Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-10-28
SATURDAY EVENING
POST AGAIN fLAYED
IN cox STATEMENT
Governor Declares rnsidious Pur
pose Of Publication Finally
Brought 20 Light
DIRECTS PLAIN TO
EDITOR LOPrMEF
By Assoeiatad Press - Egery Rgrn.nr

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Dayton Ohio. frf - luofhef raf
Deut ch ging the saturday lrrt
Post and ~ editor f,s~lfsr llor
IlOrimer. with unfair pariisarrifp viz
issiicd today by GDvern0r Cos
"The Insidi0us psIfraar ~ fhr 81 Hra
Evening Post clotke,i erd.r nor-ptit
methods fOf ~ pact decade Hnf .0u
has tiuniiy b,"u hrmrh tu rh f
ernor Cos declared .fating thaf
made misstafefneuts Orly lQur dar I.f
eiectiOn vben b. Nfs mfrs-lf'a fo
them
That The Curtis Publishing Clmtr
had been found gf'ltg by fte fsfsr
Trado Commission ~ FioirfrT fhf
trust laws byunfair ur.rfie. " d.sffIf
~ iTrindical wg srrrfr.i nr trf
Cox
The governor -fafffucrf foii1r
when carly in tho weei ! rr'sI "A.
fention ~ the gllsrilla tac'ies ~ 90 -rt.
day Evening Post ~ thf hars 81 ra '.f
minute atfark m mo ih. rrrnrra
Mr. I0rimer. its edit0f Trr ffrf
arfiOn was unoihical am aeHerf
willing % leave fhe derision uu affirs
thr voters - Amerira many ~ FInu
have bcru lifetime readers III fIF -nfIf
day Evening Post ard who fr0rI fne nHe
II its origin have looked lp0n
household inurnal - whIrh 'trf erHrrrf
dcvotin herauer u took ra nrrt nsrf
sar campaigns b Question VI rfhar
w0uf -eorn ~ he in uhaf imrr..r hr.
learned fo look upon - n soflsrs frr' frI
whom n0n-parfisan lnurunl l-raulss
parts IN Its v.rv iasf sFue I1ur iaff
before eleeiiou AZ fInie when .s H-
possible for misstafeu~nts io ~. corrected
or dereft - b. met n Wonld rarrn .a md.
cate pery deep-seated ssifsh interest
based upon sGrne purpose ahirt ruul1
scarcely 10 called straight forward SOC
honest ND man whn represents l.nl
cause hes any 0bjection 20 preernfina
both sides ~ the caae
In nv statement ] rlarvaf itarfgr
interests Siqce Mr lnrmrr has asen hf
% reply slmnlv in awav thar rliss 10
question a efhics. ! would l.kc % fTnrf
% hum the plain uiiesfion u he lnfnrnsf
IN this eiertinn which brings fhe tnunml
art - partisan support from his uan0f
baSr1 upon the desire i0r a return to
'norTnaicy' under which las publication
sought % prosper bv Unfair methoei-f
l. il because the Curtis PubltshinE Com-
pany huas found gritty II the - III M
fair and illegal methods "a comurtltins
and vI0lation u the aufi-r1isf lsw nro-
Iibiting use ~ certain lYIug-~fId oun-
tracts and ~ vioiatiun ~ the Federal
Trade COmmissInu rIIhnE,
The complaint N each case was hu--i
upOn the fact that the Curtis Publishing
Company made contracts with Wnniosale
distributors which prevented them .rum
handling other publications without pcr-
MISSION from the Curtis Publishing ON
pany and which prohibited the stlr IL
al competing publications. The rlan ri
the Curtis Publishing Company wns vth
the intent and had the effect of 'arzeiv ~
cruasing circulation oi Curtis puihra-
tIans and unfairly decreasing circulation uf .
competing publications.. tu the end rlat thc
Curtis Publishing Company guilc derive
large advertising rates hv rrasln af frr-
mend0ls circulation. Ihe-e Unfair nnr-
tIces prevented competing publishers from
obtaining distribution 81 ther nuhlcr-
ton through the ordlnary distributions
channels and ior-ed them ta dls-rhufe
through channels Hnich Did not haye any
facilities Tor a wlo.f distribution. frunl inr
these unlawful practice va found nr d.
Heflerai Ir.soe COMMISSION ut1f aNtfu.
slve hearings On Juiy ~ 1913 snd -ir
Curtis Publishing Company Ens .lr.rt
cease and dt-,i-t.
Here j. the harm 81 the reacuunart de-
sue g. return 20 u0rinalrY Tho urntet
tion Of the anti-trtIst set Is Insufficient hlf
the Federal : rade Commission hns
authority % investigate the facrs and rr
issue rlIlIngs thereon Everv inlNr Hu,.-
ness IN America j. therefore aEainsf ulr
because do not stand for cne return ia f.t
old order under which the strong lFn.-
pered AZ the expense 40 che weak AMI
under which big bushes grew biEgrI
while small btsIncsses were iorced ogl
existence.
The insidious purpose uf the SATURDAY.
Evening Post. clOaked under non-partisan
methods FOR the past decade and more. ha-
finally been brought 90 light. II has Eroau
10 such size and gained such prosperity "a
to he emboldened hevond al Discretion
and has expressed what IN my nind fhe
thing which S causing an Dag business .o
support the reactionary candidate. name
~. that they know that from ulc they ma,
expect 4 square deal and nothing more lf
S the difference between n square irs
and that which big business want. ahirh
constitutes the return % 'n0rulalrN
Somewhat worn by recent caIupa u 9-
thar Of last night sn
.ownsmen here, Governor Cox U.e..t
.odsy AZ his Trails End home. nrior td ir-
parting at O'Clock for Indianapolis
where he WIS 20 speak tonight