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Show YOUR BANK AND NEWSPAPER The fate of legitimate newspapers and banks lies largely in the hands of the public. Both -are invaluable to a community and their worth in not realized unless they become minus quantities. The publisher of the St. Peter Herald, one of the outstanding editors edi-tors of the country, brings to attention the nefarious and almost useless forces which largely hinder and undermine the stability of both newspapers and banks. He says: "There are two institutions, more than any other, that a community must support. One is a bank and the other a newspaper. Without these two basic institutions no community can exist or prog'ress. It was necessary to close all the banks in the United States before the public realized how really important and vital they were to the business life of the community. Will it be necessary to close every newspaper before the people realize its need? It begins to look that way. Every dollar that is taken away from the newspaper in legitimate business by the outside printing firm or the bed-room printer, who contributes nothing to the community in the way of constructive effort, is an undermining undermin-ing of the vital institution of a community itself. There are mam who hold a penny so close to their eye that they cannot see the dollor behind it, and we are sorry to say that many of them are in business and in the public office." Clarion, Evek-tt, Minn. o |