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Show THEN AND NOW In addition to the ordinary efforts ef-forts put forth by the great majority of people to earn a livelihood and accumulate a reasonable surplus of the good of life, there is the constant struggle to adjust ourselves to conditions con-ditions of today having lived yester-. day. The older one becomes the hard- i er the problem, altho age in years is not necessarily the determining factor. fac-tor. All along the line prices have advanced, ad-vanced, overhead costs increased, un- ll: ii i- cut...-.- prohibitive for many ;,"I'e: tu !'je:.eh a Wintw.i, much 1' c:.iry en tee business as a suc-(:- t'ul a;ui pruf liable enterprise-The enterprise-The value of modern newspaper phi 'its particularly of the larger dailies, is :: of the most surprising facts to the avuiaee pc-rsun not familiar with tie; business. It has become almost pet adoxical to call any newspaper, daily or weekly, a "small" newspaper. So far as cots is concerned any 1 newspaper represents an investment i in money, good will, brain-power, hard work and everlasting diplomacy. Newspaper men and women must deal with machinery, type, paper, ink and public opinion. They know no holidays, yet they must write about them. They know no leisure, yet they must encourage its proper use by others. They are subject to human hu-man error, yet they must be religiously religi-ously accurate. They "break down" in mind and machinery, yet the paper must be "out" on time. They must have views and opinions on public questions, yet they must please everybody. every-body. After all it is the public that deserves de-serves the monument, not the newspaper. news-paper. For a newspaper with all its problems, could not have existd as an institution for good without the charity and devotion, the financial support and forebearance, the genuine genu-ine good will and cooperation of the people. Exchange. |