Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1888 — The Power of the Press. [ARTICLE]

The Power of the Press.

Muncie Times. , What would the public do without the newspapers? At Indianapolis the fight madeby the press for cheap gar, by laying bare the cost of making and the exorbitant prices exacted from consumers, will prevent a renewal of the contract with the artificial gas company and insure the people gas for illuminating purposes at leas than one-half the former prices. This is oiie way in which newspapers are worth more than their coat to a town or city. It is believed that $53,000 of counterfeit silver certificates are in ckcolatibn in Chicago.