New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
Rv SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS


vertne and the of the particularly carrying
and pou Inspired Of holy wrath he retorted upon me
through the columns his weekly the spirit not IN the precise
words of the reformed cowboy revaist who upon beng repeat
d ;ncncd in the Of his services by unregenerate
auditor on with the as to who ne was mat
should set himself tell other folks their finally advanced
10 the front of platform and leaning above his tormento
Numbered =,
I'm meek and humble follower or the LAMB hd' WIN
ami Who the h- you!
There you have substantially. the attitude to-day OF the
Dallas Dress religious and lay with three notable exceptions in the
latter category which shall aer) toward any one VINO
should call to account for the CHARACTER " "
advertisements Indeed this indirect tn quoque form OF etort
old he about the only of them could lind available
Too much should be expected perhaps of the daily papers
an where religious sets such bad example
ONLY few weeks ago the Rev. Pohaan James, OF the Hastoh
Avenue Baptist Church. delivering the invocation before the
annual of the Associated Advertising Cuos OF e~a
smoke out in meeting o this effect:
81 cannot leave this platform without unburdcning mind
on one sore point Many of religious carry advertise
ents which unfit Christian home The most pro-
nounced Objectionable advertising OF to-day found IN the re-
lgious press
The Rev. Mr. James had his evidence ready hand The
Daa, World a weekly, before its readers the
aan quaclcy of Lydia E Pnkham' and Nuxaed
on also for the pennies of boys inviting them to become
by ma) and the offer OF beautiful suit tree The
World has recently intrused its advertising and Herewith Its
honor and decency l. Jacobs the resioquac
advertising agent The oupoken and Rev Mr. James
will doubtless find further material for protest in its columns IT he
follows muddy trail laid out by Jacobs Another local re-
gous weekly The Texas Christian Advocate while has dropped
the advertising still exploits fake gladstone
cure and an equally dropsy remedy while third The
Baptist Standard publication for two chill oncs
lad Salts for aching Kidneys agency employment and
marvellous root discovery which cures the tobacco habit
AS for the daily press here the opinion of the Dallas Ad
vesng League local organization of the Associated Adver
Using Clubs of the World taken from the crcuarzed appeal for
the passage of an Honest Advertising law:
When we ask the Texas lawmakers o pass it the
support the general public for most of the newspapers
going TO be against it, at least lukeWdrm m their sup
port" (Ihe italics mine.)
Most of the newspapers acere against They killed They
had There three daily of mpor
lance Texas day which would suffer perncous anaemia of
the advertising honest advertising law passed and
enforced Take The Dallas News perhaps the important
and influential paper the Including its evening edition.
The Journal ashamed accept anac Lydia T. Pnkham
S. the Cuthe Truss Peruna BonOpto published defiance
of government regulations dispah) that masterpiece
o IMAGINATIVE stock obbing the Ford Tractor and the golden
promise SIS week for hours work day. surprising
that The News militant for better advertising standard' Its
redeemns feature from advertising viewpoint that does
not accept fake oil and stocks disgusting sexual adver
Using.
The Times owned. published managed and wholly
controlled by E. Kicst gentleman of highly independent
habit of mind So independent Mr. Kcst Of public opinion and
journalistic decency that almost anything into his for
all The qualifying almost refers to story to the effect
that large called upon Mr. Kest bearing clip
ming from that evenings Herald wherein local quack
guaranteed cure with great particularly of certain disease
whose symptoms forth in detail picturesque than
edfying The large advertiser protested against such
pearing.
Il own this paper retorted Kiest i it all. 1t doesn't
owe dollar makes money run to suit myself If that ad
don't suit YOU look the other way when you to it,
DO you give that advice to family. Mr. Kesa
quietly asked the visitor.
The reply The Times Heralds proprietor chronicled
But the display shortly after disappeared from the
However should advise the ladies of Mr. Kiest family
read his paper exclusively They will find there
Sana Mildly the gonorha cure lost vitality the
yelled land fase) promise of abortion of the Chichester pills.
to mention standard fakes Tanac Swamp Root and
Plapao pads.
From the indifference of The News and the cynical ndepend
ence of The TimesHeald refreshing to The Dallas
Dispatch il suprise-almost amounting to shock-to dis
cover down in , far of the country daily sashter in