Show Munn kunnius irig te the paper arvada colo enterprise everybody thinks he can run a newspaper better than the benighted souls that have been placed by providence in that unenviable position pogi tion maybe its because the editors faults are glaring ones out in the open in black and white or possibly it Is s just a queer quirk of human nature and the jobs so easy anyway run ning a paper is a eort sort of side line with lots ot people they offer advice in their spare moments ith the same sanie spirit that they play golf or pinochle one would havethe have the editor a militant suffragist another demands that be rail against women voting tho the prohibitionists cant see how any decent person can be for the regulated saloons and accuse him of belling selling out to tho the liquor interests if he talk takes es that side whilo while the wets say he be is being intimidated by the churches and ruled by the drys if ho be is opposed to the saloon the democrats say the paper is a dirty rag if the editor is republican in his sympathies and the republicans stop their subscriptions if he comes out for a democrat if the editor is for anything the an antis condemn him and ace ce versa if h he e takes a stand he lie ia Is trying to dictate to the community if he take a stand he is a mollycoddle and a jellyfish he is a crank a reformer a fanatic a four flusher husher a crook a disturber of the peace or just a plain idiot according as be he meets with the desires of his Ns subscribers or goes against them and there you are ire the average man never thinks of the hours of toil toll downright soul sweating toil it takes to get out a paper he lie never thinks of the worries the trials and tribu lations every editor must undergo some of them are so unappreciative of his efforts to boost their town and make money for them that they wont even contribute the price of a subscription just remember this the editor apart from the perfectly laudable desire to maka make a decent living for himself and family has only the good of the comm community unit at heart if he disagrees with you on any sub eject political moral or educational you and not he may be wrong |