Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-08-04
Circulation Last Issue 17n7
To Actual Subscribers i SVs

To be unfair in political discussions
has always seemed to be a ruling
propensity with Judge D. W. Maloney.
He has never seemed to think it pos
sible for anyone to be other than cor
rupt whose viewpoint on any question
fails to coincide with his.
Elsewhere in this issue will be
found an article headed, "Why Not
Tell the Truth?" written by Mr.. Ma
loney and which he has volunteered to
pay for. that is certainly unfair, if not
malicious, from beginning to end.
Just why Mr. Maloney should attack
this newspaper in such manner is more
than we can understand. The News
Budget has given literally of it's space
to Mr.. Maloney in the past and our
readers can remember numerous ar
ticles published in these columns in
which he gave his views on various
questions, often completely at vari-
ance with our own viewpoint. No
charge has been made for the space
for such matter. The article, in this
issue would have been published with
out charge, if he had asked it.
Nh Maloney's article is a faithful
echo of Gov Blaine's charges that the
opposing newspapers of the state are
corrupt and CONTROLLED by ''the in
terests" "Talk about a free and I'M
trammeled pressw is a dirty insinua-
ton that practically amounts to a di-
rect charge that the NewsBudget is
not free and "untrammeled," and if
Mr. Maloney means by that the News
Budget takes any dictation from any
one Whatsoever, it is an absolute false
hood.
This issue contains evidence enough
that the News-Budget is fair, even
though we cannot agree with Mr.. Ma
loney's political beliefs.
The News-Budget gave true and
accurate report of Mr.. Gantield's
speech here, but Mr.. Maloney insinu-
ates that a true report was not given
the readers of the local papers.
That this charge is false is con-
clusiyely shown by Mr. Maloney's own
article Wade through it and you
cannot find single statement made by
the News-Budget that Mr.. Maloney
contradicts. He talks about the I'M
truthfuless of this paper and then de-
votes his entire article to criticizing
the speech. What fault does he find
with the truth of our report Of it
1t was true and without comment and
while the News-Budget is friendly tC
the candidacy of Mr. Garfield there
was not a word of editorial suggestion
in the article. Incidentally, we ven
ture the assertion that Mr.. Maloney
never wrote a news report of a polit
ical speech in his life that was not full
Of editorial comment and colored by
political bias. His article in this is
sue is typical of the way he would
cover" a speech.
One who will willfully misrepresenI
one thing will willfully misrepresen
anything else if he thinks he can gain
a point thereby.
Mr.. MalOney had several years eX
perience in trying to make a neWspa
per business pay and knows something
of the costs and the usual meagernes
of profits. When he states that tn
price charged by the News-Budget TO
political advertising is exOrbitant h
makes a direct statement that, un
challenged, would certainly be likel
to mislead the public, that would eX
pect him to know whereof he speaks
Here are the facts and the reader Cal
judge if Mr.. Maloneys statement i
true or fair:
For the ordinary short political no
tees the News-Budget charges s cent
per line, the same as our rat
for local notices. The Bruce News
Letter and the Hawkins Chronicle
with much smaller circulations, charg
10 cents per line, which is not to-
mucn. On larger notices, the News
Budgets rate is only cents per line
which is absolutely too low, bein.
just what we have always charged TO
these notices for twenty years past
1t is under the average rate and Mr.
Maloney knows it is very reasonable
Exorbitant prices Profteering
What a pathetic regard Mr.. Malone.
has for the newspaper profession, hi
successors and former competitors.
The News-Budget will take no ad
vatage of Mr.. Maloney. We will do
nate space to him for reply and sub
sanitation of his insinuations tina
the News Budget did not give a truth
full report of Mr.. Ganfield's speech
that the News-Budget is not "free ant
untrammeled," and that our price fol
political advertising is exorbitant
We have given facts in this editorial
We want facts, not insinuations, il
reply, il there is any.