The sun., 1893-08-31
CALAMITY HOWLING.
DETESTABLE TACTICS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PRESS.
Resorts to Bald-Headed Lying that the
Party OF McKInleyism May Reap Little
Temporary Advantage Half the Stories
Told Are Untrue.
Vulgar Calamity Lying.

A certain element of the Republican
press, in its efforts to create more
serious scare than is at all necessary,
that the Republican party may reap
little temporary advantage, ts making
itself ridiculous. According to the Des
Moines Leader, half the stories OF mills
closed down and men out OF employ
ment are the sheerest lies. The he
publican party left the nation in bad
shape. The effect of evil legislation
was felt and is being felt. But the
beneficent influence OF the confidence
of the business world in the Democracy
has prevented much of the injury to
business which would otherwise have
been felt. If the partisan papers had
been fair in their comments on the sit
nation half the actual failures would
not have occurred. These papers de-
stroy confidence through vulgar and
inexcusable lying. Some OF them are
oyerstepping themselves. At this time
of the year it is customary for many
mills to shut down for short periods,
sometimes for the purpose of making
repairs and renovations, and some
times because the fall trade has not as
sumed definite proportions, Ordinarily
these temporary shut downs are not
noticed, This year they are all
heralded and the magnitude of each
enterprise exaggerated, Correspond
ents are anxious to earn money, and
knowing that partisan newspapers are
looking for calamity news, they furnish
it to order.
The Chicago Inter Ocean was recent.
ly compelled to publish q retraction OF
its slanderous statements concerning
the New Albany Ind woolen mills.
The mills placed a mortgage, for tenn
porary relief only, on some finished
goods. The Inter Ocean correspondent
magnified it into failure. The mana
ger wrote to the Inter Ocean as fol-
lows:
up to last week, and run every day last week
and expect at present to run every day TINS
year. Our business is prosperous and we are
making money, and expect to soon be a6le 70
cancel the mortgage that was placed, and will
cancel it not later than November. Your
paper simply frightened some Of our creditors
who have no reason to be frightened and In
order to set the matter right we believe you
should publish this letter in full in large size
type, properly headed In order to set right
are wide open, running full blast every day,
and we are billing goods as though nothing
had happened.
But this sort OF injurious calamity
lying is not peculiar to Chicago papers.
x favorite theme with the Republican
journals of the West is that the grain
buyers cannot handle the new crop for
lack of money. An Iowa Falls grain
dealer writes to the Leader: Il have
noticed of late the Republican papers
throughout the State have been howl
ing about no money to buy grain with.
To show you that thfs Is absolutely
false, I inclose a circular from the
largest commission house in Chicago
soliciting business and Offering to pay
all drafts on grain. Never in the his
tory of the grain trade has SO liberal a
grain circular been issued. The men
who cannot get drafts paid must have
very poor credit and standing in Chi
cago."
The circular inclosed is from firm
whose standing is first class, and
reads:
Notwithstanding the prevailing stringency
in the money market. we are prepared at all
times to pay drafts. with bills lading attached.
to a reasonable amount against all shipments
of grain or seeds. Shippers may rest assured
that their property consigned to us will have
the same careful attention that has character
lied the management Of our business during
its existence now nearly e quarter Of cent