The state herald., 1919-12-19
4 commuHIcATloM
December 18th 1919.

Editot Rtate Herald,
HQl4oke, Colorado
sNlIask you to give me space to
answ4 q most insulting and libel-
Gus aftAck upon me, in the Language
of oq Fuel Administrator, the En-
terprte commonly known us the
BLANHCR of Inst week wherein
editoRnlly this paper states that
they Ar informed that business
man He'd to put it over the fuel
or c&l administrator, H. suther-
land n On account of his honesty
it cod1d not be done.
Thj article means me us plans
we're Apksn to inform certain peo-
pie. 3These nre the facts: The
coal administrator was in my,office
| told1tim we had some coal on hand
in ou5sbin in the store for Mr. Sch
cunenrfpn and myself but thought
We hs better have more as what
We hs7 would not last long. He
went Il and got two acquisitions
for con 1000 lbs. each, and brought
them "a us. When he brought
mine \ Eas made out and signed BY
him. He pointed out where /
would ttve TO sign. / did us he
requs ".
! tx my order to the Equity ele
vutor here they told me that they
wouldS fil my order the next day.
The ~ day l asked the fireman
Of ou} Ibrnace if any coal had come
up. ~ said that u drnyman had
drivens the alley behind the store
and ~ drove away without un-
loadir l met Mr.. Sutherland on
the slkt and asked him why my
coal va not delivered and he told
me y fayman said that we had
six 0f stven tons in the store.
told IL was not true and asked
him rymen were running our
busiqj The next I saw was in
the Fpriss, they were informed
there I e five or six tons in our
bins. hs salne day l vent into
Mr.. e eas9aann's storv, l did NJ
notioss ss ssssssiiSs I d ~.
Sutherland turned to me and said
there is two tons OF coal in your
bins. ! told him it was not true,
us others had already told him.
Their statements had gone from
to ! tons down to two tons, and
there are half u dozen men that
will swear that in their Judgment
there was but little over ton. We
mean twenty hundred pounds for II
ton not sixteen hundred pound tons
This. Mr.. Editors, is large amount
of coal to hive on hand where near
~ twenty people are employed. See
how some people will start II story
to iniurc others, mentioning no
names. Then their emissnrics go
out and say did you hear what Dr.
Smith tried TO do. When u man
confronts them they say, Oh that
is different, IL that is the way of
il. II the Editors did not know
they had better investigate before
they publish u slanderous statement
that some one swore falsely and
was hoarding coal. When n man
makes such statements maliciously
he places himself among one of the
seven kinds OF liars. Editorial
Liars which are the most contcmpta
BILE. ms they have way Of reaching
the most people with their venom.
] do not expect to hnve the mp
probation of such political editors
who write ignominous Spleen for
the purpose of injuring others. Nor
do ! expeci the approval of those
who live by their wits Mt the expense
of the toll Of others or who will
spend most of their time doing moth
ing or those who steal before they
will work. These are not in my
class. ] wns brought up on n farm
and have worked from 10 to IS
hours day. Their approval
would be disgrace TO me.
But. my young editors, | notice
from your papers that yon have
something that keeps on your mind
at alI times. On innocent women
and little children. Worrying n
bout their suffering. Have you de
ccived, betrayed or trnduced them'
Are these among your sinsf Go
TO your father confessor and tell Il
all. nsk him to in.erccde for you
and see II Il will he possible to
clcnse your sin-sick soul.
but do not again try 10 criticisc
your bctter-. expect you see In
your sleeping fnncies patrons rush
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