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lines of thought in which McCluro's
has been tho pioneer.
Carl Schur.'s reminiscences con
tinue with a chapter on Impressions of
Rachel, the great French actress; tinr
ton .1. Hemlrlck gives a fifth Instal
ment of "Tho Story of Life-Insurance"
which discloses the iniquities of the
Tontine policy that Henry B. Hyde do-
veloped. Rudyard Kipling tells in his
"Robin Goodfellow" series an interest
ing tale of tho Iron-founders in the
Woild of Kent, Hal o tho Draft, Se
bastian Cabct and tho great pirate Sir
Andrew Barton, "Cancer Can it bo
Castaigne illustrates the Kipling
R. S., Is an Important contribution to
curative science, detailing the experi
ments made by a Dr. .7chn Beard In
i the treatment of cancer by trypsin,
: an extract of the pancreas. The stories
' nre especially good: a powerful one by
Jock London, based on tho actual
facts of the hanging of a man by a
woman In Alaska, called "The Unex
pected"; an amusing, yet thought-corn-
pelling ono about New York shop
girls, by O. Henry, entitled "Tho
Trimmed Lamp"; an East Side school
episode "A Soul Above Buttons," by
Myra Kelly; a comedy of a Rocky
Mountain mining town, "The Lady
Peddler and the Diplomats," by Mrs.
Wilson Wocdrow; a psychological
comedy, "Mrs. Archer's Feelings," by
1 Abby Megulre Roach; "Archie's
Baby," by Viola RoHeboro', and "Casa
blanca," by Montague Glass. Andre
j Castaigne Illustrates the Kipllnfg
I stories, Frederic Dorr Steele draws
Miss Kelly's amusing East Side In
fants, N. G. Wyeth has a frontispiece
,' In color symbolizing the '"Reign of
' the Road Agents" In "Tho Story of
Montana," and Blumenscheln furnish
es four remarkable pictures repro
duced In color for Jack London's Im
pressive tale.
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I THE INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER.
j Although the great American news-
papers have achieved through the de-
,1 velopment of their news service, a
' practical Independence, tho old pollt-
I leal thraldom has been succeeded by a
I commercial thraldom more Insidious
I and more dangerous to tho welfare of
I society. This striking statement Is
j made by Mr. Samuel Bowles, himself
! proprietor of the Springfield Repub-
I lican, ono of tho leading independent
I papers of America, In an Illuminating
article In Tho North American Re-
ivlow. It has come to pass, ho tells us,
that a party organ of the old-fashioned
type can not bo successfully main
tained. But Instead wo have "the
cheap newspaper of many pages, sell
ing often at wholesale for less than
tho cost of tho paper on which It Is
printed," and dominated by the adver
tiser, "who pays all of tho other heavy
expenses and the profit." Under these
'ouditlcns the motto of an old Salem
newspapoi1,
"Hero shall tho Press the People's
cause maintain,
Unawed by lnlluenco and unbrlb
ed by Gain."
might seem a counsel of unattainable
perfection. Nevertheless, asserts Mr.
Bowles, the press today not only stands
for tho rights and Interests of tho peo
ple, but, on tho 'whole, "represents
hem more efficiently than over bo
ore." It does this by Its dally presenta
tion of each day's histoiy of the world.
Thus, as Mr. Bowles goes on to say:
"Even tho corrupt and Independent
press Is compelled to publish tho news.
It cannot hope to exist If It falls to
to do so. The possession of tho news,
tho knowledge of tho world's dally life,
thought, movement, constitutes tho
most effective weapon for the protec
tion of society. Justice and truth
flourish in tho light of publicity. In
iquity and wrong dread It and are ul
timately cured by the Influences which
How from its Illuminating rays."
Tho modern editorial page, more
over, has become "a most lmpoitant
part of the news-gathering mechanism
Df the press," Its function being "to
Humiliate, to suggest, to Inform, to ex
pose, rather than to persuade or de
nounce." Although maintaining that
the press as a whole serves tho people
efficiently, Mr. Bowles Is unable to
make certain "yellow" journals "com
pose" harmoniously In his optimistic
general survey. Wo read:
"When tho Individual citizen neg
lects his civic duties, the community
ind state suffer: but when tho news
paper, with Its exceptional facilities
for influence, Is derelict or prostitutes
'ts powers, the effect Is far-reaching
"ind momentous. It Is obviously tht
pretense of every newspaper, seeking
public support, that It stands for the
public enlightenment and welfare.
Even though it have no editorial opin
ions to express, and be simply an or
gan of Information, It professes to pub
lish things that are true and to be so
far an honest servant of those who
buy It. It Is, then, a national misfor
tune that so largo a section of tho
American press, under the operation
of commercial Influences, has been led
Into tho adoption of methods and prac
tices which are essentially dishonest.
I refer especially to the exaggerations
ind misrepresentations which chnrac
trelze the so-called 'yellow press.' Tho
predominant tono of this class of Jour
nnl Is a painful and distressing scream
which manifests itself In dreadful ty
pographical effect, nnd to which tho
idvertlsers are encouraged to add their
Jkcordant notes."
The writer believes tho Independent
lowspaper to be "the most vital instru
wont that democratic society can pro
luce fcr Its own advancement and pro
tection." Thus:
"Tho nowspapcr-mnkcr certainly can
not afford to disregard the Interests
af his advertisers; but, when tho rights
f tho readers nro subordinated or sub
merged to meet tho short-sighted de
mands of tho advertisers, tho newspa
per becomes so far simply a He. Such
a policy poi'slsted In defeats Itself, and
Clio newspaper produced simply or
principally to cany advertising, ulti
mately becomes of very little valuo
to Its commercial patrons. So In re
spect to the unrestrained, lntemperato
use of scare head-lines and tho faking
of sensational news; these practices
may win temporarily in tho game; but,
'n tho long run, they nre poor business
nvestments, and of course they aro
shamelessly dishonest.
"Tho Journalist has ono client, ono
oatlent, one flock that Is to say, tho
whole community; and nothing should
'tand In tho way of his single-minded
xnd dovoted service of that one corn
won Interest. He should bewaro of nil
entangling alliances nolltlcal, social,
jcmmerclal which may limit or em
barrass such service. Ho should lot
'ho honors and emoluments of public
fflce go to other people. His own
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