Newspapers Should Have No Friends.

My Especial Object Is To Help The Poor; The Rich Can Help Themselves. I Believe In Self-made Men.

Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise Or Fall Together," Pulitzer Wrote. "an Able, Disinterested, Public-spirited Press, With Trained Intelligence To Know The Right And Courage To Do It, Can Preserve That Public Virtue Without Which Popular Government Is A Sham And A Mockery. A Cynical, Mercenary, Demagogic Press Will Produce In Time A People As Base As Itself. The Power To Mould The Future Of The Republic Will Be In The Hands Of The Journalists Of Future Generations.

Publicity, Publicity, Publicity Is The Greatest Moral Factor And Force In Our Public Life.

The Post-dispatch Will Serve No Party But The People; Be No Organ Of Republicanism, But The Organ Of Truth; Will Follow No Causes Bit Its Conclusions; Will Not Support The Administration, But Criticize It; Will Oppose All Frauds And Shams Wherever Or Whatever They Are; Will Advocate Principles And Ideas Rather Than Prejudices And Partisanship.

I Desire To Assist In Attracting To This Profession Young Men Of Character And Ability, Also To Help Those Already Engaged In The Profession To Acquire The Highest Moral And Intellectual Training