Life — March 24, 1921 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "A Blue-Blooded Criticism" This page contains editorial commentary critiquing the *New York Tribune* newspaper. The author argues the Tribune represents "100 per cent. Americanism" written by and for elite readers, yet its actual Americanism falls short—shrinking to "less than 50 per cent." The specific complaint: when a railroad traffic slump occurred, the Tribune advocated reducing workers' wages rather than management costs. The author calls this "blue-blooded Briticism"—elitist thinking masquerading as American patriotism. The remainder of the page is a Burlington-Northern Pacific railroad advertisement for Yellowstone National Park vacations. This reflects early 20th-century class tensions: critiques of wealthy newspaper owners siding with business interests against working-class welfare.