Amador ledger., 1910-06-03
BOYCOTT ROUTE
Small Combine Against
the Ledger
Playing with a Double
Edged Weapon.


thing for gain. have combined to work
against the Ledger. This fact has
caused no sleepless hours. Rightly in
terpreted it is complimentary to the
influence OF the Ledger in this county. |
Com btnations are not formed against
the weaklings of journalism or any
other cause. 1t is always the strong |
one that awakens jealousies and causes |
& concentrations of effort to counteract |
its effect. Heretofore we have paid |
little heed to such things. The Ledger |
is firmly entrenched in public esteem
the outcome of over thirty years ex-
perience in Amador county. during |
which not solitary ins ,ance can be |
cited in which this paper failed to act
up to its honest convictions OF duty. |
OF late years we have been content
with the business that from choice ana
appreciation of our course naturally
gravitated our way, without pushing
for business. The SILLY Willies" of
the profession, with tactics on a par
with their mental brand, have pursued
their calling comparatively unopposed,
working quietly with the aid of the
confederated gang to divert business
from the Ledger, and to abuse it's
editor We have rarely referred to
these conditions in the columns of the
Ledger, although fully aware of the
program mapped out.
| A stranger coming to this city is
at once pounced upon by these forces
and told of the 'bad mau" of the Led
GER II celebration is gotten up as
a business promoter or a benefit enter
tainment for church, where politics
and personal jealousies are not sup
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are followed, "Steerers" get busy to
corral any printing that might be
needed for the Dispatch Office, and to
prevent, amy driblets, from entering the
Ledger Office. On several occasions
in recent years we have not only had
to contend with this " boycott" busi
ness, but have actually been impor-
tuned to contribute funds to carry it
out. In other words, we have been
asked 10 furnish money to be used in
trying to pull the Ledger down by
throwing all patronage to the other
Office. For our own protection against
such low-down tactics, we have resolved
never to place our name on any Su b.
scriptlon list for celebration, or any
quasi-public affair, except on the dis
tinct understanding that whatever
printing or advertising might be re-
quired, it must be either divided or let
by contract to the lowest bidder.
Last week an entertainment was
staged here ostensibly for the benefit
of the Episcopal church, with 20 per
cent of the net proceeds TO be gobbIed
up by the manager from outside the
county. Noticing that the Ledger was
being ignored as it had been in pre-
vious proht-sharing affair under the
same management, the manager,
stranger to US, was interviewed on the
subject. Such entertainments depend
for success upon the patronage of all
classes, and politics and narrow per-
sonal prejudices are supposed to be cast
aside for the common good.
To the Ledger representative the
show manager simulated surprise that
there wers two papers in Jackson He
said VIM. NJ. Penny jr., was instru-
mental in inviting him TO come here on
profit sharing basis with the Episco-
pal church. One of the conditions i'm
posed upon him was that no printing
Office in Jackson other than the Dis
patch sbOnId be recognized in the dis
tribution OF printing patronage. After
ward, realizing the serious nature OF
the indictment against our cOtem-
porary, he endeavOred to tone down
the accusation by side-steppinP; but
cross examination left the original eX-
planaton substant italy the same in all
its naked defOrmity. The understand
ing" was sacredly adhered to in IL
sacred cause up to this point. Natural
ly the manager OF "A Night of Laughs,
faced with the true situation, found
himself up against anything but a
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that he had been misled, that he had
made a mistake: it was his custom to
eek the goodwill of all by fair methods
with the press, and his excuse for
different course here was that he didn't
know there was paper like the Ledger
in existence; that the Dispatch was 1T,
and the Ledger was not "in it, " accor-
ding to the plans and specifications of
"Wm. M. jr."
1t is only fair to say that as soon as
his eyes were opened, by visit to the
! Ledger office, and IA sight of the pile of
papers then in process of being turned
out by the press, the manager, Mr.
| Ennis signi6ed his willingness to make
amends at the eleventh hour, so the
affair was not the complete patronage
frost that interested parties had pro-
grammed.
Such miserable schemes, fall to
pieces of their own weight, when
dragged into the daylight. The recOil
of such weapons is more effective than
the discharge. We make this extend
ed notice to emphasize the conditions
that confront the Ledger Office, so that
the fair-mnded people of Amador
may understand the conditions and
govern themselves accordingly.
The Sutter Greek Fourth of July cele,
bration, the printing for which has been
placed in the hands of l.. F.. Stinson
of the Amador Record, has been