THE " SPECTATOR " IN ALBERTA
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Sin,--One of the most distressing features of life in Western Canada (as also in the western States of the U.S.A.) to-day, seems to me, from an experience of over eighteen years of business relations with all classes, to be the extraordinary in- difference of the public in general towards world affairs in practically all their phases. There is a pronounced disinclina- tion, amounting in many cases practically to an aversion, towards sound reading.
It is difficult even to hazard any authoritative reason for this state of affairs, but in my opinion one of the factors con- tributing to such indifference and ignorance is the lack of a reliable medium such as your paper to impart the desired knowledge. The result is that the attitude of the public towards world affairs is thoroughly parochial and in many instances borders on intolerance.—I am, Sir, &c.,
AN ALBERTA READER.
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