New Ulm review., 1920-07-07
Official paper of New Ulm, MINI:
Keeping A City Alive. :!

NtGUbHy II obtD <AVeOIs
One of the principal reasons for the
eXistance of a. commercial club IS to
make and keep the city in which 1T exists
alive commercially and mdustrlally.
Sometimes commercial clubs neglect this
very important duty to a greater or lesser
degree, and when this occurs, the home
town is certain to feel the consequences
very acutely.
While it is very laudable activity on
the part of commercial clubs to do all
in their power to secure new ana promls-
ing industrial enterprises for their city,
il is equally important, if not more so,
to retain those industrial enterprises that
are already located in the home town,
especially if they enjoy a good patronage
and have established an enviable reputa-
ton for all that is desirable in the present.
day business world.
The New Ulm Commercial Club has,
at various times, considered propositions
submitted to it by the promoters OF IN
dustrial enterprises seeking new loca-
ton and, in several instances, was IN
strumental in securing such enterprises
! for our city. On the other hand, 1T has
sorely neglected certain -establlshed,
reputable enterprises, which, as result
of such neglect, were forced to aDandon
their activity here, or have been greaCly
n curtailed in the matter of securing ample
capital to continue in business under the
great stress of the immensely Increased
cost of production which IS still mount
ing skyWard.
New Ulm is on the verge OF losing
another of it's old-established, reliable
home enterprises, one that has existed
here for about 30 years past. 1t has
struggled onward and upward from
small and unpretentious beginning, and
through the three score years OF It's lie
has at all times endeavored to give full,
honest value for every dollar received.
Through the darkness of arduous, cease
less, untiring toll finally came the bright
sunshine of success, so ardently sought
by every energitic human being, but
never has this enterprise asked for, or
received, one cent of financial assistance
from the city it has helped make famous
b virtue of it's product. Its factory
was enlarged and increased only in such
measure as its ever-groWlng popularity
and patronage required. The concern
was not over-capitalized there WASH t
drop of water in it's capital-only
honestly-gotten dollars, obtained by the
skillful work and untir:ng efforts OF its
founders and proprletors.
And now this industrial enterprise,
which is so we'll and favorably known
that we need but mention its name, Will
soon close its doors and dismantle its
local factory, and the principal reason
for this deplorable fact is the lack OF
interest in established, homegrown en-
terprises by the commercial club and
other influential citizens. A little finan-
al boo al, hoS NO
saved this enterprise for New Ulm, anC
it may yet be retained here, if those of
our citizens who are in position to do
SO, would give this enterprise the neces-
sary financial assistance.
This is a matter that might well re-
ceive the unstinted attention of the
Commercial Club, for through it other
citizens would no doubt become in
terested and step forward with offers of
assistance. The enterprise referred to
is the pipe organ factory of Fl. H. Vogel-
pohl & Sons. .~
Editorial Dishonesty.
Editorials nowadays carry little
weight with newspaper readers general, ,
because the writer's have no real con
victions and no passionate beliefs
The great body of editors manifest in
their ditO1ials the opportunism and
compromise of the politician on the
hustings before general election. They
are ready at moments notice to change
their dress to match the color of the day.
Their policy is determined more by the
expediency of the moment than by
honesty Of purpose; utility and extrinsic
worth form the basis of editorial mo-
rality.
--~ Should it, therefore, happen that the
cause of truth, liberty and right appear
losing issue from a monetary stand
point, it can count no champions among
editors of the common variety.
Their influence is always thrown on
the side of the heavy artillery
Editors are but the mocking- birds of the
managers. They advocate only what
is to the interest of their owners. With
them it is not SO much a question of dis
covering facts or establishing the truth,
as it is OF running their metal into the
moulds already prepared for it. Their
editorials do not reflect what they know
as much as what is required OF them to
Write''
The above lines are from the Toronto
Statesman. They are written of Cana
dian editors, but apply to their American
confreres with equal force, though here,
as there, of course, there are small
number of honorable executions