New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-01
MR.. PLUMMER MISREPREsENTED
NETWORK NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES MIS-
LEADING ARTICLE AND DOES NOT
MAKE A CORRECTION.

MAKE A CORRECTION.
Upon the announcement of the failures Of several
woollen mills in the East recently, The Mall and Ex
press" sought interviews with leading business mon
ntere.ted in the trade, and published among them
An opinion expressed by John T. Pummer, the we'll
known dfy.goods merchant. Tho first three para
graphs Of this interview read follows:
The recent failures among tho worsted and wooen
mills all show what foreign competition has done oy
tho classification of worsteds other than woollens
1t shows the strain which has been placed on our
manufactures TO meet this competition. 1t Is IN
in part or run at a loss In hope of relief.
Some grades OF goods have suffered more than
others meantime Bradford and Huddersfeld have run
night and day. and flooded our markets with low price
stuff The sequel will be tariff revised and so clearly
defined as to cover all the usages which have been
into into d this mar market V Of which the general
public Is ignorant, and an entire revision Of wages to
the mill workers on basis to meet those now In
II one or the other Of these things is not done, the
future Of woollen industries Is nor promising
have faith IN the next Congress that It Will deal rightly
and fairly with this question in the interest OF America
and her citizens.
1t is evident that the statements in the sentence
Of the second and In the first sentence of the third
paragraph quoted are the result OF typographical
errors by which and" used, instead Of orr In
the second paragraph. But The Times" of Wcdnes
day. taking advantage OF this which occurred in
recording Mr. Plummer's opinion in The Mail and
Express" quotes the first two paragraphs
Of the interview AMI uses hem III louS
article entitled Wool Men Who Disagree 1t failed
to insert the third paragraph which would have OBJ
vlously corrected the error, and before those who
read the article in "The Times Mr. Pummer was
placed in position quite different from that which
he has or does occupy. This fragrant msrepresenta-
ton caused many Of his friends TO wonder at his
expressing an opinion so much at variance with his
wel-known views, and IL only after having seen
the whole of she interview as originally published
that the true state of the became clear to their
minds
Mr.. Plummer said last evening that he had not
read the article in "The Times" till Wednesday after
noon when It came to his notice while travelling to
New Haven Immediately upon reaching shat city
he sent to The Times" the following dispatch:
You have grossly misrepresented me in your paper
of to-day in printing part of an interview In " me
Mail and Express which made the mistake OF using
andn instead Of entire revision OF the wages
etc. II you had published the next clause IL wouid
have made plain the error. VIII you do me justice
and correct the impression given, and publish my
entire interview Of the odd of which you only pub
ish part and but for the referred to- you never
would have noticed at all. l ASK this favor, as be-
tween honest fair minded men, at your hands
No notice was taken of this in yesterdays Times
The error in "The Mail and Express was corrected
last evening.