People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-16
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Don't TAKE Them,
THE COLDBUGS TRYING TO
SCOOP US WITH 5o-CENT
SEMI-WEEKLIES.
This Is the Trojan Horse Which They
Seek to Brin; Into Our Camp.

We have letter from George L.
Burr, pi esident OF the Nebraska Re
form Press ASSOCIATION, stating that
one of the drawbacks 10 the progress
Of the reform movement is the
cheap semi-week'y papers that
are being sent out by the pub
fishers Of metropolitan dailies-
Mr. Burr says that in some counties
in that state 800 to 400 copies OF these
papers come TO a single postothce.
This is not the first complaint of this
kind that we have heard. In fact we
have The best reasons for believing
that in every state, especially where
the populist cause is gaining RAPIDLY,
as in Nebraska, the gold bugs are
sending ont their poisonous liturature
at less than the actual cost Of the
paper on which the printing is done.
We have had propositions sent into
this Office wherein they proposed to
furnish dollar weekly for 2S cents q
! year. We have been surprised and
panied to see reform papers carrying
lavijhly displayed advertisement OF
some great daily proposing to send
out weekly, or semi.week'y, at
prices with which no reform paper
could compete.
We are asked chow are we going TO
remedy this? Is there no way that
we can compete with them IN the
prices they offer?"
This is a difficult question TO an
swer. The only remedy we know lies
v it'll The people. If the people persist
in their support of these semi-week-
les and other cheap papers, we know
of no recourse.
if they prefer to read lies instead Of
the truth, because the lies come
oh, sper; il they pers st in buying
POISONOUS. villainous, sensational
. stuff in preference TO pure, moral,
heightened. truthful and patriotic
literature, we see no way out OF the
dilenmr-
Blu. the reform press can do some
: thing to mitigate this evil.
/. 1t can raise its voice OF warning
E against it.
d 1t can point out the fact that this
e literature EN- mates from the goldbug
o camp; is IA for by a corruption fund
t for the very purpose Of poisoning the
= public mind; that it is baited with the
Il market reports and sensational stories
e for the purpose of Turing the unsus-
s pecting victim into The bonds OF in
|, dustrial slavery.
10 In the meantime steps have been
70 taken toward concentrating the efforts
Is OF reform papers in a way that will re-
II duce the cost Of publishing TO mini
n mum. The National Reform-Press
4. ass citation has arranged for the man
d facture OF plates and ready prints at
le prices as low as could reasonably
ID he expecte new, Il this e terp-ise
S. had the Supp TT u ore.ha'f ,r ole
n third Of the ref, rm papers in the land,
ir it could not only be done cheaper, but
80 the service could be greatly i'm
a proved.
le Let the reform press everywhere
q raise a W rning voice against the
a. danger which threatens ia the dis
1t seminatiol Of gold-bug literature, al
80 prices that p int to subsidies and cor
Is ruption funds.
ly In the mea time let tue peop'e be
d, true 10 their own reform papers, and
le the reform papers be true - taem
1T selves d to each ether.
is w. S. MORGAN