The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-06-10
Render Good for Evil.

TThe following article, with the above
caption, was written week ago this morn
ing, immediately after writing the notice
of the Festival given the previous even
ing By the Ladies of the Unitarian Socie
ty. And it was the intention to have it
follow that notice in the TELEGRAPH OF
last week, but 1t was crowded out for want
of room. With this explanation we let
it appear to-day without alteration
1t seems to us proper that this subjecs
should follow the preceding In the TEL
EGRAPH of last week we published an adj
vertisement of the above Festival, and,
in an editorial, called the attention of the
public to it and invited general at
tendance. The advertisement was
brought to the Office after the close of
business hours the previous evening. We
delayed going to press long enough to get
the advertisement and the notice of the
Festival into the paper. After going to
press and printing a part of the edition,
we were called upon to change the time
of holding the Festival from Thursday
to Wednesday evening We stopped the
press, made the change in both advertise
ment and editorial notice, and delivered
the last printed papers to our subscribers
of this city and county.
Under these circumstances those having
charge of it, withheld their printing from
this office, and gave their patronage to
another
In pursuance Of the above precept we
attended the festival and now give the
Ladies of the Unitarian Society and those
who acted for and with them the benefit
Of the above notice. We understand that
e. G. Simmons, Col. James Fl. Howe, and
J. Slosson are the committee who had
charge Of the business, and it Is said that
Mr. Slosson had charge of the printing,
which is probably correct, as he it was
w 1O tI3uSdCtCo LI10 bttoLuCoS nltn GAAo
office.
We pay Mr. Simmons rent of 5000
per year for this office He, as an officer of
one or more Telegraph Companies, has
printing done to the amount of $4,000 or
more every year. A considerable. portion
of this printing could be done IN the Of
flee owned by himself and for which he
is receiving full rent, as we'll and as cheap
as in Chicago or New York. Under these
circumstances, how much printing has
been done for him personally, OF as an
officer of the Telegraph Companies with
in year Not to the amount of 81. Not one
type has been set for him. This may not
be because Mr.. Simmons does not desire
the prosperity of the Office situated in his
own building, and of the city in which
he resides But surely it does mort indi-
cate very great desire to benefit either,
when he has it in his power to do so.
When this Office was first hired of Mr.
Simmons, as we are informed, he promised
to give it business to the amount of two
or three hundred dollars a year. The of
fee however was not in a condition to do
what he would have given it. and he had
to go elsewere to have it done. Others
too had to go out of the place to get
work done. The Office is in much better
condition than it has ever before been,
and it has reclaimed much of the business
which has heretofore left the place. And
byiattention to business, and even by rem
dering good for evil, it hopes to secure
the business which properly belongs to it,
and thereby benefit itself and the city in
which it is located