The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-11-22
The White Paper Trust as
An Educator

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Tired LIE Roy able publisher and owner of the indie
II pendent Times of Streator ILL.,, made some time ago
frsc class speech about the print paper trust,
featuring white paper selling it to newspapers at prices
constantly climbing By this energetic young trust "ths
Press of the United States thoroughly skinned"
as Fred LIE Roy very truly says
Careful statisticans according to Mr.. LIE BOY, have
figured out that the White Paper Trust took from the
publishers of the United States year hun
dred million dollars in prices
Taking the Paper Trust his text, Mr. LIE Roy made
such speech against trusts in general would bring the
blush of shame to the cheek of the trust except for the
fact that it is spider and hasn't got any cheeks.
There in the country three hundred and fifty large
combinations of capital says Mr. LIE Roy each of these
imposed on retailers and tax heavy that
OF the White Paper Trust would total Of about
hundred dollars per year multiplied by hundred
millions-a good deal of money.
Observe that for the people in general there is COM
fort in the sknnng process to which the White Paper
Trust has recently subjected ALL publishers.
There not editor in the United States, from the
cold North to the hot South from the peaceful Pacific to
the wild Atlantic, who doesn't believe NOW, in MANY
CASES FOR THE FIRST TINE, that trust is danger
thing and ought to have something done about it.
When the editor learned lately from trust that he must
pay cents pound for his white paper instead Of cents;
TO- then and cents instead of he began realize that
the trust is reality and the people have had
for complaint. The editor says to himself, "Ths thing
has gone too far; it has reached ME-"
Our trust rulers not really intelligent citizens The
kings money have much to learn from the
Old kings in France and elsewhere relied upon the mobiles
and clergy to protect hem fight and preach for them
Therefore they put taxes the mobiles the
clergy THEY went free the little people paid the whole
bill.
If the money kings of the United States had been wise
they would have gone to their friend the White Paper
Trust and said $50 easy with the editors and will
make up somehow The editor is talking into the
of the while milking her-the being the
goodnatured American people Treat the editor kindly
don't skin him. If you do, he will say things in the cows
that will make the old COW kick and will 20
milk pail Editors nuisance, but you can't get rid of
them. They have the public As long don't tax
THEM the majority of them will think that everything is
all right and won't bother Lay off the editors"
Nobody said this The White Paper Trust did to the
placid American editor what the Coal Trust the Sugar
Trust and other trusts have done to the other citizens
And the skinning process did the eer lot Of good 1t
made him think 1t made him realize that the people have
just cause for complaint
1t made the Fafnirs of journalism gowl and where
peaceful sleep disturbed.
The French monarchy lasted long time because the
kings wise enough to from taxes the mobiles that
fought and the clergy that preached.
Luckily for this country kings not They
sknnng the editors the editors Shrek the people hear
the And they will fix things. ..
'Out of evil comeh good and the we'll skinned editor
realizing that he like the little worker is helpless in the
face of well organized exoron may wake up and side with
whom he his bread and butter-namely those
that buy the newspaper-and the editor will take less in
in the Dives the rich trust who used throw
crumbs to the editor but got excited and couldn't resist
sknnng him.
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