Milford chronicle., 1927-09-02

FOR MONTHS PAST there ha:
been a very evident desire on tht
part of the Sunday Star of Whining
ton, through it's editorial columns tt
belittle efforts made by men in low
er Delaware who desire to brini
about what they believe would be fol
the best for this section of the State
This has been particularly notice
able where matters pertaining tt
Milford and the views of the Milford
Chronicle are concerned. In thu
past we have ignored these digs
for the reason that the influence o
the Star in the lower part of Della
ware is so insignificant, that the
views expressed by its editor fail Il
reach any considerable following il
lower Delaware, and the Chronicle
has had no desire to aid in spread
ing his views. But on Sunday last
under the heading milford All Het
Up" he voices an idea which re-
fleets upon the merchants of all OF
the smaller towns in Delaware, when
he intimates- that the almighty dol
lar is the sole desire of small town
business men. James F. Alice, Jr.
editor of the State Sentinel of Dover
has answered the editor Of the Star
imam editorial under the caption of
ATTEND To Your Own Knitting" The
editorial is timely, and we believe
well expresses the sentiment of
newspaper men in all Of rural Della
ware. 1t follows:
"The attitude of the Wilmington
Sunday Star, which more or less ap-
pears to hold the merchants of Mil
ford up to ridicule because they are
endeavoring to have a state highway
run through the town instead Of
around it. is, to say the least, un-
warranted.
"It certainly i'll behoOves the Star
to refer to the merchants opposi-
ton to a road around the town as
"a yawp that has no other basis of
protest but selfish, penny chasing
greed
1--WE, of course, realize that there
are a few individuals left in Will
mington, of the older regime, who
can't get away from the idea that
it is incumbent upon Wilmington to
be the dictator of the policy of all
down the state but fortunately for
our little Commonwealth that type
of Wilmington individual is in the
very small majority today and
through mutual state help and CO.
operation we think even that small
majority will soon be entirely in the
discard.
wilmington merchants would
rightly feel very much incensed if
down staters,' through their press,
insisted that a road be run around
Wilmington in order to shorten or
speed up traffic to Philadelphia. We
don't think if they opposed such a
loop, which would of necessity in
jure their business, we of down the
state would refer to their opposi-
ton as "a yawp that has no other
basis of protest but selfish, penny
chasing greed and we vehemently
resent the attitude taken by the
Star in it's editorial of Sunday last
and cannot think that Wilmington
in any way approve of
same.
There has been a feeling of CO.
operation, very pronounced during
the last eight or ten years, between
down the state and Wilmington.
There has been an endeavor on the
part of the rural sections of the
state to insist on its citizens buying
in the state. We of the rural press
have encouraged and approved the
business methods and business poll
cies of Wilmington merchants. In
doing so, however, we of course, re-
served to the merchants of our
smaller towns the same rights and
privilege of deciding their own bus
mess policies and shall expect the
Star to at least reciprocate to that
extent. Its attitude to say the least
IS unfortunate.
ARTICLES of this sort have ten
lency to retard growing spirit of
cooperation which would ultimate
y have worked wonders for our ur-
)an and rural well being. It is to be
lOped the down state press will not
through pique foster a movement for
! road to the east of Wilmington so
hat motorists will not be made ;
he football for a lot of short sight !
ID 1--WE quote from the Starr pinch
'enny merchants'-'in the hope of
a nickel or two from the
assing tourist" Z
Since the passing of Jerome Bell &
Tho created and established the r
unday Star of Wilmington, that pa
er has lost much of its high moral q
)ne under the direction of its edi- d
'rial writer, who has had charge. @
specially has this been noticeable +
l the recent years, when the liquor a