New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-04-02
Good for Boulder !!
ITO THE Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your article on the Sc,

" o THE Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your article on the Scott
Nearing indictment you say: "Clip-
pings from little country paper published
in Colorado telling Of distributions by auto
mobile out of Denver through the great
coal and copper mining regions Of the
Southwest furnished the first clew."
We admit that in comparison with such
large and influential paper as The Tribune
we may rightly be called small paper.
but we object to being called "little coun-
try paper"
"The News Herald" is member Of The
Associated Press and also has the United
Press service. In 1915 when the military
training bill was before the New York Leg
islature .Ncws- Herald" editorial on "The
Cheyenne Cadet System, or the Steever
Idea," was placed IN the hands of every
member Of the New York State Legislature
by Captain Steever. In August, 1916, when
the controversy between the railroads and
brotherhoods was on, we analysed the dual
system Of computing the wages of train
operating employees and from the analysis
attacked the Adamson law and President
Wilson's statements on the eight-hour day.
Coloradoan sent this editorial to one of
your Broadway business men, who ordered
a number of copies of it, subscribed for
''The News Herald" (and he is still on our
boolss) and paid us the very high compli-
ment of pronouncing that editorial the
clearest and most convincing argument
against the Adamson law and the involved
questions that had appeared in any Amerl-
can newspaper or magazine Recently the
Universal Military Training League ordered
one of our editorials on universal military
training sent to every member of Congress.
And in the Nearing case Mr.. Henry A. Wise
Wood commends us as follows: "This (the
Nearing indictment) is the direct result of
an editorial from The Boulder News
Herald which you sent me on January
80 last exposing the fact that the pamphlet
THE Great Madness, by Scott Nearing,
existed and was being distributed in the min
ing regions of Colorado" Moreover, we have
numerous letters from government officials
and prominent wal workers commencing
heartily our war activities. Therefore, we
don't believe The Tribune is justified in
calling us little country paper.
Putting Us Right
also want to put you right about Boul-
der We have no copper mines near here.
But we do have the worlds richest tungsten
mines and many very profitable silver
mines. To the east of us few miles
lie the Ignite coal beds of Northern Colo
RADIO. but the big coal district of Colorado
is in the southern part of the state. boul-
der is the seat of The University OF Colo
RADIO, which is justly proud Of the fact that
she has sent $50 of her sons to the army
and navy. Boulder is thirty miles north
of Denver and is recognized as the scenic and
tourist centre of Northern COLORADO and
the gateway to the Rocky Mountain Ma
tional Park. Besides her mines and scenery
Boulder is the centre of one Of the richest
farming districts in the Rocky Mountain
region. Wonderful crops of wheat, alfalfa,
POTATOES, sugar beets and fruit are grown
in Boulder Valley. Boulder has popu.
lation of $4,000 and is the county seat OF
Boulder County, with an estimated popu-
lation of $4,000.
We trust these statements will enllghten
you about Boulder and "The News-Herald'
We are certainly proud to know that we
gave both Mr. Wood and our United States
District Attorney the first tip about the
Nearing pamphlet, and it is our earnest
wish that Scott Nearing, one of the worst
and most dangerous disloyalists in the
United States, may be given the maximum
penalty for his malicious violation of the
espionage act.
If you ever come West we should
indeed be pleased to have you visit Boul-
der ind to be given the opportunity of
showing you a country that God has bounti-
fully remembered.
With every best wish for you and with
the hope that The Tribune may always
be as successful in it's prosecution of dis
loyalis1s as it has been IN the Nearing case,
l am, yours in the bond of undiluted
Americanism,
ARTHUR A. PARKHURsT,
Editor.
Prussianism must be pulverized!