely of evil evil report since since there js is S no virtue and nothing to be praised read publish think on these things P fJ j If newspapers would cease publishing the details of crime and give more attention to that which is ennobling and elevating the popular desire for the sensational would ld gra gradually die society would become purer and better and time now spent by hy many in reading that which is of no educational value might be employed be-employed e employed in gaining knowledge and culture J |