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I myself, who am an assiduous reader of all such matter, have sometimes lost touch with one Free Paper or another for months, on account of a couple of weeks' difficulty in getting my copy, I believe this impediment of habit to apply to most of the Free Papers. I MYSELF WHO AM AN ASSIDUOUS READER OF ALL SUCH MATTERS HAVE SOMETIMES LOST TOUCH WITH ONE FREE PAPER OR ANOTHER FOR MONTHS ON ACCOUNT OF A COUPLE OF WEEKS DIFFICULTY IN GETTING MY COPY I BELIEVE THIS IMPEDIMENT OF HABIT TO APPLY TO MOST OF THE FREE PAPERS
ersation 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. The difficulty of distribution, which I have mentioned, comes under the same heading, and is another grave handicap. If a man finds a difficulty in getting some paper to which he is not a regular subscriber, but which he desires to purchase more or less regularly, it drops out of his habits. EEN 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 THE DIFFICULTY OF DISTRIBUTION WHICH I HAVE MENTIONED COMES UNDER THE SAME HEADING AND IS ANOTHER GRAVE HANDICAP IF A MAN FINDS A DIFFICULTY IN GETTING SOME PAPER TO WHICH HE IS NOT A REGULAR SUBSCRIBER BUT WHICH HE DESIRES TO PURCHASE MORE OR LESS REGULARLY IT DROPS OUT OF HIS HABITS
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