Evening journal., 1913-02-25
The Morning News Accepted the
Following Advertisement But
DID NOT PRINT IT
ADVERTISE MENT
Reprined From The Star Of February %, 1919
Boycott Declared Against The Star For
Supporting Bill For Working Women

Twenty Wilmington merchants are GO
ing to boycott The Star Displeased at
the editorials and cartoons which this
newspaper has published in favor OF the
Ten Hour Law for working women,
twenty merchants, in meeting assembled,
listened with approval TO the leaders OF
the meeting in their declared intention OF
withdrawing all advertising patronage
from The Star. as punishment for this
papers editorial expressions in defense
of law compelling them TO limit the
working hours of their women employees
to not more than ten hours day.
Declared Boycott at Meeting.
The attention of The Star was called
TO this proposed boycott by h. b. Griffen-
berg. manager of the Reynolds Candy
Company who said that he was one OF
the men present at the recent meeting OF
about score Of local merchants and
manufacturers who will be affected by
the passage OF the Ten Hour Law Mr..
Griffenberg told of the meeting to So
licitor for The Star. and he later repeated
and amplied his statements to a re-
porter who was sent to interview him.
81 do not intend TO do any more ad-
.vertising with The STAR Mr.. Griffenberg
told the reporter, because of its atti-
tude on this Ten Hour Law. ] do not
think its cartoons and editorials have
been fair"
When Mr.. Grifenberg's attention was
called to the fact that the columns OF
The Star were always open to persons
wishing to comment on public questions,
who wished to take issue with The Star,
and asked why he did not write a letter
TO The Star stating his side of the ques-
tion, he replied that he did not care to
bring the name OF the Reynolds Candy
Company into the natter
"Who were some of the other men at
this meetngy' he was asked.
Wouldn't Name Others Present.
u do not care to say was the reply,
"but | heard a number of them get up
and say that they did not intend to give
The star any more advertising because
offits position on the Ten Hour Law.
heard some pretty hard things said about
The Star for its attitude" he continued
When asked if he thought newspaper
should consider its advertisers wishes
before il considered what was for the
good of the public. he refused TO commit
himself hnt he assured his interviewer
that The Star could look for no more
advertising from his company.
Asked if that was the feeling of the
other men at the meeting, he declared
that 1T was
"Ihe Star is to be boycotted, thenY"
he was asked
at is" was the reply
People Resent Boycott.
That The Star is not without staunch
friends who oppose vigorously the plan
of the twenty merchants of Wilmington
to boycott this newspaper because of its
stand on the Ten-Hour Law for Women
is evident from the statements made TO
a reporter for The Star when the pro-
posed boycott was explained TO them.
These statements were ma,;e~ willingly
and without hesitation by everyone who
was seen. The lack of time only pre-
vented a flood of such statements.
Attack From Ambush.
Rev Hubert W. Wells. rector of st.
Andrews Church, who is regarded as one
of the most intellectual reform advocates
in Wilmington. had this to say concern
ing the proposed boycott;
81 have my own opinion. and think
It is very widely shared, of men who en-
ter into a fight by the method of am
bush, who strike a man blow in the
dark without ever letting him know who
struck him. The men who threatened to
withdraw their advertising from The
Star, if there be such because they dis.
approve of The Stars attitude towards