The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-04
A KANSAS NEWSPAPER ISLANDER

a KANSAS NEWSPAfEh oLHNbEh
because a newspaper is printed in
one state gives it no license 10 viii
fully Islander nnother sta'e or the
people Of another commonwealth.
Whenever a newspaper stoops to false
hood. priniing notices known 10 be
unit ue and otherwise seeks to mis-
lead its reaaers. il assumes place in
newspaper ranks too far down the
scale TO receive much sympathy from
is contemporaries when forced TO as
sumo responsibility for the false ut
terances.
The Wichita, Kansas, Eagle has a
rapidly waning circulation in Okla
homa. Time was when It was con-
sidered friend of the people Of
this state and its news accounts and
editorial utte~ances had much influ.
enee with our people
Because Of many ut erly false re
ports sent out anent the recent bank
allure at Oklahoma City. there might
be excuse for printing a news story
hat was far off from fact but the
newspaper editor who comments Is
supposed to wait for the facts before
throwing the power of that editorial
page for or against anything, small
or great.
When the Eagle editorial page con
tanned this fsisehood about that fail.
ure It attained journalistic posi-
tion no one deemed 1t possible fof
that publication to secure; thus:
"The state banking board has
made levy Of one per cert on
the state banks deposits, and this
will give .approsim ately $4,000
AZ extra lew can be made Of
cne and one.fourth Per cent. 6ut !
this Win not give the amount
necessary to pay the dcpcsiSors
off at once. 0 Z course there
viii be resources, which should be
sufficient 10 nay the depositors,
but the stockholders will get moth
Inc. II is said.'
The article contains further com
ment equally incorrect and in no case
founded on rumor we'll enough found
ed TO have deceived man not ever
connected with a newspaper
Ordinarily the, slurs and siandeI
OF 0ut-of-state newspape can bI
psssed unmeniioned for the very goot
reason that Oklahnma Is too progress
siHe. he's too much at stake to stoI
and orarrel with the average man
But Wichita claims to be at leas
half an Oklahoma city. n is not ex
aggeration to state that metropoli
tan newspaper could not exist Il
Wichita a year without sunport from
Oklahoma, III the city of Wichita haI
to depend on Kansas for It's support
grass would grow in it's streets ant
half lis people would have to 20 else
where for sustenance.
Why then slander The sta'e tha
makes the city and makes Ii nossi
hie~to floufiAl
Any sQrt pf effot would hayi
shown le sAgle that he haaknI
board had nui Ievioa al assessment
Any effort would~ have given th'
Kansas publication knowledge TIL
last regular assessment had not beel
paid because there was not need 0
II.
ANY sort OF effort would hav
shown the Eagle much more tina
would prevent such damaging efror
as have been appearing Of late in II
columns
No one believes tae Faale mallciou.
II slanders the stale Of oklahoma bn
4 rides parlsan bias 10 certai
lane hen uses fhe ola hack steed q
uncnncernedness to IT'S own de r.
ment, but also to the slander Of
young state.
Because Oklshoma happens TO hav
Democratic officials Is not good caus
fo- a Wichita newspaper 70 slande
our commonwealth. Because stat
banking law has made good aud cor
fonuded the disciples nf fnrmer RI
gime and become nationwide IN L
popularity. Is not occasion for an
newspaper to assall Il with dlstorte
news reports, followed by congIou
eration Of editorial falsehood sicl
ening IN the Intensity of its fabrics
tinns