Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1920 — PERSONALLY. [ARTICLE]

PERSONALLY.

■ U 7■ 1 " The newspaper business, like everything else, has its Ups and Downs. Sometimes the Ups predominate, sometimes the Downs. Once upon a time an enthusiastic young man started out to figure how many mistakes an eight page paper could make in one issue, but he died of old age before he completed his task. We make mistakes every day, and we aren’t ashamed to' confess it, either. In the rush to get the Journal out to you so your daily routine won’t be upset, mechanical mistakes ,are bound to occur. We ask your indulgence. A Milwaukee paper in reporting a house party enlivened with the now lamented Pabst once made the typographical error of spelling house with an “s” instead of an “h” and made it “souse” party. So far as we know that is the only example where truth justified an error. If we make a misstatement or create false impression either through ignorance or lack of clarity we shall appreciate your calling our attention to the matter so that we can make the necessary correction. — The days when newspapers felt that a retraction injured their reputation or destroyed their confidence with their readers has passed. The Chicago Tribune, the world’s greatest newspaper by its own admission, runs a “Beg Your Pardon” column every day. The sole aim of the Journal is to present to you every evening in as readable form as possible the news of this community, together with I such comment as we consider perI tinent and fair. Unlike the larger papers there is no chance for us to practice deception. A Chicago paper tells you the Poles are licking the Bolsheviks. Maybe so, likely not. You can’t vefify it on your life. An Indianapolis paper posed for years as an Independent when a political boss controlled seventy-five per cent of its stock. DuHng all that time intelligent people were formulating their opinions after its made-to-order editorial propaganda. A smaller newspaper cannot mislead the people without a resultant exposure and loss of confidence. It is our intention, therefore, with this fact in mind, to print as nearly facts as is humanly possible. If in so doing somebody’s toes get in the way we offer an Open Forum Column as an antidote. We believe in promoting every good cause, and of course in so going we are bound to come in direct 1 conflict with the gentlemen who ! spend their time with a hammer | destroying so far as their power i permits whatever constructive forc- | es are seeking to build up.—Monti- ■ cello Evening Journal. I Primary elections are to be held 'iin three states Tuesday—Massachusetts, New Jersey and Ohio. It is predicted that Coolidge will be suc- ! cessful in Massachusetts, Harding in , Ohio and Wood or Johnson in New Jersey.