Show MUST HAVE wo we have often been criticised criticized tor for publishing various articles of news in connection with the actions of some of the citizens of this thia county chiefly by members of the family faintly to whom tile tho person belonged who had commit ted the act of transgression and abbot whom the article was wag published wo we bovo bevo in most cases purposely to rc from printing tho the names of kio ie party who had bad erred an dit has teen mostly at the solicitation of the members of the family that we havo have accorded them this favor but it seems that w wo are ara at fault in doing this as will be seen from the tha article artic which follows and which was taken from an address made at a recent gathering of publishers held in iowa city iowa by james keeley editor of the chicago dally daily horal dand ono one of tho the foremost newspaper men in the united states one who should know what he la Is talking about we aej I 1 would like to have hava all of our subscribers read this article artl clo there Is unbounded food for thought in every line we would like to know what your opinion of 0 the article and the facts it con contains talim Is and will gladly welcome an open discussion on the your side alda of 0 the matter as well as ours in answer to any letter betler you may write on the subject to bi ba published in ili these collumns collum na the article follows publicity aud and crime 1 I have little sympathy with the myopic individuals who bellove believe or rather say that if nothing wore were printed about crime crime would cease 0 decrease de creaso they aro are wrong absolute ly y wrong publicity la Is the greatest do deterrent of crime and many a man has boon been held from breaking the law not because ho he dreaded tho the punishment the law would met out to him but because he feared the publicity that would result from his wrongdoing the punishment of public opinion often Is more potent and dreadful than that imposed by judge or jury scores of times met men hayo have como to me men now low in the penitentiary men who aro now out of tile tho wen roen who would hava boon been in the pi were it not tor for a miscarriage of justice and pleaded tor for tho the suppression of the story of their crime and in roost most cases they have urged wife children and family as the reason for concealing tile the record of 0 their wrongdoing my answer at al ways line been why you think of thorn them before you did this thing thine I 1 am thinking ot of ulf tin men women and children who have ben detra defrauded by you and ot of the other men women and children who wll will suffer unless your form of 0 vil killiany liany is stopped As a general cannot make war without making widows und un d orphans so an all editor cannot do his whole duty without causing cima liiK tears to ow do noi not tor for it a moment think that I 1 am preaching the doctrine of heartlessness I 1 am not the ma nan charge of the paper must be impersonal as a judge and hla his every act must bear the add acid test ot of duty to the people as aa a whole 1 I admit that sometimes things are prin printed teI that should not appear some times the man at the head of the busness makes a mistake but more fro fre dently thom them histake Is mado made elsewhere the thoughtlessness and heedles heedlessness heedless nes enes of youth and inexperience la Is largely responsible tor for this kind of error dut but with age comes wisdom and with wisdom tolerance young men fur elsh the steam the older men tho the brakes suppression of news 8 1 I believe suppression ot of news to la more di rt a wrong that thai the printing of piece of news that possibly might better not have been written by improper suppression a newspaper sells its soul and betrays its readers to my mind it Is the high treason of journalism no paper that permits its advertisers or the perS Danl social or financial friends of the editor to control or taint its enas and editorial columns ever has become a big newspaper that Is respected by the people the man an in the instinctively senses this sort of oc treason and ho he punishes it it there wore were no fight in this bus iness ot of ours it would loso lose half its charm and aad without the incentive of opposition and trial and tribulation I 1 belliva the press of america would lose its virility and that day it over ever come would be a sorry one for america our dally daily worries serve a purpose as does the sting of a mustard plaster they prick us into activities keep us on the jump stir our emotion our dormant brain cells into activity the newspaper ot today occupies the position of the herald of old in ancient lays days the ear car held relga reign and tile tho of influence was waa limited by aural range the eye has been enthroned and the whole world la Is our field in ili olden times the mightiest volcha reached thousands but tell silent within the mile our silent defy distance and seek our myriads brick walls walla we talk to those who never soo see us ua tho the thunder of our presses dies away but it has bred a billion living tongues our responsibilities are great because our power is so immense forget the former and tho the latter wanes |