The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-12-06

spread ridiculous insinuatlons about The Star
They knew the record of The Seattle Star as an indie
pendent paper controlled neither by the "reds" nor
by the Associated Industries, subservient neither
to Jap interests nor to any other sinister interests
either in Seattle, California, or anywhere else in the
world But they tried in their feeble foolish way
to impute California dictatorship to The Star
This despite the fact that it The Star which naug
uraed and led the fight TO make the Southern Pacific rail-
road give the Northwest the tourist rates from the
East gave California This despite the that The
Star proposed the plan of advertising Seattes temperature
and climate in Eastern papers and magazines TO bring TO
this part of the country as much of the tourist travel
possible instead Of going almost exclusively to California
the port of Seattle while the other papers fought against
from the very beginning helping Seattle in this
to outstrip San Francisco. world port
The Seattle Star belongs Seattle II has been here
more than of years. IL is here stay IL the
first newspaper to buy its site in Seattle and to put
up Its own building The editor Of The Star has been on
the job here longer than any other editor of any other
newspaper in Seattle Some of the stockholders Of The Star
I'VE IN California some In Ohio. some in New Yorkthe rest
in Seattle The policy of The Star is formulated and
red out in Seattle No outside influence dictates anything
The stockholders of The Star newspapemen they
not railroads. docks, Japanese banks. politicians
They do not want any political honos and they do not have
of Seateas free any newspaper could possibly be-and
the people know it.
They know that while The Star Is uncontrolled there
have been three changes of ownership of the morning Japp
Eye IN less than years. they know that the present
editor of the JappyEye has been on the lob only two years
and that for years before he has had his fingers in petty
party politics. they know that the ownership Of the Jappy
railroads docks politicians Japs for all any
knows they know that the former editor and the publisher
of the JappyEye only temporary residents OF Seattle
that they longer living here that the management
of the JappyEye. edtoray and otherwise is unstable
transient, fleeing
And the people know too. that when the acid test was
applied at the time of the general strike The Star
that refused to be suppressed while the morning JappyEy
laid down like whipped cur and its afternoon counter
part sneaked into the cellar The Star alone published at
that critical tme-and it published with union men, too
despite threats and dire predictions The Star the peo
pie the truth then it gave the truth in the various port
elections II gives the truth always far is humanity
possible for has debts to to politicians bankers
or Japs, any other special interests
II stands today has always stood-a free agent to
the people OF Seattle and Of this state and Of this
ton fearessy and honestly IL has asked anything
of any it has ndorsed for public office except that
he carry out his pledges the people 1t will
Upon this policy The Star stands today II always did
and always will.