The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-18
WHO OWNS The
RICHMOND EEWS?.
Is the Paper the Orgen Of the
Richmond Tracticn COM
pany?-let The Richmond
News Answer.
ADVERTISEMENT

err IS TRUE THAT JOHN j. VII
.I1AMs & SONS OWN A LARGE INTER
EsTrsr IN THE RICHMOND NEWS,
ae they owl, IN many other properties.
Tho ,nip.tcat.on that they control .ts ed;-
- 81 ,o,.fv is not true. THEY HAVE
No NEED OF AN ORGAN. They are
e,,,s;ness men ard this newspaper IS
t,i,,iness enterprise. Tney do not suggest
Inc cours. 1t shall take IN any matter
THEIR PI1RPCSE, AS WE NUNDER-
STAND, Is TO BUILD UP TIE R lNf1-
MIyND. NEWS, as they have DULL every
til NO else they, have touched, 70 De sIea,s
enterprise for the good OF x tns ,o"n ~, ~
richmond. the State Of Virginia ano
frH1sNs ELVES. As to how they voted III
1sss and will vote in 1900 we have no
Knowledge. It is their own AHA r tlich-
mona News Editorial. july 9Th, 1000
Tho Richmond Ntws is not owned ny
The Traction Company. IT Is LARSEi.1
OWNED Ely CITIZENS MORE. OR LESS
INTERESTED IN THAT ENIEsRp Rlsh,
as hsy are N many others, and there is
no secret ABOUT it. They have the same
right to own stock in a newspaper that
they have TO Own 1t in steam or street
"a lwl y, a. cank, trust company or lsht-
ing liant They have never Established
an unsuccessful enterprise or dealt I'M
fairy with the pubic or asked anything
without offering full value They do not.
however, control this newspaper. IL IS
cn;ire.y free to attack them OR any OF
their enterprises and to disregard THAR
CD mons al any time. So far as we KNOW
and believe they have never tried to
own any man or to resu ats ANYBODY
Thoughts or to coerce anybodyss Gpin ons.
Tae Richmond News is as free as air ANA
can, and does, think and say what II
l!kes''R chmond News Ed. torial. Nove,n-
per 10Th, 1909
If the ABOVE quotations from the ed.to-
rial columns Of the Richmond News do
not completely answer this question. the
answer viii perhaps be made clearer o;
the following facts:
In is1a first fifteen issues Of the News;
in the month of November there are just
fifteen columns of edtor.als either
abus We Of the Richmond Passenger and
Power Com. any. eomnendatory of the
Richmond Traction Company, or attack
ing thu Council or Individual members
thereof for IL supposed leaning towards
the Passenger and Power Company, in adj
ditto. to four large cartoons and quite a
nurnter of so-ca.!ed .:squ bs.'' TO say no.
thing of many columns Of similar attacks
naSaue-G ding as locals.
If further confirmation is needed OF the
charge that the News is the ORGAN OF
the TRACTION Company and as such The
enemy OF the Passenger and Power Com
pany, it NAV be found In the fact that
never since the News came under the be-
ngn Influence OF the owners OF the r CHI
mond Tract:cn Company. somewhere about
SIX Or eight months ago. has there
appeared one single word of criticism, con-
domination or complaint Of the Richmond
Tracto on Conn any.
II Will De remembered also that in ad-
d,t!on to several unmstak2bie sugges-
tons that suit should De brought against
The Passenger and Power Company for
injuries and accidents claimed to be
caused by IL, this fa.r-minded and inn
partial (?) paper published on the Sd OF
November about q half column about the
killing Of a HORSE by a wire Of the Pas
senger and Power Company on the first
rage with g.ar.ng head lines. whereas on
the seventh page it published En- inch and
n car. OF tie Traction Company on Broad
Street
These facts may DE considered straws.
hnt straws show which way the wind
blows.
The Richmond NEws Practically admits
IN its editorials that the majority OF is
stock IS owned by the owners Of the
Richmond Traction Company. It may be
true. as il claims that th's OWNERSHIP
does not carry with L CONTROL put none
thu 'ess SIS Columns are pregnant with
evidence that the gentle influence OF ti1a
Traction Ccrprry Is ali powerful in the
sanctunl OF ilce News. and has changed II
firm a f-ee. impartial, progressive and
patriotic newspaper TO a biased, warped
ard -~aird eaI OCG
RICHMOND oAeSFiN GE4 & POWER co.
BY j: mes D. Patton, President.