South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-23
EDITORIAL

nett. pastor OF the First Presby-
terian church and chairman Of
the Mishawaka Red Cross chap
ter, we don't mind casting our
bread upon the waters in a
good cause like the Red Cross
movement, even though il never
return. but we also believe The
Book had something 20 say about
casting ones pearls-and where
not 10 cast them-lest they be
trampled upon.
Perhaps il is not good taste 10
discuss this matter in public, be-
ing more or less of a personal
matter that ought TO go sub
merged beneath so important a
public movement. but the doctor
having introduced the personal
attitude, but utilizing it; what
is sauce for the goose is sauce
for the gander"
1t all came about this way:
DR.. Burnett called at the
News-Times Mishawaka office a
few days ago, and asked the
use of it for the Red Cross drive:
the use OF the office, desks.
phones. and even considerable
time and inconvenience of the Of
fee force, being freely granted
and as freely emplOyed-this we
have since been told, after appli-
cation at the Tribune Mishawaka
Office and being turned down.
and that too. Notwithstanding
that Mr.. F. a. Miller, editor of
the Tribune, in South Bend, IS
district chairman of the cam
paign.
We have no complaint on any
Of these points, nor of the fact
that the managerial force of the
Tribune Mishawaka office is high
ly associated with DR.. Burnett's
church, and still turned him
down; but why such consistent
fearfulness that the News Times
be mentioned by the doctor, and
chairman of the chapter, as the
Red Cross headquarters? 1t was
"12O Lincoln way W." always,
wherever the doctor spoke.
Would he have done the same.
not mentioning the occupant of
the place, had it been the Trib-
une office, the Red Cross phar-
macy, LanS's hardware, or am
other place in town? Hardly,
and there's a reasOn!"
DR.. Burnett is as long on pub
licity, and as long on publicity
for himself, as the next one. and
the Tribune managerial staff here
being of his church, he churcho-
logically thinks he should throw
everything their way that is pos
sible, in which, with them, there
seems to be oneness of thought.
He is merely one of the few
remaining mOllycoddlers To Trib-
une audacity, who falls for its
matchmaking news getting meth
DDS; that anyone who gives the
News-Times credit for anything,
or affords it an item Of news in
advance of the Tribune getting
il, will get no further considera-
ton either for themselves. or for
such items of news in its columns
just a little system Of boycott
which used to, and still some
times, works.
DR.. Burnett is, it seems, one Of
those who continues fearful. II
explains his attitude toward the
News Times office" during the
Red Cross campaign. He is sa-
gacious i'm his own behalf any
way. He viii continue, we sup
pose, 10 try to use the News
Times only when he needs
''foot-mat''-but never mind,
The News-Times is getting the
news, and is printing it; is serv-
ing Mishawaka as il has never
been served by a newspaper be-
fore, and will continue to do so;
also i'm patriotic mould to serve
the Red Cross and the country.
These are matters too large to
allow little personalities, or par
ticular faVOritisms TO retard-
only we thought that since the
chairman of the local Red Cross
chapter had taken the initiative,
il might not be out of place that
the public he apprised in passing,
Of how small we are not.
N1ishawaka has come across
fine in the campaign; made a
splendid showing work Of a
public spirited community, in
which as a rule, petty jealOusies
are kept in the background and