The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, October 14, 1918, Page 13

NDIGNANT because. of . the driveling insults which it hurls at the farmers’ . movement in Nebraska,- E. H. Hoare of Monroe sent the fol- lowing scorching letter to the editor of the Omaha Bee. Needless to say, the Bee did not print Mr. . Hoare’s letter, but letters such as this are not lost because they tell the journalistic Jezebels that the people are thinking: Monroe, Neb. Editor Omaha Bee: I have become quite weary of the line of bunk to.which you have given space concerning the Nonpartisan league. Several months ago a friend told me that the only daily.paper in the state which printed both sides of the argument without fear or favor was the State Journal, so I ordered a trial subscription and have been compar- ing, day by day, news of the League which appeared-in that paper and in yours. The result was that I soon discovered that the Bee would pub- lish any kind of slop which attacked tlf;e League, but never a word in favor - of it. Sedition can not and should not be allowed, but the supreme court of Minnesota has handed down the de- cision that there was nothing sedi- tious about the Nonpartisan league literature which yourselves and” our worthy council pof defense have been having so many spells about. A newspaper which can not, in a crisis like this, keep its patriotism._ unsullied by its politics, is not a fit publication for a loyal American Non- partisan league farmer to read. By your opposition to this movement you have been giving direct aid and comfort to the enemy by stirring up <8 antagonism and dissatisfaction among K thousands of Nebraska farmers, at a . W time when unity and teamwork ‘are / needed as never before. You claim to be 100 per cent American. In your opposition to the League you have been unfair and unjust and 100 per cent un-American. My subscription is paid a year in advance and to stop your paper now would do me no good, nor you much i harm, but I shall not renew when my - The Nebraska Kept Press” V/Vide-Awake Farmer Gives Bee Editor a Piece of His Mind g subscription expires. Also I have spoken to several neighbors in regard to the matter and they have promised not: to renew the Bee when their time is up. I hope to persuade other read- ers of the Bee to do the same, for I regard-a ‘paper which prints only one side of an argument as a menace to our American ideas of a free press. Please do not regard this as a threat because I mean it as a promise. Disgustedly yours, X E. H. HOARE. Mr. Hoare’s letter certainly stung this press agent for the Nebraska special interests. The editor replied at once with lame excuses and bluffs. The Nebraska Employers’ association and the packers are collecting funds to head off popular legislation, as is proved by packers’ correspondence that has come to light. These are the interests the Bee speaks for, but no- tice how this poisoner of the public mind tries to hide under the fake loy- alty issue: 4 My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 14th has been brought to my personal attention. In reply, I can only say that it is your privilege to belong to what organi- zations and societies you please, and to read the newspapers you prefer, and.to express your opinions as you see fit, provided you keep within the limits of the law. By the same right _we reserve our freedom of opinion and the privilege of according the space in the Bee which we can give to public discussions to such letters as we feel are proper discussion and Omaha, Neb. of excluding those on the borderland you of sedition. When, however, threaten and sundertake, not to stop your subscription, which is your privi- lege, but in your intolerance to per- suade other subscribers to stop read- ing the Bee and to send your threats through the mails, you are overstep- ping your rights. If you will consider what you are doing, I have no doubt your sober ‘sec- ond thought will make you realize your mistake and impel you todesist. Very truly yours, e VICTOR ROSEWATER. Mr. E. H. Hoare, R. No. 1, Monroe, Neb. Review of Two New Business Books O-OPERATION and state ownership are in very “bad favor” just now be- cause two generations of thought and struggle : against waste in market- ing and special interests in general -have shown these two methods to be the only remedies. The only occasions when the kept press mentions co-op- eration favorably are' those on which _ it wishes to fight very necessary state ownership. . 2 ; “Co-Operation, the Hope of the Consumer,” by Emerson P. Harris, i on co-operation in buying surprisingly % well. -Writing. from the point of view of the consumer and with long experi- ence in managing a co-operative store - at Mountclair, N. J., Mr. Harris di- - -+ vides his book into four parts: 1. e “The Failure of Our Middlemanism,” v ) in which he gives a careful exposition . : . of the‘evils of present day marketing'®: grounds. Yot A in’ business terms. 2. “The Reasons B - -and the Remedy,” in which. he ‘shows I why and how co-operation can remove k| ~these evils. 3. “Practical Co-Opera- - tion,” summing up' the practical con- ' BRI P T meets the need for careful information . Co-Operation and Public Ownership Treated in Recent Publications by Big Eastern .Company the ‘world with special reference to . the wonderfully successful Rochdale system of England. 4. “The Back- ground and Outlook,” in which he sug- gests how a substantial co-operative buying movement ‘can be successfully launched ‘in this country. One book of this kind is worth 10 of big phrases and glittering generalities. A BUSINESS BASIS FOR STATE OWNERSHIP “American Cities, Their Methods of Business,” by A. B. 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