Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1918-01-25
The Labor Press

The secret of success is constancy
of purpose.
If we, the working people, who
are being benefited by our progress
sive labor paper, the Newark Leader )!
expect to maintain it and increase
it's influence and usefulness, we
should bear in mind the above fact.
We have so far met with flattering
success and have received many COM
plimentary letters While we are
increasing the already large sub
scription list and have encountered
but little criticism, some of the
laboring people are not responding
as they should. This is due to the
fact that they do not stop to think
of how much good they can do with
but little effort on their part, and
are too ready to let the success of
the paper rest with those who are
directly connected with it.
The average worker does not re-
alize the great value of the labor
press. There are workers who will
curse and damn the daily subsidized
trust papers for their unfairness and
unjust discrimination, but at the
same time will give them their sup
port. We are not asking any one
not to support any other paper, but
we do insist that they should do
all in their power to strengthen and
build up their own official organ, the
paper which has been established for
their immediate benefit, and is ready
at all times to champion labors
cause, fight it's battles and dissem-
mate its principles without fear or
favor.
One of the most important factors
in the development of our labor paper
is the advertisements and in order to
secure them the prospective adj
vertiser must be convinced that it
pays him to use the columns of our
paper for that purpose. This can be
accomplished if all union men will
deal only with the man or firm who
advertises in the Leader. 1t is the
duty of every worker to deal with
the merchant whose advertisement
he sees in the labor paper and to
stay away from those who think it
does not pay to help support it.
There are many to choose from in
our city. Every business and pro-
fession is represented in our paper.
Take your choice from them-leave
the rest severely alone.
There are some business men, or
rather men in business, who are in
clined to think, if you can call it
thinking, that the labor press is not
a good thing for our city and it
should not exist.
Men of this kidney evidently think
the working people should have
nothing to say, take back seat and
be contented under any and all cir
ditions, even if they have to borrow
the money to exist.
Thought is the property of him
who can entertain it, and of him
who can adequately place it.
Some men are not fattered by
being shown that there has been a
difference of opinion between the
Almighty and themselves. This is
one reason why some people object
to the labor paper.
There is nothing so powerful as
truth, and often nothing so strange.
On the mountain of truth you never
climb in vain. Either you reach
higher point today or you exercise.
your strength in order to be able to
climb higher tomorrow.
This is the attitude of our paper,
deal in facts and stick strictly to the
truth, and we are sure we will not
antagonize those who do the same.
Let us have faith that right makes
might, and in that faith let us to the
end dare to do our duty as we under
stand it. We do not want to be in
consistent or antagonistic, but diff
ferences of opinion arising from
changes of circumstances are often
justifable, consequently we feel that