The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-09-04
s.Lf PRESERVATION.

Can Che u 'fortn Press = rye the Peopie ~ nd
at the same 'imr Aid ,he,r Enemtess
The greatest. most ditlicilt work
which the reform press has to perform.
in Missouri rs in all other states, Is to
tear down the mountain wall of preiu-
dice which has been reared and nur-
tured by the partisan twin press, the
papers which are owned, controlled
and supported by the soulless money
power, and to refuic the murderous
lies, villifying and abuse to which they
resort. a just cause prospers by having
the light OF truth shed upon 1t, while
the advocates of n bad cause find it
much easier TO mislcad and divide the
people by lying than To meet them with
argument The money power by con-
trolling the Western Union telegraph
system, is able TO absolutely dictate
and control the associated press mat
ter, TO color 1t according to its
wishes The same power is able to
and does influence the editorial utter
ances of nearly all of the great city
dailies throughout the United States
Not only are their utterances
controlled but their circulation is
purchased in blocks of thousands
and the subscription price put
down below the actual cost of produc-
ton las, for instance, the 25-cent weekly
Kansas City Star and the twice-a-week
blanket sheet, St Louis Republic, for
81 a year, in order TO induce the farm
ers and working people to read them,
to the neglect and starvation of their
own friends-the reform press They
we'll know that il they can furnish the
people their reading matter, by foster
ing prejudice, circulating lies, misrep-
resentation and abuse, they can create
distrust and dissension where other
wise would have been confidence and
harmony. No honest, thinking friend
of reform will doubt these statements.
Then there is mutual duty devolving
upon reform press and people: The
former should stop advertising the plu-
tocratic papers-the muzzled hirelings
who preach the peoples damnation in
consideration of dollars paid them. Do
this, telling your readers why you do
it, and as soon as they fully understand
the situation they will do their duty.
Charity and liberality are Christian
sentiments but you can't effectually
fight the money power with any such
weapons. The day of sentiment is past
1T is now a matter of self-defense, of
self-preservation, in life and death
struggle to save the homes and preserve
the liberties of the American people.
Brother reform editors, you fully I'M
derstand the power of the press for
good or evil; you know that the mass
of the people are honest and confiding.
easily induced to subscribe for and read
such papers because they are cheap and
because your paper advertised them.
It is useless for any one to say that they
do no harm, that the people can't be
fooled-it can Just as consistently be
said that obscene and blasphemous liter
AZURE do no harm because the people
know right from wrong. Brothers, the
plutocratic press will not advertise your
paper-do you know why? They don't
want it circulated We always re-
greet to take up one of our reform
exchanges and see conspicuously dis
played lin space given for a free (?)
copy of such sheet advertisements of
the 25-cent weekly Star, best farmers
paper in the world" 'the great Globe
Democrat, largest and best weekly
west of the Mississippi" 1.-The twice-a-
week ST. Louis Republic, the people'a
paper, twice geek for the price Of
one" and so on. There is not fair
minded man possessed of good sense
who will not admit that the papers just
mentioned are muzzled by the money
power, and they are only mentioned as
samples. Brothers, think over few
of the good old truisms: self defense
is no crime;"' self preservation is the
first law of nature;" charity begins ut
home" ''he who is not for you is
against YOU" 1.-The public be DID,
Butler (Mo.) Weekly.