The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-26
THE BULLETINS POSITION.

lishment has been what is Hnowl III
the labor world as an open shop.
Previous to that date, almost c0n.
tinuorsly since its foundation II
1868 whenever there was printers.
union in Cairo, 1t has been a "union
SHOP" and it might nave remained
so always but for the action of its
employees who walked out on the
date named for triffling reasons and
In violation Of their contract with the
Bulletin Goa contract which the
company had kept faithfully in every
particular.
| accepting the ''open shop thus
uncermoniously forced upon it by
Cairo Typographical Union No. 46l,
The Bulletin Co. harbors no i'll viii
toward any Of its former employees,
nor toward any other union men.
It's establishment will be open TO
them, as well as to any other men,
whether they are union men or
not, whenever there shall be an
opening which they are compe-
tent and willing to fill. But, yield
ing to the necessities of the situa-
ton The Bulletin Co has secured the
services of force of new people to
conduct its business. 1t secured
these people with the distinct
promise that the situations offered
them would he permanent, if they
were able and willing to do the work
which they had agreed TO do. aud
The Bulletin Co. purposes to keep IT'S
pledge to them as faithfully as II
kept that with its former employees,
at no matter what hazard. Naturally
the sudden and unexpected action Of
its former employees hampered The
Ruletin very much and till now it
has had little opportunity to present
its case to the public; nor would IT.
be necessary to do this at all, We're
.ct the newspaper a semi-public In
ttitrtion. fact which gives the
public right to know something
about matter which affects IT in
juriously, interfering seriously with
Is service to the people.
So far as this paper is concerned
n has nothing to conceal; It is not
afraid of the truth and it asks the in
diligence of its readers while it pre-
SCENTS some facts and comments re-
lating to itself and having a bearing
upon the events which led to the
present status, in order that enron
eous impressions which have been
created, may be dispelel, fair
judgment exercised and correct con.
illusions formed
As neraly everyone knows The
Bulletin Co. was organized in 1908,
when II bought the establishment
from Z. A. Burnett who had removed
from the city some time before. Att
that time the newspapers OF Cairo
were in sad plight There were
four dailies here, none of them worth
while" there being too many for a
city of this size to sustain properly;
and none was such as to represent
the city creditably before the outside
world. The business was badly de-
moralized; the papers could be
bought for song" by anybody who
had an axe to grind" few readers
respected what they read in the way
81 opinions on public affairs; business
men had no confidence In them as
advertising mediums, knowing that
their circulations could be estimated
by a few hundred; when begged for
2 business announcement the mer.
chant threw the begger dollar or
two as he might throw bone 10 4
winning dog--just to get rid OF him;
and, as a last piece of infamy, the
papers were all in combine hold
ing up the people of Cairo in q graft
on city printing.
This was the condition which
Messers. n. u. Halliday, III. s. Candee
and p. $. Lansden found when they
decided to take over The Bulletin
property, and which they made up
their minds to correct. Although
not practical newspaper men them.
selves. they knew what newspaper
ought 10 be, and what power for
good 4 could exert If properly con
Quoted. they determined that Cairo
should have a newspaper that
would be a credit to the city; one
that should be as nearly up to the
metropolitan standard as the fell
would permit and sustain that it
should contend for what was right
and clean In public affairs; tina. it|
saonld conrageously expose and at