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Show I P TO THE PRESS "The newspapers ought to quit publishing so much scandal." You mm hear such remarks any day in the year, and from highly Intelligent people. But wo diHagi'je. They do not si up lo I liink. i; ii I'm-1 u ria t uly , we have reached the point ia this country where but little respect is shown for our laws, beiaii.se thj laws are indifferently unforced, or not enforced at all. Curtain people can evade them witli ease. Others, less fortunate, must pay the penalty. Occasionally there Is a notable exi-epiion to this rule, but only occasionally. oc-casionally. It is for this reason we are losing our respect for law and its manner of enforcement. lint it is different with the great newspapers of the country and also with the smaller ones. They tell the truth as they find it. The man of ureal wealth who forgets his manhood man-hood is as pitilessly exposed as the one without a dollar perhaps more :;o. This pitiless publicity of the press ! Hie one safguaiU that stands between respectability and a reign of debauchery that would rival the days of Sodom and Gomorrah. There are millions of pure and bife'li minded people iu this country, but there are other millions who reek with clandestine infamy. Some agency must keep this debauched de-bauched element in check for the welfare of society in general. The press, through its publicity, is meeting with a reasonable degree of success, where the law is but a dismal lailure. Think before you criticise. |