The Forrest City times., 1888-01-28


 cause of wheelers We have never asked any pecuniary aid from the wheel. Mr. Bonner would have you believe that we put in his tour) appli- cation for the agency of this county.'' He knows this is not true, or, if not, he ought to know it. Our trip to Pales- tine was for three purposes: First, to secure as many subscribers to THE TIMES as possible; second, to try to induce the wheelers, in body, to in- dorse our paper as their organ; and. third, to make as many friends as possibie-which, as we take it, is no crime.
 As to the first purpose we succeeded in getting about fifteen subscribers. To each of these we said If you want our paper we will send it to you and you can pay for it when you feel disposed or when you are able. and II you never get able, all right" We can give the names, if necessary. Now we will ask is there any selfishness in that purpose?
 As to the second purpose: A large number of the best wheelers in the county are staunch friends to TIE TIMES. It was known to them and other friends and to ourselves that a new paper had been started with the purpose of getting support from the wheel. Now to all it is known that we have an established business, and the indorsement of THK TIMES by the wheel would make very little, if any, difference in our revenue. It was our desire to keep this burden off the farmers shoulders that prompted us to offer them space in our paper fer printing their proceedings, notices, etc. As a proof of this we were to charge them nothing. If, by being indorsed by the wheel, any new subscribers should be added to our list our con science could not reproach us, for we give every man his none, s worth when lie pays s1.J0 for TIE TIMES. Each week we set from eight to eleven col ! umns of solid breyier and long primer type which is from four to six columns more than has been given to the read CTS of any county paper in this county in years. Had the wheel indorsed our paper there would have bean no change i'll its coarse. There would have been no arraying of one people against another. There would have been no selfish whims to gratify, and there would have been no increase in our income to speak of.
 We admit they sat down upon us very promptly" in fact so very promptly that the wheelers who were our friends afterwards told US that they did not have a chance to express their choice.
 X report was circulated that we refused to publish their proceedings, or something We do not know what. There was not word Ul truth in it. We did refuse to publish an act which came before the legislature, which was too lengthy, and which the people did not care to read, knowing the principal features.
 MT. E. says Sam Jones says 1t is the dog that is hit that always hollers, and it seems MT. B. believes the saying. We hope the article referred to i'll | our last issue did not touch any tender spot in Brother Bonners mind. We are satisfied it did not. Now, our friend Bonner says we tell the wheelers thought of such a thing. We have urged the democratic party to wheelers' consideration. As we believe, it is only through that party's principle, that wheelers will find any comfort or relief. Politics in the order we have advised is bad, as it is liable to divide the house against itself, and it gives designing men too much range, and oftentimes results disastrously. As to letting politics alone it is far from our intentions to advise the people to let them alone. It is through political economy that the government must prosper and we take it all are or should be interested in this.
 He says: This is what is the matter -all are trying to ride the farmer, etc" :" This can have no bearing upon THE TINES. The farmers only patronize a newspaper to the amount of the sub scription price, and as every newspaper carries large number on the free list, such as exchanges etc., and a great many men never pay for their paper there is very little, if any, profit in the subscription list of a county paper.
 We do not doubt that Mir. Bonner is an upright and honorable citizen, a man who transacts business in the most satisfactory manner. The wheel CTS could not have selected better man for the county agency.
 We are surprised that Mir. Bonner should have neglected to mention our shooting gallery and setter pup in the list of our possessions, and are sorry he brings the name of our little innocent baby into a discussion of this kind. We forgive him these two offenses, however, and pass on to the next charge.
 Instead of saying the farmers have no sense, we have repeatedly compli- mented them upon their good sense, but the most sensible people make mis- takes sometimes, and we think it mistake to have State wheel agency in St. Louis at Sl 800 year.
 THE FORREST CITY TIMES has been the friend of the people, and in what ever it has said of the ''discord and strifen it has always endeavored to discourage any such step between
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