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The difficulty of distribution, which I have mentioned, comes under the same heading, and is another grave handicap. THE DIFFICULTY OF DISTRIBUTION WHICH I HAVE MENTIONED COMES UNDER THE SAME HEADING AND IS ANOTHER GRAVE HANDICAP
erky. Meanwhile, it does not fill a paper. It is true that the level of writing in the Free Press is very much higher than in the Official Press. To compare the Notes in "The New Age," for instance, with the Notes in the "Spectator" is to discern a contrast like that between one's chosen conversation with equals, and one's forced conversation with commercial travellers in a rail-way carriage. To read Shaw or Wells or Gilbert or Cecil Chesterton or Quiller Couch or any one of twenty others in the "New Witness" is to be in another world from the sludge and grind of the official weekly. But the boycott is rigid and therefore the supply is intermittent. It is not only a boycott of advertisement: it is a boycott of quotation. Most of the governing class know the Free Press. The vast lower middle class does not yet know that it exists. The occasional articles in the Free Press have the same mark of high value, but it is not regular: and, meanwhile, hardly one of the Free Papers pays its way. AND IF I MAY USE THE WORD JERKY MEANWHILE IT DOES NOT FILL A PAPER IT IS TRUE THAT THE LEVEL OF WRITING IN THE FREE PRESS IS VERY MUCH HIGHER THAN THE OFFICIAL PRESS TO COMPARE THE NOTES IN THE NEW AGE FOR INSTANCE WITH THE NOTES IN THE SPECTATOR IS TO DISCERN A CONTRAST LIKE THAT BETWEEN ONE'S CHOSEN CONVERSATION WITH EQUALS AND ONE'S FORCED CONVERSATION WITH COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS ON A RAILWAY CARRIAGE TO READ SHAW OR WELLS OR GILBERT OR CECIL CHESTERTOWN OR QUILLER COUCH OR ANY ONE OF THE TWENTY OTHERS IN THE NEW WITNESS IS TO BE IN ANOTHER WORLD FROM THE SLEDGE AND GRIND OF THE OFFICIAL WEEKLY BUT THE BOY COT IS RIGID AND THEREFORE THE SUPPLY IS INTERMITTENT IT IS NOT ONLY A BOY COT OF ADVERTISEMENT IT IS A BOY COT OF QUOTATION MOST OF THE GOVERNING CLASS KNOW THE FREE PRESS THE VAST LOWER MIDDLE CLASS DOES NOT YET KNOW THAT IT EXISTS THE OCCASIONAL ARTICLES IN THE FREE PRESS HAVE THE SAME MARK OF HIGH VALUE BUT IS NOT REGULAR AND MEANWHILE HARDLY ONE OF THE FREE PAPERS PAYS ITS WAY
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