The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1913-07-25


we take up the pen to write the first
editorial of our life, because we real
ize that there are many who are curl
Gus to know our attitude toward Vari-
Gus important issues and what we
have to say in our first issue of the
Leader under the new management
Although the purchase of the Leader
is purely a business venture we be-
lieve that we can by means of these
columns be Of use to the city and so
ciety in general, that we can assist in
a small measure, at least, in building
up the city morally and materially by
encouraging all things that are for
raising a higher standard of living,
and boosting all enterprises that will
build up the city and increase its
prosperity. We shall use a construc-
tive rather than a restrictive policy,
building up rather than tearing down.
But, we will add that when things oc-
cur and exist that shall fill US with
righteous Indignation and anger We
shall attack it without hesitation as
we are in fear of no mortal man, and
shall make the pen mightier than the
sword by arousing public sentiment
against such conditions, and when
this is done there will be a change.
We shall use as our motto those
words of Lincoln: Let us have faith
that right makes might, and in that
~ tn do
duty as we understand it."
We are launching in the publish
ing of the Leader and the conducting
of a job printing office alone, there
being no one else financially interest
ed in it although we know and hope
that there are many who are morally
interested in the paper. We are
trusting that the patronage which has
been extended to this Office hereto
fore will continue and that our efforts
to increase the business Will be re-
warded Our aim will be to give first
class work at moderate prices, and
satisfaction will be guaranteed or
money returned We are making ar
rangements to conduct union shop
and expect that the next issue of the
Leader will bear the union label.
Emil Deerr who has been connected
years and who has been foreman in
its composing room the past few
years, has been put in charge of our
job printing department and as he is
a man who has established an enViable
reputation as a master of the trade,
the public is assured Of excellent job
work This office is now excellently
equipped and is able to handle all
kinds of job printing, and has many
series of beautiful type which enable
us TO turn out fine work. We are also
equipped to do printing in German.
Our heart is with the young people
and the welfare of the city. We
know that the youth is the man of to-
morrow and our city and country will
be what the youth is. We read about
amazing pictures of the domestic
healthf the happy rosy checked chill
dren, the smiling mother, the loving
protecting father; the gentle temper,
the sunny cheerfulness, pervading all.
But, as Professor O'Shea of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin pointed out TO
one of his classes, we find an alto
getner different picture in the average
American home.
The heroic, manly brothers Of the
story books spend their time in pull
ing their sisters hair and knocking
them under the table. The gentle sis
tiers hate them Sec city in return.
The father grumbles at his wife, the
wife scolds the servants; and so the
dreary round of home life goes on.
The boys escape from it as soon as
they can. The girls rebelliously long
to follow; the unhappy wife and
mother hopes vaguely for some relief
that never comes.
This, one of the greatest of all
problems, we are going to try to as
sist in solving by short, simple, arti-
cles on psychological facts and the
findings of the worlds greatest edu-
Gators. The professional horse train
er never allows a colt to disobey him
In a single instance because he
knows that if he does he will have a
harder time in making him do a trick
the next time. Children are exactly
the same and the parent that allows
his child to have his own way in baby
hood and childhood has a difficult
task before him in the tearing of that
child. It learns to disobey and later
becomes quite incorrigible and thous.
andS of parents have had shame, sor
row, and pain heaped upon them by
their children just because they did
not know this simple lesson in psy-
chology. The child when taught TO
obey early in life likes to obey and
the relations between parent and
child all through life are pleasant
Nine times out of ten such a child
reaches the top Of the ladder of sue
cess.
This grave problem of these citi-
zens of tomorrow we believe to be
just as important as the discussions
of the doings OF the politicians. We
are watching their actions just the
same and when election time draws
near we will forcibly portray their
good acts and excoriate them for their
deceitful and unwise actions, or their
lack of action, whether they voted for
or against measures which are for the
good of the common citizen.
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