The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-06-30
Bv EARL GOODWIN.

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The Times has turned its forward and refuses to
be reactionary element in the great and wonderful com
munity We have come to place in the worlds affairs
when we must move forward backward. Standing still
will be the same moving backward. and those WHO re
fuse to leap forward with the changing of events will
find themselves hopelessly begged in the ranks
The Times, year ago, leaped to the forefront and
since then has been speeding steadily onward There never
was time when the TRUTH needed airing more than at
this uncture the National Capital and this newspaper
has joyfuly given itself to policy of truth telling with
many startling and speedy results
There is nothing so effcacious the Blessed day
light In stamping out disease germs light and fresh air
are better than acids and i'll smelling connections of any
sort When there an evil condition. tell the truth about
it and presto it gone For years the people Of this city
have craved newspaper to tel the truth Now that they
have on see what has happened in short year OF turning
on the light
Bette.ins the Street Car Service.
In the first place there is wonderful Improvement IN
the street car service The Times hammered hammered
hammered vital spot in the bad street car situation
and finally the gentlemen who owned the Washington hall
way and Electric Company rid themselves of reactonary
official who was so firmly impressed with his own Bour
bon views laborng and fareproduclng passen
gers that spent several hundred thousand dollars OF the
stockholders money in trying to conduct fight against
modern labor conditions
Washington had been trcked and blked for years on
the street car proposition until The Times turned on the light
has conducted really fearless campaign against prohteer
This newspaper took the attitude that makes difference
what goes on in other cities have only selves to
look after and keep Clean and propose to keep ourselves
clean matter who objects As proof that The Times
the ONLY newspaper that took clear and hghmlnded
view of the rent proposition let refer to the action OF 70
umba Typographical Union No. 101 and to other labor
organizations which, after considerable animated discussion
picked The TINES alone to receive resolutions OF special
thanks for its attitude in stopping the food of profteerng
which driving families into the street.
The w., B. & A. Grab
The Times was the only newspaper to make real fight
against the proposed grab by the Washington Baltimore
and Annapolis Railway of the free street surrounding
the Masonic Temple
Immedatev upon the presentation of the request al
low such grab The Times hit the matter squarely the
head exposed the monstroy of the plot and in spite of an
uphill fight forced change of plans on the part OF the rail-
This was joyful fight for The Times it succeeded in
beating of the oldest mossbacks in the community and
fsvong the grab turn right about face in order to con-
form the fast moldng public opinion led by this paper
As result of the ashng the railroad dropped its
request
The Times was the first newspaper in Washington to
protest against the telephone companys request for less
service and higher rates. The Times did not wait to see
how the cat would jump but waded into the thick OF
the fight commanded instant attention by its positive stand
and succeeded in svng off the increases and has had the
telephone company the defensive since The Times
is the only newspaper which has exploited the fact that the
scientists of the Bureau of Standards have asceaned the
scientific truth regarding the telephone companyI and there
has been better proof of the good results Of truth
telling than in this newspapers constant presentation OF the
TRUTH in the telephone matter.
Other Achievements.
The Times has many other achievements, 1t has
aroused public opinion in the of the unmuzzed dog
something that Washington has badly needed 1t has started
the community in the habit of daily prayer for Victory
and Peace it has instituted through the public Fairgrounds
a milk fund which kept many poor child from going
without breakfast in the dead of last winter which was
the coolest spell have had in a lifetime. Another in
stance of what single ray of light will do shewn one
day when this paper published editorial protesting
against the slack method used in paying school teachers
There how-but the next month the teachers were
paid on time, and have been since.
The Times has also helped in the progress of several
items of good legislation The two platoon system for the fire