Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-18 | Page 14 | Making a Newspaper

Making a Newspaper n newspaper will continue to publish news N NO of a n character to which it its patrons object none can cnn afford to do so The he financial success of a newspaper depends primarily upon the indorsement and support of a n considerable number of tho the citizens of the community in t which it is published That sino sine qua non of successful journalism lacking lacking- the lacking tile the newspaper must suspend unless it be financed by a careless g plutocrat of much money and intelligence Public opinion can be depended upon to kC keep p a n newspaper in in the street called straight ht just as asit asit asit it can to sway public officials and correct abuses The bill biH which Senator Works introduced in ill the tIme Senate yesterday uy to prevent pro the tho District of Columbia Columbia Col Cal newspapers from publishing reports of crimes accidents and tragedies is therefore unnecessary unnecessary un un- un- un necessary and ill A newspaper deals in news Upon thc the efficiency efficiency ency and accuracy it displays 8 in collecting and presenting it depends largely its success News is s information of something that has just occurred or a n recounting of something of great importance that liat happened in the thc not too distant past that has just been disclosed The reading public buys a R. newspaper to get the he news and is clearly entitled to a delivery ery of the he goods Wo Yo fancy that public sentiment would woud promptly and unmistakably visit its displeasure upon the newspaper that presumed to withhold information in- in in-I in formation from its readers on the tho plea pIca that in its judgment it was not suitable for their perusal The controversy over o this question has lisa raged for or many years ears with considerable rancor K Iso No 0 determination determination de- de termination has been reached but the tIle conscientious ious newspaper will continue to adhere to the tile rule to gi give c its patrons what they pay for That rule is easily followed and is entirely safe since sinco it t excludes indecent disclosures nn and articles that endanger morals To nr argue ue otherwise would be beo beto beto to o betray y a lack of confidence in the tile public taste Senator V Works bases his restrictive measure upon the theory that the public does not know what it ought to have bave and that wise men like himself must select reading matter for it I