Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-05

Did you know that control Of the
press by any one person or class was
dangerous to the public welfare-and
that no republic has ever been able ia
survive it?
Did you know this, my friend?
If not, why did you not know it?
Was not free press lauded in your
childhood?
Why?
Let history tell.
And yet you know that seven men,
or that certain number, all men of
wealth, and bond-creators, control every
line Of news that enters the daily press!
You know this, my friend. You GER
tainly know tive insist upon it that
you are aware Of the fact. You certain
ly know Of the Associated Press land
the United Press with the same stock
holders or paper owners)
Do you now fly in the face of all hui
man history, and declare that this press
control Is safe?
Oh no. But you do not realize the ex-
tent and the awfulness of the blanket
spread despotism. You do not realize
that this agency of aristocracy controls
all the columns of every daily paper
except the editorial and the local-and
the local is now prepared by the Press
Agent" where it is of general import
ance.
Who are these men? Why, Jay
Gould owned 3-11ths of the combina-
ton before he died. Men like Russell
Sage, bogus bond creators, and trust
and loan companies, make up the en-
tire company"
Do they suppress? The ignorance Of
the American people upon great ma
tional transpiratiOns is absolutely
abominable. Civil war in Tennessee
was carried on at Coal Creek, and SEN
try fires illumed the bordering ridges
for three months before line of news
reached the press-and then because
the miners captured the stockade.
BlOodshed took place in the Berlin
riot-but the press says, mot drop of
blood was spilled"
Strikes are won triumphantly-th
press says, "the men gave in"
The peoples party have love feast
with 5000 northern blues, southern
grays and labor delegates. The press
informs the wOrld-"Populism Split
Asunderp
The world is informed that a gigan-
tic national association demands unse-
cured worthless money, printed by
wagon loadsp' Whereas the popullsts
are the first political organization to
demand that worthless, wind-secured,
debt-creating national bank and other
bank currency shall cease to exist
that every dollar shall be secured with
two or four times its face value-shall
be as changeless as the everlasting hills
and shall be debt-payer and not
debt-producer.
The people are crammed with lies
about narchists-about bombs-about
European conClaves and American
banditti, and all manufactured lies-the
bombs are placed by hired Williams (See
sworn statement of Chicago Chief Of
Police and the U. S. Deputy Marshals
are arrested in the very act of burning
cars, and firing pistols over the heads of
troops.
Meantime the press depraves the pub
lie Observation-Disclosures patriotism and
statecraft to baseball and golf-and
makes public gambling reputable.
It sustains the vast combines, the
fearful trusts which control the price
Of food-until the western farmer gets
1Ac for his beef, and the Chicago citi-
zen, three days after, pays zoe per
pound for the same.
And still our good citizens-seeing
prosperity destroyed, constitutions
wrecked and public morality debased-
will vote the same cruel organizations
into power-year after year.-East and
West.
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