New Ulm review., 1920-12-29
Who Is The Laors

In its last weeks issue, the journal
wasted almost two columns OF perfect
~ good white space in an attempt to
make out that Albert Steinhauser,
publisher of the New Ulm Post, is s
liar and that he is trying to get support
by means of bare-faced falsehood.
The main thing in issue seems to
be the ownership Of the New Ulm
Volksblatt. The publisher OF the New
Tim Post, in circular letter, stated
hat the New Ulm Volksblatt is not
printed and published in New Ulm
any more, is owned by parties in Wlno-
ma and has consequently ceased to pc
considered a local newspaper. Inc
Journal claims that Liesch and Walter
own the Welksblatt.
The best way TO find out who owns
a newspaper is to watch for the sworn
statement OF ownership, ETC., which
must be filed with the postmaster on
or before April !. and October i, OF
each year and published in the news.
paper in question in the second issue
thereafter. According to the sworn
statement filed with the postmaster
at Winona, Emil Leicht, on the hrst
day of October, 1920, under oath'
states that he and one Otto Volkmann,
both residing at Winona, are the
owners of the New Ulm Volksblatt. n
We are not ready to believe that
Emil Ieicht would periure himself
and! therefore, we are justified in as
serting that the Journal lies when lt
saws that the Liesch-Walter Printing
Co. are, the owners of the New Ulm
Volksblatt. 1t is quite significant and
worthy of mention that, although the
affidavit Of ownership should be pub
lished IN the second issue in October
twas not published until the issue OF
October 20 and probably would not
have been published then, if the memo
ry. of someone had not been logged
up. Was it for the purpose OF not
letting the suhscribes find out,-Wh
the real owners of the "Volksblatt' =.
are that the affidavit of ownership
wss not published as requested by
law? n.n.r,ss4,., +. -,
Why any one who has such little
time for the German language, German
ideals and Customs wants to publish
a. German newspaper is simply beyond
US. 1t seems to us that any one VINO
believes that the Germans committed
all the atrocities attributed to them
and published such information and
who gloated over the fact that the
German farmers near New Ulm were
forced to contribute to the Red Cross
because little snot by the name OF,
wye said that they had been guilty
of boarding food, would gracefully get
out OF publishing newspaper IN a
language which is so distateful to him.
As matter Of fact, Mr.. Llesch
treated the German element in this
country like the average politician.
When the, time for subscription re-
newal was at hand, there was nothing
too good for his German friends, Just
like the politician at election-time finds
it very convenient to >humor the.
German voters and then forget and
ignore them for the balance of the.
year.
n Now, that German newspaper read
ers have found out the hollowness OF
MIR. Liesch's pretensions for the Ger
man-speaking Americans in this coun-.
try and who, by the way, represent
as good an element as makes up the
people of this country, and are de-
serting Kim, he finds it necessary to
call some one else liar and a few
other of his choice pet names. Mr.
Iiesch is mistaken when he thinks
that the New Ulm Post is in financial
straits. The New Ulm Post has been
steadily gaining subscribers for some.
wears and has nearly three times as
many subscribers as the Volksblatt has
in what is New Ulm territory and is
seady at any time to back up its
assertion with the goods.
Another thing the Journal says is
quite humorous. 1t is neat little
advertising stunt and lets the people
know that in addition to the Volks- ;
blatt you get another newspaper every
week, all for the sum of two dollars
Der annum. What the Journal did
not say was that all the other news
papers published by the Leicht Press
OF Winona went up to three dollars
per year and that the pulisher Of the
New Ulm Post was asked to raise his
subscription price, SO that the Volks-
biatt and Westlicher Herold for the
New I1lm scubscribers could also be
raised. The Volksblatt subscribers
should be thankful to the New Ulm
Post and not to the Volksblatt be-
cause the price Of the Volksb!att re-
manned at two dollars and was net
boosted TO three dollars Come again,
Journal, when you have some real
facts TO divulge. Who is lying, Mr..
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