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Show H THE POWER OF M ' COLD FACTS H t ' . A romnrkablo Instance of the pow- B cr of tho nowspapcr pross lias Just H been given In England. A comploto Ha readjustment of tho cabinet govern- Ha lng that country has Just been fore- H od, and It Is said to have been duo Ha to a dispatch from a torrcspondent H of tho London Times. This dts- H patch dwelt on tho fact that tho nr- Ha my was being supplied with too H much shrapnel and too few high ox- j ploslvo sholls. Ha If tho downfall of tho English cabl- HJ net Is thus truly '"'plained, It Is an H Instauco of tho pow i of careful and H nccurato statemcnis it fact, both In B newspaper work mid In political H campaigning. There uro too many H $ newspaper men In this country who Ha it nro mero armchair critics. They H . f j can wrlto brilliant nnd slashing artl- Ha l ties, but they lack a foundation of H 'f solid Investigation. H j Tho political stump Is full of off. B ' hand statesmen who can get you up J B M n Blam nnglng speech In a half, m J hour. It exposes tho absurdity and H ' futility of opponents nnd Is clover, K ' witty, nnd sets tho galleries to cheer- Hfl A ing. Uut when tho thoughtful citl- B zen gets homo lio asks himself: What B n jl inure do I know about my govern- Hb" II mont? To which ho must answor, HS1 ( ' Nothing. H, Probably ono reason why political H ! rallies aro not well attended Is that K , thcro Is too much nrm swinging nnd l too little real Information. Bj Jf American newspapers nro nil tho ' i time presenting carefully prepared H ' statements of fact, that nro Just ns H1 4 influential In n moro limited field ns B I - has been tho dispatch that Is said H to havo broken tho English cnblnot. H ., nut tho national tompornment Inter- H I I poses obstacles In tho way of tho Ha f ! most accurato work. The public do- I"" mands Its nows quick. It would rnthor take an unverified rumor to- I ' f day than to liave ail editor spend i twentj'-four hours getting moro ac- . , curato Information nnd como In Into H I j L with his story. Tho public blames H : t ! tho nowspapcr pross for Inaccuracy, R v nnd then forces tho newspapers to K compoto under conditions that mnko m ' accuracy difficult Is not Impossible. |