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"«- i - WM Tradition is a Weight j||
on the Heel of Progress iff
TT has been the history. of mankind that progress pulls I w
forward and tradition holds back. When trolley cars |M
were first used in the city streets, mass-meetings were held |¥u
to protest against them. Generations ago when it was |
proposed to use gas for illuminating purposes, neat riots |
followed, and dire prophecies of blowing up a city were 1 m
heard on all sides. 1 toF
§ Even the automobile, now so necessary, when it first 1
I appeared was looked upon as the fad of fools. |
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| Many men walk backward through life watching the |
| records of yesterday instead of viewing the trend of events §
| toward tomorrow. - ' ' • 1
And so it is in Publish
f There was a time when circulation and prestige were
increased by scouring the earth for the sensational. Nowa- ijr'
days the thinking portion of the community read the news-
I paper for the sane view of life, and to help themselves get
I away from the thrall of tradition. |
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| The Philadelphia PUBLIC LEDGER has no tradition save the one of clean
= sincerity. It makes up its pages according to the time in which we live. This fj
|j is a business age —America is a business country —the very community in ivhich 5
= you live is a business community. And the Philadelphia PUBLIC LEDGER is =
§ a newspaper of business and business interests, even though it does cover as 1
jj| fully as all the others the general news of the day. 1
H Those who read a newspaper because it was the paper of their sires, or because 1
= they read it yesterday, must realize that here, too, tradition can play a 1
g . retrogressive part. g
H Things are looking forward in America, especially in its communities of homes. H
§§ ThePUBLICLEDGERis looking into tomorrow, and those who read it H
H share its vision. =|
1 PHILADELPHIA II
I PUBLIC«B4s&LEDGER f
The newsman will bring 2 Cents Daily 5 Cents Sunday —w
' the Public Ledger to your —j
S door early every morning. 3
g MEMBER OF THE AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATION -S
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WEDNESDAY EVENING,
FTARRISBURG V&363& TELEGRAPH
MARCH 15, 1916.
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