The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-04-09

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Pursuing it's course OF attempted
olaczman against me the Morntnr
News IN it's Issue OF Friday gives rea-
sons Why The News Does Not Prose-
cute Gates" and statss that Il does not
40 30 for the reason that THE News
Does Not Consider That Gates Could
Libel The Paper If He Tried"
ADMIT the truth Of this and conpli-
ment The News upon uttering one
truth In its Infamous career. No de-
cidedly no. neither nor any other man
could utter libel against newspapeg
OF such character q lying, dirty sheet
that makes pretense OF being a moral
influence in a community while extst-
ing by the most nefarious practices a
newspaper can use.
viii proceed to nail a few OF the
many Hes uttered by this lecherous and
blackmailing sheet.
The News states that IL began IT'S at
Jacks upon me after seeing an article
IN Golfers Weekly and learning that I
had bsen defendant In suit ct Mn
neapolis. Noble motive. honorable
newspaper. Beautiful would be the po-
sition or the halo on the head Of this
hypocrttScal lying wolf IL is had only
taken the precaution before making
this statement TO refer to It's own alee
OF date some weeks IN advance Of
the article In Golfers weekly referring
to me. The first attack upon me Iva
The News following my refusal TO be
bted after o threat to chow me IN he
cause would NOT sign an advertising
contract by its editorial writer was
printed Feb. LIZ. The article In Col
HeTs weekly appeared March four
weeks afterward. What a wonderful
man Ia the unanger OF The News that
he could look four weeks ahead nd
know tha1 upon such g date Golfers
weekly would publish reference 20
me. No. The News cannot escape
from tts position as a biacxrnatler. for
am not the only victim Read it's
record
In December hast local jeweser ad-
vertfsing diamonds refused 20 give an
advertisement to The News when sor
cited by one OF It's representatives. the
advertisement having appeared IN The
Forum. The next day this WATCHDOG
of the morals of Fargo contained ar,
article on Fake Diamonds with the
statement that more would follow m
due course In the usual manner in
which this sheet gets it's advertising
it's forceful advertising man called an
on the dealer the next day. and re-
ceivtng an ad. the fear 1t had pre-
viously expressed that the public
would be swindled by fake o1amondss
at once evaporated and no further
articles appeared. Did The News
practice blackmail In this casaS
Later two land dealers vzho had been
advertisers In The News fnding that
they were being bled tor whatever
they had spent with It, decided that
they would not e1rthar waste their
money In advertising In IL. Seeing
their advertisements In The Forum the
gifted representative Of this most NOR
al sheet called upon the advertisers
and being fatly told they could not
have the ads at any price. though Of
tered special rates, the solicitor left in
an ugly mood and the following Sun
day appeared an article on submerged
Dverglade lands and worthless Mexi-
can land propositions, the two ad-
verttsers mentioned being connected
with Everglade and Mexican land
propositions. They refused 20 be
blackmailed however and a second at
tack was printed. These two attacks
are OF date Jan. 30 and Feb. Is, in The
Sunday News Was it an attempt 10
biackmaf two concerns who had pre-
viously been good enough to be repre-
sented even in the columns OF this
moral sheet?
Recently an article appeared In The
News setting forth restaurant condi-
tons in this city, following the refusal
OF an advertisement to the manager of
the News. After the attack the adj.
which was previously refused was
promptly forthcoming and then conds-
tions In the restaurants took a quick
bound upward. Was II blackmail that
made the quick change?
1t 10 said. and commonly reported
that q prominent advertiser has been
repeatedly warned by those connected
with The News that his best interests
would be served by giving that paper
as much advertising as The Forum
was favored with, as they had facts
In relation to his early life that would
make interesting reading and would
be published unless he came up to ''the
dough dish" Is warning OF this sort