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A Lost Prestige

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Parent Issue
Day
20
Month
August
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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It taay not be very wldely remarked, but it is nevertheless truc ihat the gre&t aéwspaps of the country, tüose gigantic iustitutions wliich enlist uulimiiecl capital and Che feeenest of brains in the gathering and dissemination of ,icws. are losing their ground as leaders of public opinión. In its hola apon thé sympathie and ihe conlidence of the pcople the metropolitan paper erf today occupies .in li significant place campared wit'ii the journal of a half éentnry ugo. And tlie reason is not far lo soek. The business of staking a really great uewspaper has gvown to bc sueh a stupendous ondertaking that few inen havfe the ica.prta.1 i ata 'kJe I stagle-haaded and the corporation is the restilt. stocjcholders oí thes, pvfblishing eorporatfos ase uuualïy the sioi-k'ho'.ders of othér èoi'poi'atlous. 'JPnèy are financiers, bitnkerrf, sdptialIsrts- men wlio hare áxs to grfu'3 and fat to fi-y and to whom the eontrol of a newspapeí" representa more than the nominal dividend wliich is doolare;! upon the capital stock. Well trained talent is easily secured to pursue tlie outliind by the ownens - a policy which is always inouidi i in tlie interest of their private affiairs and is seklom a políey calcuiated to fnrther the intérests of tne great mass of the people. Tliis has been slowly davrniug upoii the world oí newspaper readers ao magnitude of ihe beTrepaper business lias increased, nntil th great newspaper has beeoore a enero machine foT tlie gatherrng and flistributtoil oí news- a model oí perfection in tliis particulai '.mi whöse editoriaj opinions no longer cany vri!n bccanse they are kimivn to be mere mei'ceuary props to the selüïi pos!tion .of the money power in v.tiose mterests tlxey are writteu. Xo matter h.ow logical the argument or hosv foreetful the langnage, the )ack of conflöence in the Integrity oí its irspivai.i(M. destroys its in.luer Preparations are going rapidly forward for the AVaslitenaw county fair. which will be held on tlie fair gronnds in this city on September 28, ü!. :í) and October 1. T'lie new premin-m boofc 's (mi girtng xtensivê inïormation e6ncea-nmg tlie fair. The seetetary has opened au ofiBee at 47 S. Main sti m-.-oikI tloor. where entries can be made at any time aud all iiiforiii.ition '.vill be fornished. THose in charge are pusAing tnatters and they promisa as the best show ever givea by tlie association. Govrnnnrüt by ïnjunc! on is a ni.uaee to Aniepiean insritnrio is. !t is tho weapon of the strong nsed upon !;.t' weak. The corner stone of the new T.xpographieal (Julón waiting roaii flt Sfra üake wil] lio laid Sunday wlth imjpisiny ceremonies. V. ;. Dieterie has returotítl Crajn a three weeks' business trip thrug.'i Iüdiana. lic got out of the stat :th;m eootractlng the agüe ,- recaiving ;i charge oí ancleni eggn. Guy Steveiison, D. e. Steveason, Latlirop and Pete Grearing wil! ri'iuiezvous wlth Commodore Cook :it the Asyium on1 Strawberry Lak". Bobt. Huuter aooompanles the party to keep the eloc-trie lamif]] iu trim and Co m&ke sucli Incidental repairs on the gniests as niay be necessary to niaiutain fcheir equilibrium.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Democrat