How long do you think you can keep this sort of thing up ?" Clark was astounded at the editor's action and could not understand it.
"Clark, do you think if Jesus was the editor and proprietor of a daily paper in Raymond He would permit advertisements of whiskey and tobacco in it ?" "Well no--I--don't suppose He would.

But what has that to do with us?
We can't do as He would.

Newspapers can't be run on any such basis." "Why not ?" asked Norman quietly.
"Why not?
Because they will lose more money than they make, that's all!" Clark spoke out with an irritation that he really felt.

"We shall certainly bankrupt the paper with this sort of business policy." "Do you think so ?" Norman asked the question not as if he expected an answer, but simply as if he were talking with himself.

After a pause he said: "You may direct Marks to do as I have said.