Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1918-11-08


Ga Ihe second page Of thla Issue o.
che Qfnphlq there g. printed a letter
written and signed hy J. g. Ingram and
published n bis request. as an explana.
tim of letter which he directed 70
The lillQtly Loan committee.
Ia lhlh present letter. ingram sinies
thal he q not pFo.0erman. nor anti.
Avytnmml. nor anti. Liberty Loan, bat
that nc 81 anll.eommlllee; also that he
llnl the Graphic. the community
and the committee members have IN.
justly Injured him. and further implies
thal The attitude 81 the committee to.
ward him was dictated by member
thereof who 81 d competitor Of Ingram.
Tho Graphic has no desire to vii.
falls lniure anyone. and stands ready
to voluntarily make proper amends
whenever guilty u Injustice. We do not
feel that car original publication Of
the lngram letter and comment thereon
needs any explanation, retractlon OF
apology. We do feel that Ingram has
offered q very weak defense Of his first
letter.
He states that he Intended 20 critl-
clse the committee, and not the govern.
ment nor the Loan IN his first letter he
said nothing about personal olIense, but
he ala say "thls Liberty Loan as Il
operates ~ merely d form Of taxation
aud az a form Of taxation II Is unjust
To one class Of citizen Il amounts "a
cpercicn and % another class II amounts
to exemption / cannot cOnscientlously
subscribe to Il form Of taxation that will
thus tag pOor men and leave the soul
less corporate wealth OF our country
untaxed. A. citizen Of Luna county
request you to appeal to our govern
ment to lnaugurate a system Of taxation
that will take from all alike"
Does anything In these statement,
suggest personal resentment Of personal
onense? Il there anything therein about
the attitude Of the committee members
Or about Interior motives Of Ingram,
compelllorss Are not his statements pei
fectly clear and understandable
lngram's letter to the committee /.
direct charge against the nature Of
the Liberty Loan, a false statement thai
Il Is q form OF taxation, and an appeal
90 have II substituted by a form Of tax
alton that win fall with equallzed
weight on rich and poor instead Of ii
discriminating injustice.
The Graphic was informed that In
gram was Eepentant. One OF his de
Tenders Informed Us that the first lettol
was not intended for publication. HI
also asserted that IN writing that letter
Ingram meant to attack only the com
mittec members, that his opinion n tina
Ingram has been treated unfairly, tha
be owes no apology, that the community
gympathy N with Ingram, and that tn
Graphic, not Ingram, win regret pub
llcatlon Of any further editorial crit
cIsm Of lngram's utterances.
Our opinion Is that Ingram meant
what he wrote IN his letter Of October
~; that bis letter in this Issue. which
2uFports to be explanatory Is no expla
nation that he does not regret entertain
ing the opinion which dictated his ilrs
letter, but Il exceedingly sorry that h
wrote Il that his sorrow Is simply dul
10 the fact that bis views were mad
public and as a consequence ten day
hefore his letter appeared IN these col
"mns local dealers refused to buy hi
products.
N other words, Ingram's present &C
slon reminds rs Of the wewll known
srawnsh, although there is one marke,
difference between the two; the w.k.c.i
s''metimes backs water voluntarlly-no
because he Is compelled 70.