The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-09-22
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Inasmuch as 1t is given out privately
that The FREE PRESS reference to an
attempt to "undermine u competitor by
enticing his help to leave under guise
of better things" is intended as "a thrust
ut the editor of the Recie,o, We take
this occasion to say that there is not a
word of truth in tit is a malicious
and deliberate lie, and the Outgrowth
of petty and contemplate jealousy
ReUiep.
The "given out privately" portion Of
the above, Is the Recien editors charac
teristic way of swallowing truthful
though perhaps unpalatable bit of
medicine of his own compound. lie
KIN CIV upon sight to whom the article
in last weeks FREE PRESS referred, and
in adjusting the coat to his own Shout
ders cndeavors to crawl out of
smaller hole than TIL garment contains.
Now that this matter has been brought
out we propose to prove by Mr.. Whites
own words, that THE FREE PRESS had
just and adequate grounds upon which
to assert that an attempt had been
made to undermine competitor by en-
ticing his help to leave "under gnise of
better things" and then the public
may be the Judge rs to who has
uttered "a malicious and deliberate lie"
and wherein "the outgrowth of petty
and contemplate Jealousy" has its
origin.
To start with, we were informed some
three weeks since that Mr.. White, who
was employed in our bindery, and Mr..
Wise, of the Reciew, were in ncgotia-
tons with view of starting bindery.
We Immediately went to White and
asked him frankly if this were true,
and if so what terms the ReUie,o had Of
fered?.
HIS reply was, and'we give it just
as White gave it to us, that Wise had
approached him several different times
in regard to establishing bindery, and
had made him several propositions.
The last advances made were, to his
mind "good lay" and he thought
without doubthe should accept. The
proposition of which we speak was
that he Wise would put the necessary
binding material in the rear room of
his office building up stairs, furnish cap
ital with which to purchase stock. and
White might pay tor same as he could,
without interest on the money invested.
Wise, as further inducement to fur
nish rent free for a period, but just how
long Mr.. White was unable to say. We
asked Mr.. White how the Reoiep editor
expected to make money by this plan
of business venture, and his reply was
that Wise was not doing 1t for money,
but TO wreak out little revenge that he
had against The FREE PRESS, to ac-
cOmplish which he was willing to
spend some money.
Now this is the long and short of
Whites so called independent bindery,
as coming from Mr.. Whites own mouth
and if there is II lie out, Mr.. White and |
Mr.. Wise Will have to settle it between
them. Certainly the RegieD editor
should, us he appears to, be ashamed
of such an ignoble and discreditable
business transaction, but he should not
endeavor to clear his skirts by misrepre-
senting the motives of THE FREE
PRESS. The "malicious and deliberate
lie and the outgrowth of petty and
contemplate jealousy" clearly be.
longs to the Rerie,0, and the public will
not be slow in placing it there.
THE FREE PRESS some six months
since, approaching the need of bind
~ and blank book mandatory here,
went to the expense of starting such an
enterprise, and has put forth what effort
was possible in addition to other work.
to make it success and credit to the
city. At the outset, Mr.. Wise reported
to certain individuals that it would be
a failure, and he appears determined to
have his prophesy come true if dirty
trickry will accomplish this desired OBJ
ject. The present publisher Of THE
FREE PRESS has never to his knowl-
edge put straw in the way of the
ReoieU, and why lie should take such
ways with us is better un-
derstoOd by those who are better &C
quainted with his record.
The FREE PRESS bindery will con-
tinue to run for the present, and we
have only to ask the public to consider
our claims to their patronage. Nothing ,
hereafter will be allowed to leave this |
Office that is not first class 10 every
particular. IL