. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. stormy politics of acentury. Many of the men mentioned became also eminent in otherspheres and all possessed distinct ability. 594 A REVIEW OF POPULAR PROGRESS But distance from the high standards of British journalistic life ;proximity to the sensationalism of the United States press ; develop-ments arising from localism of character and narrowness
. The story of the Dominion : four hundred years in the annals of half a continent ; a history of Canada from its early discovery and settlement to the present time ; embracing its growth, progress and achievements in the pursuits of peace and war. stormy politics of acentury. Many of the men mentioned became also eminent in otherspheres and all possessed distinct ability. 594 A REVIEW OF POPULAR PROGRESS But distance from the high standards of British journalistic life ;proximity to the sensationalism of the United States press ; develop-ments arising from localism of character and narrowness of view ;lack of capital and a large constituency ; tended to greatly weakenthe influence and standing of Canadian newspapers and to hamperthe true and best progress of the press. Toward the end of the cen-tury these causes have largely passed away and, though much roomstill exists for improvement, the greater newspapers of Canada arecreditable to the ability and knowledge of those in charge. Whenthey have been made thoroughly Canadian in fact and character bythe creation of a Canadian news service in Europe and a declarationof independence from American news agencies there, another mile-stone on the path of progress will have been
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