Iditarod pioneer., 1917-01-06
GAMBLING THE NEWS

One of the stock arguments of the Socialist orators agtato and publications that the press the country unfair the toe and the Socialists particular in the of pubca on of is often contended that certain garbed eliminated entirely in the interest of the captaistc class and such uppoou instances brought attention taken for vruent datribes against the catslc press which according of these reomers includes all newspapers and periodicals which do advocate Socialism, The fact that these contentious have been shown be untrue times without and the charges nue to be made be pointed in this connection that the and especially the Associated Press the especial object of the nvecve of the Socialists when the probability that these the lesst cuabe in the matter of gabhng suppeng The gathering associations publications of all shades of political belief and must of ce be impartial and nonpartisa because of the fact that the newspapers they are the managers That there exceptional of newspapers which lay themselves liable the placed upon them by the Socialists may be true general way may be said that few if of the constituting the Associated Press for guilty of "garbLng the because they would e instantly branded fak by their contemporaries and their value of would be greatly essened
 No propaganda which resorts to suppression gar bling of facts hope to gain the sympathy of tic people which will stand fair and free discussion from all angles Is sadei with mighty handicap One would naturally expect the Socialism, whose sheren evidently tey their beliefs would be free from the faults with which tey their opponents the captastc class But observation shows that this the If were to rely entirely Socislc publications for the of forming an opinion current questions of government and economies
 safe that oneded viewpoint would be arrived at Thisis be regretted because while with Socialists their contentious yet there much of value their doctrines As of the apparent unness of Socialist publications the handling of news all Alaska publication may be cited.
 The Nome Industrial Worker publication edited by much ability and learning Its discussions of prob lens always show evidence of thought and sincerity Its intensely Sociale however give suggestion Of es Ee sympathy with the labor represented by Samuel Gope and the American Fed abor and avowed partisan of that method of organizing labor political bodies by the Indus trial Workers of the World Naturally both the trades union the Socialist working for the ends though following different paths would expect fairness matters of general relating either of them at the hands of the Socssic press But this the and often the Socialist periodical will give vicious dig the trades union representatives which be entirely uncsled unus6ed by the facts Recently President Gompers and
 of delegates the American Federation of Labor Baltimore called Wilson Washington The item telegrphd the Alaska newspapers well ss others dispatch appeared in the Industrial Worker Nome however hardly recognizable spoke of the "junkeng trip of the delegates and of how they listened to uplifting ho from the President and concluded with the following assertion
 The delegates then returned their hotels where
 lunches put down travelling expense account
 require knowledge of newspaper conditions Alaska realize that such made by correspondent Washington and telegaphed Nome subject the considerable tells teegraphc which Alaska newspapers compelled fake and simple which does credit the Nome In the hr place correspondent know about the tray cling of the of the trades unonss represented Baltmore And presumng that the "sumpuou lunches fact who better right such according Socialist than the tives of the tolers of the land?
 The intention of the gsbled dispatch throw discre the trades end to scatter dconent among unon members Until this class of argument abandoned by Social M they should refrain from accusing the capitalsc press o garblng suppTesshg