Putnam patriot., 1926-01-29
lNAccuRATELY QUESTIONS ACCURACY

T.Hs week the Of the Wndham County Observer in
 printing story that appeared The Patriot the prev us week steps his narrative paragraph Of the story to don his editorial and naccuraey creise The Patriot accuracy The Observer the story concerning the Haven raroad curameu of employees that broke early last week uses two column heading ts front In the second step of its headline found the following:
 statement that 75 so would leave incorrect says New Haven official"
 In the editorial paragraph story the editor of ahe Observer kindly that The Putnam Patriot usually accurate in it's statements. M accept the compliment with thanks and wish it might be returned
 In sreading The Patriots story the week previous the editor Of the Observer through his msreadag led to believe fhat The Patriot stated setensdxe eighty residents ssaad leave Putnam This the editor naecpracy and
 slip of The Patriot such slip he Observer says as every newspaper makes occasionally.
 Tho Patriot has uo quarrel Vth he Observer for printing any story fl may wish although ha story be dametreay opposed previously printed 1g The Patriot the mief- once being ha ae obsergef se to be accurate Patriot story must of necessity bs inaccurate h' when fha writer of the story steps repaora role and as z8es an editorial role make specific criticism af The Patriot fhe situation the importance af direct challenge
 The Observer says If of matter af regret that th civ will lose fifteen eighteen well paid residents, but when that number compared with seeeHt-h&e eighty that sgas given the number ha Putnam would lose be- the change schedule The e.alsaa ot feeling IS very great
 II f then that tl Observer 8affer= and srteses in the following manner: "rhe Putnam Patriot usually accurate in 7ss statements every sps occasionally and n this mat including all citizens who haze the welfare et Putnam a heart to that t udsntorHed
 The uaecaracy of The patre complained of bs the ob therefore the statement imputed a The Patriot bt ' #sreaalue bt he edte t e Observer that seventy h'e o eighty residents leave Ia0a Inc Patriot 3d mol make such statement T. dad u#I H fs 5zsz weeks story ot .he rai road refeug hHent of n 6 eataa Easea - 8t '. " Therefore he criticism Faa Patriot H he pbsery ef k both inaccurate and aa3aHaass5
 As matter Of iat. @r nae the 3azfstf essse,se' ha smplofes Haven road would have t9 make nrI homes elsewhere The following somewhat hisd paragraph from the Observer of Wednesday January 32th from a story headed IN II Trying Out New Schedule
 Five local freight trains which had Patnam ts terminus have been through under the new schedule of the New R. R Co.,. which went into effect Sunday Crews changed here and six locomotives were stationed here f the new arrangement satisfactorily e the com pany the of the Nl have e make their home elsewhere he locomotives here have also been taken ta other point
 The Patriot did print story thst sesenty-d>e or eighty
 railroad men Putnam would be affected by che newly adopted policy of the Haven road The story admittedly more or less speculation and estimation | was set forth almost a the story that The Patriot found that railroad o elas position accurate information were moi prone o talk contemporary agrees Setting thus asut M clam to having information from authentic source The Patriot stated that had observed the recent change nave computed the number 5 who have been retired Iron former jobs and believe that seNentyNe or eighty conservative estimate If th estimate as matter ot iaei B too large are of course glad to know it
 How this estimate formed then sci forth as thirty mel fr five local freight crews: an number from on' less railroad yard switching from reduction at 'h and coal chute and arfmeH n clerical and tFai hc jobs
 If the editor of the had read The Patriots story accurately would have fhat not word about a res dent leaving the cty mentioned and he would have iurthe seen that the story based deduction and esna non from the facts possible a assemble Had he done b. might have spared his inaccurate criticism co The Patriot accuracy was not long ago that The edtor oi The Paro ediora"lay oa. Geprge and Ne now repeat Lay of. George