Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-05-11

retain by force of enterprise and pro-
gressiveness. it 10 not 80 egotistic or
foolish as to think it alone can sue
coed. Neither is it 90 narrow and
selfish as to endeavor to keep other
papers out. With its natural in
stinct to protect the people Of Rock
Island from shams and confidence
games, however. It must emphatic
ally deprecates the idea OF further
pseudo newspapers preying on the
generosity Of our merchants and bus
mess men. The aim OF those in
charge of these deiunct publications
was probably u orthy. but having no
capital to invest except a most mea-
gre experience, the result has been
Q breach Of faith with those they
could beguile into patronizing their
papers and . failure to remunerate
those in their employ for services
performed.
Whether or not the much adver-
tissd ublican-Post will start out
only with an air Of substantially
remains to be seen. The record Of
the putative owner as . '.bonus get
ter" 10 not reassuring. 1t 10 said he
has made several previous attempts
to interest some Of our wealthy citi-
zens sufficiently to give him financial
assistance in establishing . new
paper here. Capital 90 easily Sc
cured 10 generally indicative Of care
less management and unwarranted
extravsgance. II it were possible to
sualyze the almost numberless news
paper wrecks, it is Q foregone con-
clusion that . majority could be
directly traced to cases where disin-
terested parties were induced to
subscribe funds to establish Q plant,
by some plausible fellow whose par.
ticular ambition WAS to cut wide
swath for o short period. The an.
nouncement that the Republican.
Post 10 to be issued from the Office oil
the Republican in Davenport is q
noteworthy admission that the pro-
moter Of the new publication is moi
satisfied as to the prospects of long
continued usefulness for his paper
The only way to establish news
paper plant is to do it along bushes
lines, and the citizens of Rock IslanC
are justified and should withhold
their support from any so-called
paper whose hour OF suspension de
ponds upon the charity Of the pub
lie
From the phraseology Of the an
nouncement 1t is to be inferred tina
1t is the intention of the Management
Of the proposed new paper to built
itself up by attempting to pull other
down. If the scurrilous attack OF
the Rock Island papers as contained
therein 10 an index Of what may b.
expected as the policy of the paper. ,
liberal supply Of some strong disin
fectant will be . necessary adjunc
Of the plant. 1t is needless to So,
that The ARGUS at least will maxi
no effort to rival the new paper il
billingsgate.
It may strike the casual observer
as somewhat strange, however, tina
q paper which will deal in vitupera
ton against others, will in the sam
breath attempt to deliberately mis-
lead the people as to its own meth
DDS. In order to secure recognition
as Rock Island enterprise it state
that no ono not living here will b
employed, but it is admitted tina
the mechanical work, includin,
, press work. will be all performed a
, the Republican Office ia Davenport
II might have added that the edito
to be 10 o citizen Of Davenport, car
didate for the postofiice there, an
whose interestin Rock Island is cor
tingent upon the amount Of supper
, he can elicit for his visionar
schemes.