The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-31
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THE Times declaration " war OH
forepowned newspapers Is In the
Interest of Oklahoma city and every
Legitimate investment" said one of
the large property owners of the city
yesterday Consider everybody who
1t not with you as against you, aud
train your guns accordingly As d
matter " fact the trout page editorial
Of The Times Thursday met the In.
stant approval of the business inter.
ests Of the city. And let me tell YOU
right now, that It's the business lu.
tcrests that make every city Unless
the business interests. which mcSu4
the men who make the Investments. iu
the first place, that gave the ground
value and caused home. makers 10
cluster around. net with acumru and
good Judgment unless they stand. not
only for their selfish interests. hut the
interests of the community us whole.
there never results much iu the vuy
Of city The Times Is going tu fight
this mtoler0hlo newspaper situation
10 the right and only sane conclusion
II matters not that Tor the time being
II may appear purely selfish move
let It IN appear, let Il hc su admitted
There Is nu question of the soundnrss
Ot It's position More newspapers than
"A community really needs is waste u
the worst sort waste that IL always
eventually eliminated And when the
waste is eliminated then the remnIn.
lpg publications run prOCpcd 10 lay ont
their Investments and proceed with
some security Hut so long az foreign
owned publications., which are ON %
plane precisely with the ltuprnut
street fnkrr ur ny night "mrr.
chant otherwise known as pcdIIrr.
who gives uU real value but Is ruun
bile of hnru Ing the merchant with
heavy investments who Is VI real
worth 10 q community long us
these srutrngrrs are encouraged 10
hoh ON lu O town. Just So long are the
merchants wasting their substance and
doing their own publications real
Injustice When Oklahoma CITY was
paying the uuHDty Of over cNploln
ton when business WIS dragging
when ns the mayor So succlntly put 70
recently 10 was passing through me
bankrupt courts the foreign owned
News was rruly 10 abandon the field
II had helped pluck; Il was restrained
from moving to another field M the
time wildly prosperous only because
another of its Kind beat II tu H. It
was here tor the money, and Hll that
II made Il forwarded to It's owners I'm
California and elsewhere They and
their crowd cared nothing for Oklnhu
ma city nnd 10 IL heir honst that
they never go down with n commuui
ty, they abandon it. Some NJ the
hand hill publications did gu ont NJ
existence, hut later, when prosperity
again begun 90 dawn, they resumed
hut tomorrow ur next day having
nothing NJ value 10 maintain. vhpur,
or the picking grows thin, they may
discontinue until the cotton crop stnrts
tn market ur me wheat begins tu
move; or until something mikes n
appear that they can hover about the
edges parasite like, and pick MP
enough crumbs to keep the ghost wnk
Ing But what of The Times Has
there ever hcun time. even IN the
darkest hour NJ the city's history,
when 'ou honrl amy talk ~ The Times
moving Nay verify When H. along
with every other interest In the city
was taking LOSSES instchd Of profits
when values were crashing ON every
side aud ihe bankrupt courts were
busy The Time. that began lts life
away hnrk there In 1889, when the
city first wnr into being, was stlll
carrying lis loud publishing regularly
Kept alive hy the public spirit ~ its
owners. and boosting Oklahoma CITY,
FIRST last and an the time II was
ready to die With lts home town, hut
II never Thought of quitting of nhan
donlng iis Fop0o to their fate And
todnl II Us rendering a service tur
oklahoma CITY that the scavengcrs
would mot render even n they could.
for II cost, REAL money; Investments
thRt It's owners being of and Tor their
homo cUv are willing to make. fnr
they feel ihni ihp welfare " the town
must eventually show Legitimate prof