Weekly Arizona citizen., 1880-11-20
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their venom was of course the Star. No other journal in the Territory Would have found pace for such base insult to a whole community. And again, in reference Co the Stars course in this matter, arises the query: Was it intent idiocy or both: which prompted it In the present instance it must surely have savorod largely of idlocy. And the CITIZEN iHclines lo the belief that a lack Of common sense has hithert6 been the mainspring Of action in the almos. numbcTless ways in which the Star has siujured lhis city and Territory. That the Star fully endorsed the yituperations of Inc Messrs. Meyer 6 Co. is plainly evi- dent from the following editorial comment, which appeared in the same issue, under the caption, sill Abead Of All.
 Enterprise, that esseniia. quality ta success, is shown in all Che move ments of that sterling firm, Meyers Bros. From the inception of tue.r business they have continued Co al- vance step by step until at present they have, i0 po-ni st -'ocE and cl-- toners, Ho saptrtJfs lH h- it1'1jJ. All this has been brought by close a,- tentiOu Co the details oi their busiuez -a constant edoJt on their pari Co supply iheir patron with the bes. ar- ticies in the market and at such rates as completely dede- competition by other houses. They have iHIrlli.J kept their promises with the public. Ihal 0dcsEiseWtBts 0sc N9 rl7p-iI0ps t1 cqteh t5 lyss, bud bona fis 0HH1Hn-s- RsHts ef tc5tt Mtg htrs end r.y a- teE3 f9 do. Read their proclamation in another column, and then iu pect their store and seg for yourself
 It was never expected ina. iu the course ol honest, decent and ..g..i- mate business veuomous vitupera.io1. embodied in a paid advertisement. should be used. And still less could it have been expected on the par. of a newspaper edit0r-who must iu aii cases retain a certain right e. saIg. vision. dictated by the laws of h.nor and business ejique.te-lo endorse in so socomg.eta and positive way 4I,e.- dsemeats which cannot he cl4s-el under any head but ,hat oG -cUUIHU It's a general rule observed ay new papers of small cities that uaw aj- vcrtisemeut de-oEge- local notice to bring i. into prominence lu- ta.l ihouotice. while uencdGug 8. much as possible the ayeriser, must never be calculated Co maliciously inflre other business men. In tle present case the established precedent has been wholly ignored and the editor ial article referring to the advertise ment is a complete endorsement of Inc
 indecent attack on olr people coz
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 The matter has locally raised a per ,ccs storm os indignation, Cor which both the Star and the hou of E.. Meyer 5 Go. come in for about equal 7hares Of course m view of this fact Wednesday issue of tbe Star will con tain an abject and groveiiug apology, the objectionable advertisement will disappear, and the proprietor or the Star will come ou. in a card cxoner- ating himself by placing Che respoH- sibility on some of his suborIinatos shoulders. one or two employees may be discharged, and everything will move on screnely until the miscrealion which stands at lhe hcIu of the St.r's destiny makes another bad break. The CITIZEN hopes the business commuui- ty will not bear too hard on its already overburdened contemporary It is not tho Stars fauIt irit is not invested with more brains. The only qacs- ton that remaius-rerlring the Star as an imbecilc rather than as crim- inal-is as to whether there should exist in our midst such 90 power for harm as is a daily newspaper in tae hands of an idiot