olic paper_.
This plan of unification would allow us, without heavy expenses, to
answer efficiently the local needs of each diocese and each Province.

We have the "Northwest Review." It possesses a splendid equipment and
could easily duplicate its actual out-put. Why could we not take that
paper, and have a Manitoba, a Saskatchewan, and an Alberta edition?
The plant is there, and why could not all Catholics take full advantage
of it, at a price with which no local or provincial Catholic paper
could compete, at least in the present circumstances. It would require
"a subeditor-manager" in each Province to direct the provincial policy
of his specific edition and manage its circulation in every Catholic
community. This plan would be workable until the time when success
would warrant in each Province a local printing plant, having at its
service a "boiler plate" supply from the main office.

The possibilities and opportunities for the Catholic Press have never
been greater than they are now. Never and nowhere has its need been
more commanding than it is now in Western Canada. In this period of
social reconstruction, efficient organization and combination of all
energies are necessary. Organization implies leadership, and able
leadership needs the support of publicity to create sane opinions, to
spread and defend them.

[1] This Chapter was published as an article in the "North West
Review," Winnipeg, June 1st, 1918, under the following caption--"Timely
Suggestions on needs of Catholic Press in West--Constructive attempt to
solve problem which has engaged attention for many years."

The following editorial remarks accompanied its publication. "We are
indebted to Rev. Father Daly, C.SS.R., of Regina, for a thoughtful
contribution on the needs of the Catholic Press in Western Canada.
This subject is by no means new. Most people have had a fling at it
one time or another, and those have been most insistent as a rule who
have known least about it. The article under consideration, however,
which may be found upon another page, besides pointing out the
difficulties which must be encountered and overcome, outlines a
constructive policy which should engage the earnest attention of the
Catholic public. A scheme of development is there in broad outline and
it is with particular pleasure that we call our readers' attention to
it. We would ask them to study it--particularly those who have had
some practical experienc