New-York tribune., 1907-06-22
"COLER'S BULLETIN" OUT
G. Il. adams, Borough Secretary, a
Big "Space Grabber."

Suffer yourself to be balmed. imprisoned. con-
demned. suffer yourself even to be hanged. but
publish your opinions. 1t Is not right. 1t is a
duty" Such are the first words of 'Coler's Bulle
tin and Brooklyn Record" which will appear
the newsstands to-day. The first copy contains
four pages. 1t Is. as it says under the caption.
Advertisers. Attention." absolutely in class by
itself"
The first page contains preamble by the bor-
ough president, in his clean. snappy bright STYLE
follows:
For mere mortaIs who are neither saints
scoundrels. this is published. For clean men who
have decent morals and ordinary intelligence For
men who keep their eyes on the zenith and their
feet on the ground"
There is nothing in the world so interesting as
fact" continues the author, and nothing ir-
resistible. 1t will be expressed; the Eagle the
flesh and the devil to the contrary notwithstanj-
ing Men instinctively turn to the true thing and
away from the false. Touch a fake with fact
and the fake will squirm in agony. Facts will be
published in these columns We shall show the
business relations of Woodruff. the Republican
boss; McCarren. the Democratic boss the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit and how their business interests
conflict with yours. We shall pick bubble or
two in a cheerful way. We are going TO take a
crack at commercialism in journalism"
Then comes the Borough President. with New
York Is the best and most important city on earth
'and Brooklyn is the borough that its brains came
from The leading article is on The Debt Limit"
1t reads, In part:
In this city. while we have been developing to
the highest extent private fortunes and private
CIeuIt' some one mas been continually knocking
public credit An individual. If he can manage TO
get title to some land. the ownership OF some
stocks and bonds Increase his borrowing ca
pacity. The city cannot. The city owns a railroad
That Is leased for per cent year more than the
interest upon the cost. yet under the constitution
the entire amount of bonds issued by the city
counts against the debt limit. The city. doubt,
could sell quit claim to its right in perpetuity
to this road for double the amount represented by
the city bonds that IL has outstanding, yet these
securities count against the borrowing capacity OF
the city and hold back other improvements" There
Is n whole lot more 10 the story" but Coolers
Bulletin is the place to read it.
On the last page there is beat by Borough
Secretary Charles Frederick Adams 'Shan We
Quote? Sure!" Adams can't be writing ION space
for he gets column and half Here Is a little
of shall We Quote?"
"HaIph Waldo Emerson once 'nObly' wrote; quote
noby-' With a need woefuIIy greater. 1. vindi-
Gated by his precept and thoroughly believing in
the wisdom and utility OF the practice purpose
10 'quote-nobly If 1 can but freely at any rate.
and without cOmpunCtion hesitation. whenever
can. by quoting substitute with obvious benefit
to my readers), for my crude or labored at
tempt to express my thought. literary gem
of purest ray serene in which the subtle alchemy
Of master mind has chrystalized that very
very thought which I would fain express!'
Adams asks the readers to send In their guesses
on the authorship OF the quotation.