Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-04-23
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HEARING THE STRIKERS SIDE.

HEARING THE STRIKERS SIDE.
No n in these trying times pre-.
tends 10 be able to please everybody
A newspaper, to which everyone who
desires to express himself on any mat.
ter of more or less public interest
must look to get what he has to say
before the people, is in a particular.
difficult position.
The EVENING NEWS has en-
deavorod to be absolutely fair in thi.
regard. In fact, 50 great has been its
desire to be fair that even where there
has been some doubt as to the au-
thenslcity of the letter it has been
published only TO be found out later
thai the paper had been imposed
upon,
Yesterday, however, "a young man
called at the EVENING NEWS office
and requested the publication of a
letter pertaining to the present strike
situation and the condition Of the
worsing man generally. There was no
do .bs as to tbs author of this letter
for the young mar stated that he
Srote it himself and he was willing
TO have his name published along with
Il.
This was perfectly all right as far
as # went, but the letter was so fun
of Hilidcatlon, so ~virulent in tone, and
SO utterly devoid of any reasoning or
argument to sustain the attitude as
sumed by the writer hat publication
of the letter had to be refused. In
the most bitter. not 10 say offensive,
language the writer attacked those who
differed with HIM; there was no at
tempt to set forth his position or to
lay before the public the facts as they
appeared to him-only contempt and
abuse.
But because the EVENING NEWS
felt compelled TO reject the letter as
far as publishing it in its existing form
was concerned the young man jumped
to the conclusion that this newspaper
.s~opposed to the working man; that
the corporations and employers as a
class control its columns M that
abor is denied a fair hearing.
Nothing can be farther from the
truth. The EVENING NEWS aims TO
be the medium for all. We are only
too glad to publish any communica-
ton the representatives of labor may
choose to bring or send to us provid-
ed it is O bona flde communication
contains nothing libelous and is writ
ten in such language as a be print
cd. The trouble has been In thi
strike the press has been barred from
all meetings and it has been difficult
indeed, to obtain accurate information
from the men.
Early in the strike another youni
mar came to the EVENING NEW:
Office to call our attention to what tn
strikers deemed was a mis-statemen
thai had appeared in the paper tn
day before. The correction was will
ingly made in the next days issu'
and the young man was not only wei
coined, but was told that If he would
come in every morning and give {
correct account of the strike from tht
mems point of view he would be glad
ly received, but he has not been seer
since.
AS a matter Of ract the EVENING
NEWS has a great deal of sympath.
for the railroad men who are asking
for more pay today. We can sppre
ciate how hard it is to make ends NEE
with prices as they are. The averag'
railroad man is interested In seeing hi
family we'll provided for: he want
them well clothed and fed, comfortabl,
housed and the children educated. no
TO mention a little recreation for tn
Woodworking wife once In a while
While some railroad workers are NOR
fortunate than others. the average EN-
ploys certainly ought to have NOR
money II present prices are to con
tinue-and they seem to be goini
higher rather than being reduced.
The only trouble is that with tn
lines of transportation tied up, industr
and business generally is cripple
which causes a curtailment in produe
ton and we all know that the onl
way 10 bring down the cost of living
TO speed up production rather thai
hinder II. And If the lines of trans
portation are tied UP long enough al
industry must cease for want OF ray
material to work with n coal Z
keep the fires going under the boilers
With production thus shut off Will
consumption goes right on, prices ar
bound to soar as never before and tn
time when we may expect a substan
tial reduction Is further and furthe