An American Authority on the Local Paper.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 394, 8 January 1909, Page 2

An American Authority on the Local Paper.

it Is the duty of the people of every district to support » local paper, where there is one, writes a leading American exchange, It werka every issue in their interest, take up tbeir grievances, urges their requirements givf’B prominence to their industries and institutions, and makes their locality known to outsi lers. The poorest and most wretched newspaper over published, is worth ten timw its price toerery mm in the district in which it !i« published. Ex Ooverner Francis, cf Mis iouri, spe-ike as follows of the local raport:— •‘ Knch year tbe local paper gives from £sooto£looo in free advertising spice to the community in which it is located. No other agency will or can do this. Th? editor in proportion to his means, does more for the town than any other ten men. He ought to bo supported, not because they like him personally, cr admire his writing, but because tbe local paper is the best io • vaatment local people can make. 5t may not, psrhapa, bo brilliantly edited or overcrowded with thoughts, but financially it is of more benefit to the o >mmu aity than the teacher or tbe preacher. Understand me I tta nut mean morally or intellectually hut financially-" I’he man who excuses himself from subscribing to a lot il paper on the ground that "times are r.oo bad * must indeed be in a desperate way —ao bad th it ths saving of threepence per we k will stop h im from going on a financial “ bußt."