Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-15
DAILY POST. INTELLIGEkCER
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sam. asya AGO TIE foElOvin9 lester.
b ariEe the post mark Of az otS'e on
shs loser soand. wss rscssved bJ tie
PoNT-IxTKLLIGxscER:
Rorron PosT. INTK1.E-I9EScK
sra: My husband bHs Rone Esss fof
aha heusfit Of his health, iesstng ne I0
raanass the business here a. BEL eAh-
I have q small quantity OF farm pro
duts for sale, and have been Sstshlns
far n market report IN the ri iof tnf
isst two ussks, bet, - 700 kn"1' ~
vain, We suppose The report = ~
heId n the request, or counAna. Oi VIZ
Tcernhants Of seattle. il scsrls fSs1es
.trnnoe that q paper when aF.@s Us
sanuort from thr whole Passs Soon..
.snnntrv should De run IN the f1tstest u
: singie class IN q sinsie town. oat OF
inc oulv A Eou an, and q w0Fhihs W
uan Al thai, cannos sIpeef 20 uno <l
s,4nd such aus sslOns, and tbe disc na', !,
81 Il il nos ny obi CT 10 vrislnR' ny
ehIsct IL 70 ask you 10 end ne noss'
A urivaIs a. you please, ssAtanR so
T,ries Of beef. smoked haus, paslst'
.0os ana poa2.Dss. ! ask this as ris nt.
We have paid you fer precisely tnis ~
foYmat,ou, ID u the ebtef reason Ne
take the PosT iSTELIiGEsscEA, and u
,our private adairs are siiee tbat yoS
csnnos furnish Il pnbIiely, yoo siii 90
Iies me BY doing 20 privately and ~ al
early day.
Some remarks in regard TO this maI
be of interest, mot only 10 our CORES
vopdeu,, bot 70 others vbO may Be aim
i.arly Suspicious As 70 the case ID
poin., it IL sufhciSns 70 SAY that the tSo
wsekl.ss in whieh ths omissions refsFrso
q, occurred, we're the New Years nun
br. In which IL Is customary TO omit the
regular market report 10 make room io'
so.oial rpstteF, and she numbsr fosioS
inc. which vas issued when the rivers
sovtns into the Sound we're frozsa over
rendering almost all the agrisuitur.l
communities inaccessible. We trust
cha, our correspondent will regard this
explanasion ~ satisfactory.
In regard TO the principle involved
however, there IL more to be SAID. a
newspaper must depend for lite Support
aeon all classes of the people. No one
class can support It. In return for sh'
sappoEs Of all. an effort must DO mad'
70 publish all the news, In order thai
each class may gather the particular In
formation desired. The news should
b, Published With strioi impartialiy
wi,hous either suppression OF alteration
for the purpose Of misleading the pno
lilo. That is the first duty, a. Il should
be the fret study Of those to whom tn
people look for information.
A seoond duty Ia 10 determine wha'
particular line Of public action or pub
lie policy IL for the best interests OF the
people; not Of the farmers alone, or OF
shs MIXERS, or the merchants, bat Of the
people ~ whole; to decide, as best u
can be done, What course will be pro
ducsive Of the greatest good to the
greatest number. That decision once
made, 10 should be kept clearly in mind
and the policy favored should be advo
Gated psrsis,ently iaad unfiinchinRiy SO
long a. the question renal 9 before the
pablo. IL ths dscision made be mis-
taken one, Of course the mistake should
BE- acknowledged as soon a. IL becomes
evident. A no newspaper Is 90 stror
that IL can afford to sappress one line OF
uswa to further Its own interests, %
nane In 30 weak that IL should yield its
opinion either to bribery or ~ force
saoh are the FIRST two principles OF
journalistic honor, and Journals i'm
piled contract With the public demands
a,ai both be observed.
..'he Posi-. IazELLIoEscEa aims 20 give
a'i the news. I, certainly suppresses
aoshine Of public interest al either the
demand or the request OF anybody, mol
10 sts advocacy Of public measures af'
f,cssd by demands or requests. We re-
alenizs our duty to the people OF the
aatire Pues. Sound basin, rs well as to
those Of Seattle alonei and while We
make every effort to further the inter
ssts Of Seattle above those OF any oshel
sasy or town, Ne do not seek 10 do &C
either by sappressiag or altering news,