New-York tribune., 1918-06-03
Urges Wisconsin Manu-.
facturers to Pay Cost of
Newspaper Campaign
Offers to Remove
Doubt of Loyalty
"Herald and Examiner"
"Exclusively" Work. to Lift
"Fog Of Suspicion"
Especial Dispatch to The Tribune,

Especial Dispatch to The Trlbune)
CHICAGO, June 2.-Hearst's man
Brisbane has begun his management
of the newly combined Chicago "Her-
aid and Examiner" by whitewashing
the lily of Wisconsin loyalty-at Wis
consin's expense. Wisconsin seems in
operation, and at least one loyal in
stituton has refused 20 come
through" with the Hearst price-s100.
The Chicago Journal publishes on
its first page facsimile reproduction
Of the following telegram:
"SMALLEY MFG. CO..
Manitowoc, Wis.
In connection with the wonder
full work being done by The Her
aid and Examiner exclusively re-
moving the fog of suspicion and
planting in its place the true light
of truth, justice and loyalty of
Wisconsin we are desirous Of
printing big spread entitled
Wisconsin, the Pride of the Ma
ton May we draw on you for
one hundred to assist in defraying
the great expense of this work?
"'Chicago Herald and Examiner
Sherwood, Asst. to the Publisher"
The wonderful work" of Exclusive
ly removing the fog of suspicion
which Hearst's paper evidently
thought, hung about the Badger State
began almost Immediately on the con-
solidation of "The Herald" and '"The
Examiner" under Hearst ownership and
Brisbane management.
Inquired Into Loyalty
About the middle of May William
Hallowell, a member of "The Herald
and Examiners" local staff, was dis
patched to Wisconsin to investigate
conditions in various cities with view
to establishing their degree of loyalty
Soon after. "The Herald and Exam
iner' opened the campaign with al
most full page interview with
Governor Phillip. in which the Wiscon-
sin Executive maintained through Hal
lowell's pen the unquestioned loyalty
of the state.
The whitewashing then developed
into a series of almost daily articles
from Hallowell, written from different
eities-Beloit, GAINESVILLE, Kenoska, Ap-
pleton and Manitowoc
The Manitowoc story appeared on
May 20; 1t told how the good people
of Manitowoc were building one steel
ship a month and how Spiritually"
the city and county were getting down
to solid basis in support of the
war, ain spite of the fact that Berger,
with his antiwar platform, carried
terview or two and leading business
men who stood four square in support
of Wilson's policies were enumerated
THE Herald and Examiner" printed
this story in the same issue with an
editorial about Wisconsin. headed,
Who Sows Distrust is a Traitor"
Another Bath Forecast
On May %. two days later. at 2:19
p. M. the telegram quoted above and
forecasting for Wisconsin still an
other immersion in tho Hearst LOYALTY
bath was dispatched by the Western
Union to the Smalley Manufacturing
Company of Manitowoc.
On May "a the telegram was repro
duced on the front page of 1.-THE Chi
cago journal" under the caption" pass
ing Round the Hat"
The next day Hallowell was sent to
Rockford, Ill.,, to write about the SOL
dicrs at Camp Grant
The spread on "Wisconsin. the Pride
Of the Nation" has not yet appeared
IN "Tne Herald and Examiner"
On the day before Hallowell was
taken off the Wisconsin series. "The
Herald and Examiner" printed story
s@$o
County. of which Appleton is the coun-
great bulk of the German population
of Wisconsin is American at heart"
or another city Hallowell wrote :
For the champion touch -and-go pa
triotism for cities of 10000 permit us to
nominate Beloit.' After visiting James
Vile. he wired "The Herald and Exam
iner": "1f every community in the U.
5. were as patriotic as GAINESVILLE. Wis,
the Kaiser would throw up his hands
and shrek for mercy
G. A. R. Veteran Is Quoted.
From Manitowoc, one of fourteen
aged G. A. +. veterans at patriotic
rally was quoted as saying: 1--WE Wis
consin Germans are not all bad Most
OF US have sons with Pershing. volun-
teers like US. And so--well, YOU see
US mere we NJ mt SIGel.
There IS nothing to indicate Hearst's
precise motives in this campaign. out
side Of "The Chicago Journals" edi.
,orial comment: obviously ". r.
Hearst wanted money" Hearst's Chit
cago papers have not yet undergone
the grueling attack which his New
York papers have suffered at the hands
OF outraged citizens
And there is nothing to indicate
whether Belot. GAINESVILLE, Appleton
and other Wisconsin cities were to be
included in the big Hearst spread
about wisconsin. Pride of the Ma
ton for which the Smalley Manufac-
turing Company of Manitowoc was
asked to come through" WITH "nns
hundred" But. at any rate. Beloit,
GAINESVILLE, Appleton and their sister
cities got just as good publicity as
Manitowoe.