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Show EDITORS AND EDITORS. A speaker at the Texas Press Association Asso-ciation asslnhcd the subject "Why Arc We Here," says many things of Interest to newspaper men and the public. The newspaper man as a rule docs not make claims before the world, but is Invariably a man with Ideals that arc beyond the mere matter mat-ter of money. The fact that he Is in the newspaper business Is proof of this. For the same money invested, the same amount of energy exerted, the same care in the detail of management, manage-ment, there arc many other lines moie inviting and much more productive produc-tive of what the rest of the world is supposed to be striving to obtain the almighty dollar. Then what cdltois are here for may be a question with some, and this Texas editor replies In part: "Positively to do good, to build up, to promote the welfare of the public, to teach optimism. No man who did not sec the roseate hue of success where darkness and despair prevail would ever venture his all In a business busi-ness fraught with so many risks, environed en-vironed by so many diillcultics, hav-Ing hav-Ing hundreds of bosses in the way of patrons, with competition In every city, and the man who can buy an office for a dollar down and a dollar a month liable to set up any day as his competitor. No man but an optimist could be here witli such surroundings lacing mm, ana every newspaper worker In this assembly worthy of the name Is an optimist. "What are we here for? To build up, to lead the people Into better, higher ways of living. While many of us are too poor to own a burial lot, we believe In having the best, the most substantial, the greatest of the advanced Improvements for our people. peo-ple. Where the newspaper flourishes fine churches are built, good schools are established, society Improves, the people arc Intelligent, public Improvements Improve-ments arc Inaugurated, the law is enforced, en-forced, business grows In volume and variety and elyslan fields appear." Thc newspaper man cannot alTord to be a pessimist, or. In latter day language, a "knocker." lie must live among the most Intelligent, refined and cultured people on earth. His location lo-cation must be the most favored spot In the universe healthrulness unsurpassed, un-surpassed, morality supreme, tho finest business point and the best business busi-ness men In the world. If you have not tills Ideal place, then what wc arc here for is to make it that. "If wo c.an Inspire some worthy young man or young woman with an ambition to make better citizens than their father and mothers have been, then that Is what we are here for. "If wo can help John Smith and his neighbors to bo better farmers farm-ers by telling the world of their present pre-sent success, then that Is what wc aro here for. "If we can Increase the population, tho business, tho Industries of our respective cities by telling of the opportunities op-portunities and openings which exist for success in any line, then that is what we aro hero for. "If we can assist the good women In their noble work for themselves and others by tclllnir of their aspirations and accomplishments, then that Is what we arc hero for. "If we can Increase the educational facilities, build railroads, make good streets, loads and bridges. Improve tho manners, morals and general character of our people bv a consistent urging of these matters, then we are here for that purpose and should know no such word as fail. Do you ever stop tothlnk what vour home newspaper would be If Its editor was pessimistic rather than the opposite. op-posite. Do you ovcrstopto think how few editors look on anything but the bright side and are always cheering you up lather than pouring cold water on you? Do you think ho could do this so continually If it was merely a mat-ter mat-ter of dollars and cents with him? Most certainly not, and this Texas man tells you here truths that are evl-deuced evl-deuced continually in the public work of the average editor. |