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North Shore Breeze 
Published every Friday afternoon by 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE CO. 
Knight Building - Manchester, Mass 
Boston Office: 
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J. ALEX. LODGE, Editor. 
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Vot:X1.". March .14,e19n3eec Non: 
Pusiicity HomME To Roost 
A great many newspapers are very 
urgent in reform work and give as 
much publicity as possible to the mea- 
sures they desire to have carried 
_out, but when the publicity strikes 
‘home and they are obliged to reveal 
a few facts about the ownership and 
management of their own enterprises 
they attempt to restrain the enforce- 
ment of the national newspaper law. 
There is seemingly no great need of 
opposing the regulations which have 
been placed on the newspapers of the 
country by the Federal Government ; 
indeed, such opposition seems child- 
ish and contrary to the preachments 
of many journals that are continually 
giving publicity to less needed reforms 
than the one suggested in the man- 
agement of their own papers. 
While the right of the admission 
of newspapers to the mails is some- 
thing which is worrying the publish- 
ers, the other stipulations need cause 
no particular worry. 
Requiring a paper to reveal its 
ownership is not taking away the free- 
dom of the press; the prohibition of 
veiled advertisements is a proper reg- 
ulation ,and the publication of the cir- 
culation of the papers is a protection 
to that vast army of advertisers. 
The newspapers make the public 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
take the medicine of publicity, and 
should not be entirely averse to taking 
it themselves. ‘The newspaper law, it 
sustained by the Supreme Court in 
the numerous test cases, should prove 
a mutual benefit for newspapers and 
public alike. 
GRAFT vs. CoRRECTIVE METHODS 
Apparently the only effective way in 
which to determine whether grafting 
is being carried on in a State depart- 
ment is the one which is being utilized 
by Gov. Sulzer of New York. He 
has started a commissioner on an in- 
vestigation of the Highway Depart- 
ment and the commissioner and his 
experts will look into all the contracts 
concerning road building. 
Gov. Sulzer is determined that no 
one will have reason to charge his ad- 
ministration with grafting, and he 
takes this method of ascertaining how 
much the state is losing yearly by un- 
wise appropriations, which he is cer- 
tain have been made. The charitable 
institutions and the Department of 
Public Works will come under the 
scrutiny of his investigators before 
they are finished. as, 
Have ENnoucH Horipays 
Action by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives killed the 
bill making January 1 a legal holiday 
in this state. This is not to be much 
regretted, however, for it would seem 
that Massachusetts is well supplied 
with holidays at present. The. first 
day of the year does not make itselt 
adaptable to the pursuit of any parti- 
cular sports or othtr pleasure. The 
situation as it now stands, when one 
may celebrate the ushering in of a 
new year in any manner which he de- 
sires is better than the one which was 
proposed. 
It is not necessary to have the Leg- 
islature act in order to enjoy this or 
any other day. In a period of the 
year when the weather is not apt to 
be excellent the only amusement that 
is available is found within doors. 
The bell ringing, singing and general 
revelry are enjoyed fully as much as 
they would be were January I con- 
stituted a legal holiday. 
THe AMERICAN NOVEL 
“The ‘great American novel,’ which 
may have been written, but is still 
awaiting publication, will deal neither 
with the rich nor poor exclusively, nor 
with the middle class, but with all 
WILLMONTON’S AGENCY 
Real Estate and Insurance of All Kinds 
School and Union Sts, Manchester +: Old South Bidg., Boston 
sorts and conditions of men.’—Bos- 
ton Globe. Which brings up the ques- 
tion of what kind of literature is be- 
ing foisted upon readers and lovers of 
novels. True, the great American 
novel has yet to be written and those 
books that have been meeting with 
general approval and subsequent pop- 
ularity have been but shallow treatises 
on life as the average American finds 
It. 
Then there is the old question of 
whether the poor prefer to read stories 
about themselves rather than about 
the rich. This has been much discuss- 
ed of late among writers and literary 
“hacks.” Many have the plausible 
theory that a class of people prefer to 
read about characters in a different 
sphere of life than their own. Others 
believe that the majority of readers: 
are more interested in their own class. 
The sale of the hyndreds of popular 
novels is no indication of a trend 
either way. However, if the novelist 
is clever enough, he can make «his 
book interesting to every class. 
McDevirr’s Pun|SHMENT 
The punishment set forth by the 
Senate committee on rules for Sena- 
tor McDevitt’s ill-considered charges 
of attempted bribery on the part of a 
member of the House is severe, but 
the offense was not light. A man who 
makes the accusations he did and does 
not prove them, must expect. some- 
thing more than mere reprimand. All 
the more must he be careful in his ut- 
terances if he is a member of a legisla- 
tive body. 
Perhaps this particular incident may 
have some lesson for certain persons 
in unofficial positions who are too 
prone to talk of corruption and graft 
among public officials without any evi- 
dence to back them up. 
ANOTHER LABOR CONTROVERSY 
Four of the strongest labor and in- 
dustrial leagues in the state are at 
present . attempting to prevent the 
merging of the Board of Labor and 
Industries with the Industrial Acci- 
dent Board, as favored by Gov. Foss 
in his last message. They claim that 
the only arguments before the Legis- 
lature in favor of the transfer are 
contained in the report of the Com- 
mission on Economy and Efficiency 
and in this same message. 
The Economy Commission points 
to two places where the functions of 
the two boards are alleged to overlap. 
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