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WANTED; A BETTER LIBRARY
[The Welland Tribune and Telegraph, 10 February 1921]
Dear Sir:-
You will excuse my liberty in requesting a small space in your valued newspaper. I recently visited the library. It is with a feeling of disappointment that such is the best our city can afford. Would not the present be an opportune time for some action in getting a Carnegie library. The idea, I know, has had some setbacks in the past from those who have not the large view of letting all benefit from a source that is not influenced by individual opinions. I enquired of the lady in charge if there were any journals for reading. She referred me to the tables which contained some light trashy reading such as “Life,” etc., so having no time to waste, I left disappointed. Would it be any good to suggest that our manufacturers donate some of their trade journals, such as Iron Age Trade, Machinery Canadian machinery, etc., so that with so many men out of work they could go there and read and then when they do get work turn their reading to advantage. Library reports show that people are doing more serious reading now than ever before.
Yours,
G.H. COLE\Welland, Feb. 8, 1921
Editor’s Note:- A large-measure library is one thing we have always advocated in Welland, and we quite agree with the contention of our correspondent. We cannot agree, however, in the adjective he uses in describing “Life.” “Life” is not as heavy as Mavor’s “Economic History of Russia,” or Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall,” but it has a very definite place to fill and fills it. It has laughed more shams out of court in the United States than any other agency.
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