The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-03

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Is another story and will not be told
here. Suffice it to say, that this Sc
lect committee. appointed by Cannon,
has done one Of the greatest works for
the publishers Of this country. that
has ever been done for them. The
mass of valuable information. sworn
to. that has been secured covering
the production, distribution and con-
sumption of print paper is marvellous
and OF untold value to the daily news
papers of the United States, The COM
piete report should be in the working
library OF every newspaper in this
country.
Inc investigations by this commit
tee VIII result in the reduction in
price OF paper to publishers, Stevens
Dill or no Stevens bill. There is no
publisher in this country who could
not today make a lower contract for
ms raw material than he could before
TINS committee was appointed. But
this is part of the story which may
come later in these columns.
So newspaper gentleman, whatever
you do. do not condemn Uncle joe
Tor his course in appointing and se-
iectlng the paper and pulp commit
tee, at whose head is Honorable Jas
r. Mann, of Chicago, and which COM
mittee has decided to continue its
valuable and interesting sessions
through the entire summer, in the
interests of the newspapers Of the
country, as well as the fair and prop
er consideration Of the great business
or the paper makers whose customers
like themselves have not always been
as fair as they should have been-but
who have come already to better
understanding through Cannon's
committee,
It might be stated, in closing, that
these four articles, each headed I'm
Gle Joe," have been hurriedly written
or dictated, each one of them on the
same day on which each has appeared
in print. The first three were each
written after II o'clock. appearing In
the papers at the supper tables Of the
Topeka readers the same evening. 1t
Is natural that they should be crude
and possibly contain slips of the tongue
that more deliberate and careful pre-
paration would have modified, but on
the whole 1t is believed that no sin
gle statement has been made that IL
not true, and that cannot be sub
Stimulated by creditable witnesses OF
documents beyond dispute
This is the last Of the articles, un-
less some statement given as a fact il
disputed, when an answer may BIZ
forthcoming in these columns and thu
proof furnished.
1t might be stated that kilograms
letters and replies have been received
from many most creditable citizens
| many in high standing. thanking tn,
| writer for the truth that has beer
told. That alone is far greater reward
| than was expected for the little tim,
| devoted to the preparation of tn,
"Uncle Joe" series, each written mere
| ly from memory, without a note fol
reference and covering incidents of /;
few days when the writer had merel.
| gone over to Washington from a bust
| ness trip to New York for a nttl'
vacation for his family and himself
| not out for blood or business
| The demand for the back number
| containing the other three Uncle Joe
articles has been such that the suppl,
Is not now equal to 1t. It may be nee
essary to get out what might be Gale,
an Uncle joe special edition Of tn
State Journal containing them ALL I
this be done it will not be through
| regular issue of the paper, nor go T.
| regular subscribers, but will be mad
up merely from the stereotyped page
| containing the articles, the matrices 70
which pages have all been saved. jus
Il &c No its n
molds Of all its pages for a Imite'
length Of time.
| r. P. NJ.