The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-03-01

Fol-. as the Carson City News quite aply remarks. the newspaper boys at
this minute are keeping away down in their craw a lot of things unsaid
that would knock round holes in the next loan, and other public matters"
This line Off reflection ws started by the fact that the Assembly of Nevada
has passed the Chandler bill, which makes it unnecessary for foreign cor
poratons doing business in this State to publish In annual statement of their
business in SOL newspaper of general circulation" 1t is a repeal of the
existing law. "And by a singular coincidence" remarks the Carson City
measures have been introduced and supported by lawyers in this and former
legislatures"
can boast an income of 800 a year from publishing these statements of
foreign corporations, Not much of a graft it will be admitted. All
other states require these publications. in greater detail than does Nevada.
The idea behind such public statements is that the people in a State in which
a foreign corporation is making money, may know something about how the
is not for newspaper graft" Even if anyone cHngs to the idea that the
latter thing is thu object. that person must admit that the requirement is a
decided failure.
In attempting to justify his action in the popular mind, Mr. Chandler
makes thu amazing statement that he as opposed to the publication law
because it ws not good enoughi-and so he Unanswered to have it repealed
altogether! Such a n explanation does lot seem to explain anything. The
people of Nevada are AMI to think the Assemblyman, because he is a corpora
ton lawyer. and because he was thinking nor of the welfare of outside cor
poradons than the prosperity of the State which he a elected to serve, put
permit greater secrecy of manipulation for those "soulless" creations.
The Assembymen who were influenced by the argument that the pubica-
learned, the absolutely indispensable work of newspapers in putting across"
aanv ,n itho so han Tho ,o.ns could not have been sosted
The Nation ives a debt of gratitude to newspapers which can lever be paid
A ase cannot be proved by one witness, probably. but there ire other wit
nesses to the fact that the oldime politicians re moving n a rather con-
certed way to harm newspapers. Booher of Eko. himself an expubisher.
would like to see the legal rate for printing cut in two Why? Does he
imagine the printers of Nevada re differing from the people? He knows
better. The answer is that tn politician is afraid Of and would kill, the
newspaper he cannot controli
Nevada newspapers re becoming less and es susceptible to the dicattes
of "te gang" contrarywise to the politician. the newspapers are attempting
to serve the people-and succeeding rather well, a the squirmng of the
politicians indicates.
it fair treatment to the fellows who on are o be asked by the Nation, the
Governor, the Council of Defense, and all good citizens, to give their utmost
ueas 10 secur TN success Oh the victory lon' let tem g as la As
they like with their rate-reducing, publication stopping and state printing
propaganda-and perhaps they may start something. 1t is not likely they
"a Kill te newspapers III SO thu gang-rule may completely prevail but
they may. by their actions, open the yes of citizens of Nevada to a degree
which will do the odtime politician no good. 1t is safe to say. in these
halcyon dy OF Liberty N victory loans things, that tn people have
observed that the newspapers have earned the money which they did not get