Show J J As the Editor Sees It t Most of it is newspaper talk How many times tines have you heard that remark made about some piece Pisco of f scandal or other juicy e juicy item you have read in one of the big city da daily ly rs pape a ers There is is' is plenty of justification for the remark It Is quite true Practically everything of the tho kind that gets gels Into at least some of or the tho big newspapers is doctored and colored to make It more appealing to the animal side sido of or human nature But for this the editors are are not alone open to criticism It Is what the public demands And that reminds us that size and circulation are not the only points of or difference between the home l town paper and the tho big city dart dail The home town editor must con confine Cine himself to lo facts If ho lie distorts his news matter lie Jie is soon classed by the public as a plain prevaricator and that ends his usefulness in that town If H the big city dally daily confines to facts without doctoring b or of coring t of or any kind it Is regarded by the great majority of or Its readers as aR to slow for this rapidly moving age ago It Is a failure because It is not popular popular-it popular it lt is n not t what its readers want Time was when we took of many man these lurid newspaper stories with witha e ea a grain of salt but hut no wo we use it by the barrel V do dont don't t know what We Wei to believe All of or this buying is being done by speculators and gougers who are mostly too lazy to do an honest days day's work Tho consumer pays liars all of the tho numerous boost in price sand and and the producer doesn't make an extra penny If H all sales were limited by law to actual delivery o of the commodity to the wholesale or retail trade market conditions could be bo relied upon prices to the tae milli millions millions' o n of consumers would be he forced down and yet tier 1 producer would be making just as much money as he lie does now Of or course such a law rigidly enforced would put lot lot a of or g r rand and gougers out of business They might have to trim their luxurious tt- tt manner o of living or go to work or to the devil The latter would bo ho ua no uI loss to the country This riot of board of trade trade gambling and juggling of prices prices that are purely fictitious fictitious Is is a growing to the country It i Ii 12 a gathering the enormous wealth of of the nation into the- the pockets of a a. comparative comparative comparative com com- few of or the population many many of or whom have neither souls n nor r consciences and is breeding a a. spirit of or class hatred and animosity that te is i. i inimical to the welfare of our our country Congress should get busy and use a big stick Our pine trees are aro today Mantis Manti's greatest assets All thanks to the fire early sett settlers ers who worked for tho the city of the future |