Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-02-18
EDITORIAL ITEMS FROM THE
FIRST ISSUE OF THE WILL
MAR TRlBUNE-TWENT
FIVE YEARS AGO.

The Willmar Tribune has short
and clear political creed, to-wit: Equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none" This the golden rule OF demo
cratic Institutions. 1t contains both
the law and the prophets of all popu-
lar governments Measure any policy
see whether it is Democratic or Pluto
cratic.
The Tribune will not be fence rid
er. If after mature deliberation it
assumes any position, it will maintain
such position f1at-footed and square
toed, with all due respects to others
that may differ to it, until convinced
that it is wrong The public has the
right to know where a newspaper
stands on important public questions.
While the Tribune will stand ready
tc cooperate of all parties for the
common good whenever that is neces
sary, it will never relinquish principle
to please any one. The Tribune will
"Stride med aaben prande for hvad
den for alvaar troer."
We hear now and then the question
asked scornfully: "What has the peo-
pies Party done?" Let us see:
1st-It may fairly be said to have
passed the income tax. This feature
was the concession to the popuHsts
for voting for the Wilson bill The in
come tax is the most important law
passed since the war 1t is the enter
ing wedge that will split the present
system of poor mans taxation and rich
mans exemption in twain. 1t is the
beginning of just system of taxation.
2nd-It has convinced the bankers
and both of the old parties that this
country needs monetary reform Two
years ago we were told that all this
country needed was the repeal of the
Sherman law. The Peoples Party in
sisted that our whole money system
was vicious, and that repeal would
make it still worse. How is it now?
Oh, yes, the bankers admit that our
money system is at fault, and have
formulated the Baltimore law The
Democrats admit the same thing, and
president Cleveland is a money re-
former, and Carlisle submits his plans.
Even the Republicans have ceased
about the "best money system of the
world and Sherman and Walker have
plans to improve it. No one will deny
that the Peoples Party has forced the
old parties to take up the old money
question. This in itself is of more i'm
portance than any law passed in con-
gress during the last 25 years.
The Willmar Tribune will not be all
politics. So don't get scared. 1t is
too broad for that. 1t will be a news
paper in the broadcast sense, a med
ium for the interchange of thought of
our local talents, irrespective of poll
teal beliefs, on subjects ranging from
cooperative creameries to university
extension The Willmar Tribune is a
Wlllmar business enterprise The
publishers believe and the leading
business men of Willmar admit that
here is grand opening for an indie
pendent newspaper conducted in the
right spirit. Varietyis the spice Of life.
SO no matter how sure a Republican
may be in his own mind that he is
right in his convictions, he neverthe-
less reads the other side so as to
KNOW, you know, how the human mind
is working in our direction. We sec.
ond, third and fourth parties are liber-
ally supporting four Republican news
papers IN the county and we of course
expect and know that Republicans
Will reciprocate in supporting the Will
mar Tribune. The Willmar Tribune
Will go into many homes in this coun-
try and surrounding sections that
nave no Kandiyohi county paper at