New-York tribune., 1918-06-30
Too Late to Restore Conf
dence in Papers, Says
Westfeld Publisher
Others Decline "Ads'
"Summit Herald" and "Bound
Brook Chronicle" Refuse
Paid Articles
Especial Dispatch to Ths Tribume)


WESTFIELD, N. j., June 29.-Byron
NJ. Prugh, editor of "The Westfeld
Standard" asserts that it is too late
for William Randolph Hearst to re-
store Americas confidence in his news
papers. Mr.. Prugh believes that the
newspaper advertisements and the cir
culars with which Hearst is flooding
those sections Of the country that have
arisen against his publications will fail
to make the people Of America forget
the Hearst past
"The Standard" which is one Of the
New Jersey papers which refused to
print the Hearst advertisements, said
editorially:
"Hearst has been placing large ad-
vertisements, camoufaged as anti
Roosevelt, in such papers in this vicin-
ity as would accept them. in which
class THE Standard is not; and many
citizens have received copies Of reprints
of. the Red Cross advertisements that
appeared in Tine New York American
and colored reprints of President Will
sons undeleted proclamation.
Memory of Past Remains
"This is no doubt an effort on
Hearst's part to reestablish him.
self and his publications as truly
American red-blooded papers; but we
fear it is too late for him to gain the
confidence of real American citizens in
the patriotism of these papers. Some
how the Hears-s-s-s-t of the past still
fingers in ones memory.
"The appeal made by these sheets
sort. 1t savored too much Of the ap-
peal of the demagogue to the restless,
unthinking portion of the people ever
tc claim the support Of loyal citizens.
"His was the paper that was SO
bitter against Mckinley and depicted
him in such a way as to stir up bit
tcrness toward the President that was
calculated to excite citizens of the Czol-
gosz type.
eve hope this uprising of the peo-
Ile against such appeals will prove a
lasting lesson to men such as Hearst,
and that if need be the authorities at
Washington will forever put stop to
such un-American and seditious pa
pers."
Assails Contemporary
John w. Cliff, managing editor of
"The Summit Herald" threw into the
waste basket the advertisements which
! Hearst sent to his paper. Concerning
it's contemporary, "The Summit Rec.
ord" which did print the advertise
ments, N"Thc Herald" said:
"In its own small way The Record
stands in Summit for the kind OF
journalism represented by Hearst in
the metropolis. Its defence of the
Hearst interests here is only natural
But the fact that the sale of these
papers here by the imported news.
boys is practically nil, showing the
united response of the people of Sum
NIT to the patriotic action of the news.
dealers in refusing to handle the ma.
pers in question and the additional facts
that other communities are beginning
to follow SUBMITS example, that the
movement has the hearty Endorsement
OF the National Security League anc
the Defence League of New Jersey, only
proves that The Record is as usua
on the wrong side Of the fence"
Refuses to Print It
w. B. R. Mason. editor of "The Bounc
Brook Chronicle" explained why he de-
clined to print Hearst advertisement,
as follows:
An agitation is stirring in the coun
try for the suppression of Hearst news
papers, because of their attitude on the
war. A large advertisement sent t.
The Chronicle this week, favorinp the
Hearst cause, is declined for the reasor
that its publication at this time Is con
sldered unpatriotic"