The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-26
Raleigh "Post" Went Down in
Futile Fight Against the
News Trust.
NO SUCCESSOR Is POSSIBLE
Newspapers Fate Has Bearing
on Present Struggle to
End Abuses.

through legislative speeches and news
paper articles during the life OF the Morn
~ Post Of this place. the Independent
morning contemporary Of the Neps aud
Observer.
During the antitrust legislation OF 1907
Republican Assemblymen seeing Editor
Josephus Daniels often In the halls urging
The passage Of measures against the
American Tobacco Company pointed to
the suspended Post a. evidence that Edi-
oof Daniels maintained and swore BY the
most powerful trust In the nation. the
Associated Press and demanded an In
vsstigation. Tho Democratic Legislature
never started II.
Since the days Of tho Post many Re-
Dublicans and not few Democrats. seek
Ing an organ Of independent expression,
have started campaigns for stock with
the ultimate purpose OF organizing against
the News aud observer. They declare
that they have never been able to 60
further than the Associated Press head
quarters. Suits to force a sale OF news
franchises to a second morning paper here
have been threatened but never insti-
eUssd.
0lstsPy Of the raleigh "Psst."
The last morning daily attempted here
Was tho Morning Post. II suspended on
November l2. 1905. after eight years OF
for an Independent paper at the capital
10 made, but the Associated Press Is al
ways the haitine line. promoters say
The following is the vsiedictory OF the
Post:
with the issue Of to-day the Morning
pcet suspends publication. II has fought
Q hard battle against a grinding monopoly
mat refused to sell II the news Of the
world, and being denied the right to pur-
chase that which should be upon the mar
het FOR all newspapers which could pay
for II and wanted to pay for II we have
decided TO discontinue.
The Raleigh Evening Times, In consid-
GRAFTON OF our leasing our mechanical
equipment to Il. has agreed to carry out
eur advertising contracts and also to sup
ply our subscribers with copy OF the
paper. Our subscribers will lose nothing
Beginning tomorrow our lists viii, be sup
Piled by the Evening Ttmes. which was
able to secure a franchise In the after
noon held when that franchise was de-
nied W In the morning field. and an ex-
cellent newspaper will be served those
citizens In all parts OF North Carolina
who have supported the MormtNg Post
since Il blossomed into life.
victia Of Gigantic Trust.
''Ths Morning Post has been the victim
Of the most gigantic trust on earth. the
Associated Press. 1t has been a law unto
- have been amenable. For love or
money we could not buy It's service. The
other morning paper Of Raleigh. which
boasted Its fairness. which claimed TO
night with all the strength within II the
power OF great combines and corpora
tions. stood up for the monopoly here AMI
made such monopoly possible. 1t has lived
upon the fruits Of damnable trust. which
protected IL when 1t pretended In It's
hypocrisy to stand for the masses and
not the powers of wealth and monopoly.
UNABLE to be elected to membership in
the Associated Press. because Of special
privileges enjoyed by the other morning
paper. the Post was forced to pay for n
franchise OF the LafTan Bureau. at a cost
much In excess OF that paid by its COM
pstitor. Telegrsphic wires had to be
Leased. OPERATOR had to be employed In
Raleigh and in Washington. editors had
70 b detailed at the other end to rep
resent us. and all the while we
paid tribute because tribute had TO be
paid. We bear no malice toward
the LAffan people. They have furnished
" . good news service at necessarily
greater cost. In June the paper was noti-
tied that. In addition to what had been
paid, it, weekly assessment had been in
creased a much larger amount than the
weekly assessment paid by the Associated
Press newspapers In the morning field in
towns Of our population There was no
way TO resist; every protest WAS unsvail-
Ing.
DssAsa Tee Heavy to Near.
We have staggered on under this heavy
bugoen. hoping that In time il would be
lighter. but Il has not. and cramped and
Crv1he6 out By the trust. the stockholders
Of the Poet deemed It the part OF wisdom
70 aooept the proposition OF the EueNt~g
Ttwses, by which our friends will be sup
piled the paper in the future.
Tho Morning Post IL not victim OF
circumstances; II was the victim OF q
powerful octopus which would not have
been an octopus In Raleigh IL its ally.
the NeUs and Observer, pretending always
to represent the people against such COM
binat.ons. had not fought and prevented
q square deal There may be- denials
from tho Associated Press and it's officers
But right here we have the proof. We
10 tho greatest trust In the United States
to-day. thing OF the kind that II must
protect its flock.
1T must stand by the grinding powers
that have ruined richer properties than
the Morning Post. 1t 10 the Standard
OIL trust Of the newspaper world. II
would not give honest people an oppor-
tunity to make an honest living. and its
irouclad. ironbound rules are not broken
because the chaUpion of the people,
as he styles himself. Josephus Daniels.
editor OF the Notps ard Observer, holds
ord does not add to the glory which he
claims for himself. nor does II defend the
name OF an unrighteous organization that
cripples and destroys by its might.
I've have fought the spirit OF intoler-
oncs, the monopolistIc spirit, and though
we are yielding 10 the latter by reason
Of the force Of its selhshness and vicious
ness we cling TO the hope that the seed
We have sowed have fallen In fertile soil
and will yet bear large fruit to feed and
foster and promote independence and lib
srsllty OF thought and action among the
people OF our grand Old State"
. The following day the Epening Times
which took over the books OF the mort
bund Post, printed the following editorial
under the heading is Not an Exclusive
franchise:
In announcing its suspension yesterday
the Morning Post stated that Its main
cause was the fact that another news
paper held the exclusive franchise for the
Associated Press service, and IL made fur
ther statement that the Erenin1 Times
held a franchise for the afternoon service
while the Post did not use the word
exclusive In referring to our franchise
still the public might construe that We
also hold an exclusive privilege, and W.
feel II only fair to this newspaper to state
In most emphatic terms that We do not