Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-02-17
A GEM" PROPERLY ANALIZED
The Business Men Have Had Our Expe-
rience with the Liars on the Re-
publican Daily Hand Bill.

ohO VI IiiC iehVCllOuo VI IlIO UiOi y,
Hallelujah," specimen who labors with
out salary for the love of venting his
spleen 10 the annoyance of every body
in the community:
"When the statement was sent over
the country months ago that the Breth-
rem Publishing Co., had decided to move
to Plymouth and the story was publish
ed tha its weekly had circulation of
25000O copies when it was only 1900
The Evening News told the truth and
said no one knew whether the concern
would come here or not. 1t is always
better to state the facts. People will
always take sensational paper for a
short time but soon return to the one
that tells the truth"
We reprint the above article in order
to give 1t circulation. We think the
above gem is entirely too good joke to
be permitted to spend its force without
the citizen ms of Plymouth knowing that
it has been sfloat. 1t says that the
Evening News told the truth-that is a
farce to the main performance. Think
of the News telling the truth-when
every citizen knows that it has under
the present management repeatedly
sacrl6 ed truth for the sake of scoring
what it thought political point. 1t has
repeatedly sacrificed truth in it's &C
counts of the Brethren Publishing Co.
But with all its lying efforts to depre-
ciate the magnitude of the publishing
plant. the business men informs
that the influence of the News dss-
tardly efforts to prejudice the minds of
our people against endesvoring to Sc
cure the plant were wholly ineffective.
Our people know about what the
opinions of the writer's on the News are
worth and they also know of their
lack of verscity.
But the depreciating articles in that
sheet, which the publisher was careful
to have reach the Brethren committee,
did cause that committee to feel like
there was not the kind of a welcome
for them here that they could wish. 1t
was this feeling more than anything
else that kept them from Plymouth
and tie cause of it all is traceable to
the men who have spoken through that
sheet dispsragingly of the Brethren
publishing concern. Not only has this
"Glory, Hallelujah" specimen wantonly
misrepresented time and again in the
paper for which he writes but he and
the alleged proprietor took to the streets
and buttonhOled every man that was
not ashamed to be caught in their CON-
pany, and in this wise sought to back
up their lying misrepresentation Of
the Brethren plant. Our business men
have learned in this experience what
kind of gang the Daily Independent
has to contend with in business every
day. The Independent hears from vari-
Gus business men that one of the News
gang has told them that it, "The News"
has circulation as large as the Daily
Independent. This is annoying to us,
when we find men who happen to give
credence to their circulation lies. We
have been honest with the business men
and it is annoying to be Obliged to com
pete with paper with fictitious circu-
lation. bolstered up by lying assertions.
Our business men who have learned
low the Brethren Publishing company
has been misrepresented by the News,
ought to swallow the circulation lies of
the News gang with the proper allow
ance of saltZ.
In conclusion, let us say that there
was no misrepresentation by this paper
regarding the coming Of the Brethren
plant. 1t fully intended to come, as
the Independent reported and would
have done SO but for the efforts of the
News to belittle the plant. The Dunk
ard committee did not feel like coming
after the impression they got from the
News that they were not welcomo.
The article from the News comedies
that the people will take a sensation al
paper referring to the independently for
short time, but prophesies that Its
subscribers will return. We deny that
the Independent is sensational but we
agree that the people subscribe for it,
And furthermore we do not believe
that the former subscribers of the News
who are now reading the Daily Inde-
pendent, Will return to that second class
publication in the knowledge of the
travesty on varacity of which they
know the News gang to be guilty. At
any rate none have so signified their in.
tentions as yet.