Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-12-21
ABOUT FAULT FINDING.

AbOUI TAULI tiiNO'i~N
Our esteemed contemporary, the Bea-
con.under-the- Is mt 1t again. IL
accuses us of finding fault with Mr..
Chas. Emory Smiths administration OF
the Post office department, when we
limited, I'm an article we printed the
other day, his official usefulness to the
furnishing of an inferior quality or
gum-stickem on tile envelopes he sOld.
Our contemporary thinks we ought to
have given him credit for the rural
mail delivery system.
Now, Neighbor, do be reasonable.
Don't YOU see that you are the one
that is finding fault, and, instead or
finding fault with n stranger,-a
dweller in far-off Philadelphia, vino
never will know whether you found
fault with him or not, and will care
still less, you are finding it with us
your neighbor and best friend. And,
as usual, you flare up In minute,
without giving us time to show that
we are not in the wrong.
The fact is that we did not dare
TO credit Mr.. Smith with the rural
mail system; not Mt all We remem-
bered that our neighbor OF the dual
name has done great deal OF slang
whanging in ascribing to our own
Mr.. Dick the praise for this very thing.
And is 1t to be thought for moment
that we would interrupt this flow OF
thanksgiving to the General and try
TO divert 1t TO the credit Of Mr.. Charles
Emory Smith, or to any other Smith,
Not any.
Besides, we have always under
stood that our esteemed cOntempo-
rary claimed an exclusive monopoly
Of footing the Dick horn and patent
right on blowing the Dick bellows.
We once came near being sued for
infringing on patent, and does our
neighbor suppose we would take the
risk Of invading its peculiar privilege
for the benefit of Smith, and leave
Dick out In the cold as to the rural
delivery business? No sir-not on your
life. Why. what would the farmers
say of such treatment of our distin-
guished townsman. No, no, friend
Beacon; you can throw him over
board for Smith, if you want to, but
we shall not. We will not follow 80
III an example. IL you will go off
after strange gods, and wander away
into bye and forbidden paths, giving
praise to Smith where aforetlme you
have said 1t was due to Dick, we can.
not help 1t. You are Of age and have
not yet reached that stage of senll-
ity that requires guardian to act
for you. You can do AS you please.
But when you ask lis to desert Dick
and go over to Smith, that's another
thing. Really. nelghbor, we cannot
see our duty in doing 1t. Tell 1t not
in Gath; publish It not In the streets of
Askelon;" nor in Akron, either.
Another thing. We have not always
been II good enough protectionist to
suit our contemporary. And 1t has
found fault" with us In this respect
also. But one thing we do We be-
lieye In protecting home industry In
the rural delivery line; and we espe-
cially believe In protecting home In
dustry against the foreign pauper
labor" OF Philadelphia, where Mr..
Charles Emory Smith resides. And
when the Beacon wishes us to Join
II In its enterprise of abandoning the
General, to whom II formerly rendered
praise for the free delivery system in
the country, and In taking up the
cudgels for Smith we must decline
on high tarlff grounds also.
We really cannot see what has In.
duced our nelghbor to pursue this
strange and erratic course. But that
is It's business and not ours. The fact
is apparent. Only we desire to say
that we ought not to he taken to task
for refusing TO desert to the enemy,
and much less to be accused of find
ing fault for our action In this re-
gard.
The citizens OF Akron have held a
public meeting to express dissatisfac-
tion with the present form OF city
government and to agitate for a bet.
ter one. After considerable general