The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-04-21
SWAT sECTIONALIsM AND sELFIsHNEss


Sectionasm seness be the chief Of the
volcanic rpons the daily against the 10ent trolley
fare and from Morgan Park outside the West Duluth
Coupled with this sesness and sectonasm be that
derful stuff the 'Silberstein PRESTIGE
For solid week. now Duluhs dailes have thrown fit
Of after another because 80 cent Of the people and
cay all the real commercial bodies of the city the plan of let
ting the street charge 10 ride to Morgan
Park provided the extension New Duluth will be built quickly
the prelimnaries be arranged
Fairness the the city certain percentage
of this matter
The News Tribune began the racket by shriekng that
railway company trying Duluth zebra. The
aid howled that Duluth thought had steel plant but that the
street company had stolen it away from the people.
Then the trolley line lawyer for the News Tribune yelled
thing about getting Injunction He based his legal opinion
that the company operating village
West Duluth franchise and that the old village of
took of seeon except a small tract in New Duluth
Real lawyers will tell that the westerly limit of West Du
News Tribune office their look up
their facts later And when they find they they
Next the Herald part of
Duluth thinking perchance the trolley people out their
boots AS the goes both the saVours OF the dear
so heavily as earlier in the week.
Usually daily paper takes the affirmative and the
other the negative public question When they pars
doubleeam out Of the d behooves the general
public to beware and seek for the motive
Crusades against the horrible miserable
bboard and MALT dozen other for box benefit
have made Duuthians clever hunting out journalistic motives
the big end OF business for forty The suburbs have paid
tribute and sat the back
balances the remainder of the city The West End has
compacy and become powerful The people
coming uptown where high rents and competition make the
chant princes wakeful when they should Sleep
West Duluth business has trebed in the
ton of the city wandered the wilderness faith
fu few beginning feel change for the Duluth
entitled to special consideration until bigger and
stronger firms fully established out there. \
The people of New Duluth have waited quarter century
to get into the business in city where they paid taxes
maintained schools and supported the government uptown
Now by erupng and to the public and buldoz
the trolley people, the two daily start their old rough
stuff.
What's the motiveY
To those who though ladder it the Sber
stein store and few big advertisers the crusade
to New Duluth the Of and the banking best
OF It, The Sbersten store fears dull times after the
John Bareycorn hegra of redght ladies and inclination
the Proctor people the Seeon people the New people, the
Gary people, the Morgan Park people, and the Oneoa people,
trade at home in West Duluth the West End.
OF all of believe universal mat
ter Of principle But in this special there questions fair
and expdiency would be longer keep street
from New Duluth After that 90 Proctor
There something in the and privileges belonging
the Street Railway Company through its franchise
thing the Duluth Commercial Clubs idea that must build
something in the fact that the as whole know
that they cannot far forcing universal
matter Of policy and principle they agate but their own at
torney declares their hands are legally tied
sad that the town must be disturbed and torn this
just because few advertisers in the daily papers it.
the two wish to benefit the public why until after
the war before boosting their advertising ratesa
is sad that seciona selfshnss and sand methods
must be pushed the front when all have and
worries sad to think that powerful section Of the city can
for weak section only extent of sucking business
blood
Swat secona sesness sandbaggng and even that rare
stuff "Slbersten prestige"