Evening journal., 1889-07-13
TREATS nlEslcIILIIEs.

The course Of Every Evening in pnb-
fishing general denunciation Of G. h
Treat is inexplieable on any other
ground than malicious meanness The
articles are not confined to an account Of
Mr.. Treats business troubles, but con
tain unwarranted political and personal
aspersions. One Of the chief points of
attack is the fact that Mr.. Treat was
born in Maine. 1t is not crime to have
been born in Maine. Mr.. Treats long
and useful business life here indicates
that he prefers Delaware now. He has
established city in a desert, and, so far
as the EVENING JOURNAL is informed he
is a man Of good character, fine ability
and Of an untiring energy that might
well be grated upon the fossiliferous
and dead d-sea- fruit characters Of his
critics
Such men as Treat, who organize fac
tories, bring money from abroad, work
up materials here and afford sustenance
to hundreds Of workmen should be vel
comed The failur re of such men, or the
closing Of their shops. is public calam-
ity. Treat, in his financial difficulties,
deserves sympathy, and the enterprises
in which he is engaged deserve financial
assistance He does not merit abuse and
his enterprises should not be crushed.
Treats energy. ability and wonderful
business pluck are not discreditable TO
him or to Delaware Treat himself is
not public enemy because his shops
have been closed. Delaware has the
shops and the people have been getting
their wages.
The course Of Every Evening seems to
be dictated by malice-politically, NOR
ally and financially. In politics Every
Evening is nondescript, but it lays in
wait to attack Democrats and Democratic
measures. Theinstances Of this duplicity
are fresh In the minds of every intel
ligent citizen. When the EVENING
JOURNAL decided to buy out and rid itself
Of clique that was running It disad-
vantageously politically and financially.
Every Evening began series of personal
and maliciously falls Q TRADES against this
paper which were alike discred-
table to its discretion, it's fairness
and its honor. The EVENING JOURNAL
is happily beyond the reach OF the unre.
strained and harmless malice OF poor
rivals attack, and we invite daily com.
parison Of our bright and newsy paper
with the Every Evening. which is cross
between a fence-poster and stree,
dodger Then came the attack on Mr.
Addicks for buying gas charter and pro
posing TO start gas works here, and now
Every Evening jumps on Treat.
What prompts Every Evening to thes,
cranky, ill.natured and miserably un
truthful attacks is unknown. It is sup
posed that the encountered and failing oil,
concern has outlived its usefulness an,
gone into whining and wheezy dotage
and that its straits compel it to adopt
course which an independent and sue
cessful paper, or an honorable man
would scorn.
The tirade of Every Evening agains
Mr. Treat might have the effect Of pre-
venting him from resuming Ii seems t
have been -concocted for that purpose. /
Is only common decency to refrain fror
striking man when he is down. Ever
Evening might have published the ia ct
Of the failure without adding personal
and evidently untruthful. abusive Of Mi
Treat. That is discreditable and unjust
fable on the part Of a newspaper and il
not in keeping with the spirit Of th
) merchants, bankers and business men q
Wilmington.