The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-31

ton" apears it makes the assertion
that it is " sixteen hours ahead OF
other morning papers" and publishes
'seight hours later new than the eve
ming papers," The statement is as
false as it is impossible, unless the
Record considers The Gazette as no
newspaper. The Gazette receives the
Associated Press report and receives
it first hand. It does not have to wait
until the news has been printed at st.
Paul or Portland and then sent by
mail to the city in which it is pub
lished in order to get something with
which to fill it's columns by dating it
ahead and then palming it off as mat
ter sixteen hours ahead of other
morning newspapers" If the Record
by some way of reasoning is delud-
ing itself into the belief that it is pub
fishing news in advance of The Gaz-
cite it has only to compare the col
umns of The Gazette with its W
and it will speedily be convinced to
the contrary. Or if The Gazette is
not considered worthy of such high
honor as that would imply the Record
is respectfully referred to the columns
of the Missoulian, for instance, for it
is not above filching from that paper,
as comparison of the Record bearing
Yesterdays date and the Muscular of
Monday will show. In the latter, un-
der the caption of Germans Are
Wrathy,' and bearing the Pekin date
Of May rs appears the same item
which the Record republished yester-
day morning under the title Of Ger
mans Resist American Legation
Guards at Pekin," and dates it May
II.
The Gazette invites honorable and
honest competition and is so certain
of it's position in the esteem of the
public that it has no feeling of alarm
or of fear, but it does object to the
sort of competition that the Record
attempts. 1t has high regard for the
good name and reputation of legiti-
mate newspaper work and takes pride
in upholding that reputation and in
it's humble manner is striving to add
to that good name, consequently 1t
feels it to be it's duty whenever pos
sible to expose the takers and quacks
who by their dishonest and dishon
orable methods are conspiring tc
bring discredit and ignominy upon 8
profession and business that shoulc
be above reproach and without stain
The Record made public acknowl
edgment of it's inability to compete
with established newspapers when l
invoked the aid of the courts to Sc
cure for it's own use the news service
to which one of it's contemporaries
, the Helena Independent, is subscriber
!, The refusal of the courts to gran
, that aid is of record, as is also tn
: Records sworn statement that tn
, refusal of the Independent to perml
: it to secure the Associated Press sci
| vice DldCCS IL uuUCl d oAso6S y
e far as being able to conduct it's bus
ness in a n where it may hop
4 reasonably to compete with the othe
morning newspapers of the state. Tn
p Record by fraud and deceit is attemp
d ing to drive out of the field which
e properly theirs the responsible new
t papers of various sections of the stat
r and The Gazette intends that it sha
not, if exposure of the dishonest met
n DDS of the Helena publication hay
any effect. The Gazette will continu
# to warn the people of eastern Montan
v against the Record and will also
It intervals sufficiently frequent th'
their memories may not fail the
!" show up the unreliable character
a the news il prints and prove to the
that instead of getting news sixtee
hours ahead of any other mornl1
paper they are getting reprint sever
n DAYS old. -