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Show I SATURDAY POST I EDITOR GRILLS I GOUJOX V PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25. Geo. a Horace Lorlmcr, editor of tho Satur- H day Evening Post, replied today to K an attack on tho publication mado B by GoTcrnor Cox on Sunday cliarg- H Ing "disloyal propaganda," in that H In Its next ssuo It "throws off the B cloak ot nonpartlsanshtp" In cartoon B nnd text, thus "Imposing on the con- M fldence of tho American people." B- That tho nominee attributed to B desire for a "subsidy from tho gov- 1 eminent for national magarlnes" and B tho profiteers who escapo govern- 1 ment taxes by. diverting to It millions H of their revenue In advertising." Mr. H Lorlmcr's statement follows: S "There could bo no better vlndlca- H tlon of tho cartoon and comment H that will appear In this week's nura- H bcr of tho Saturday Evening Post, H no clearer demonstration ot Gover- H than his misleading romarks on tho than his mslcadlng remarks on the K advance copy of tho wccAtly that has iHif come Into Ills possession. t "Gov. Cox Is a millionaire newspaper news-paper editor and publisher ot long experience. He must, therefore, understand un-derstand that It Is a first point of honor among newspapermen not to mako use of advance copies ot pub lications that are sent out with tho understanding that they will not bo released until a fixed dato In tho fu-tuie. fu-tuie. Ho must know as a publisher that, at the postal rato now being charged for periodicals nnd newspapers, newspa-pers, no question of a subsidy by tho government Is Involved; that tho periodicals are not only paying their way but that under nny kind of an efllclcntadmlnlstration In the post-ofllco post-ofllco there Is a handsome profit In carrying them. "Though tho editor ot tho Saturday Satur-day Evening Post has had something to say editorially on other scctons of the revenue bill, ho has accepted and consistently refrained from 'attacking 'at-tacking the raise In postal rates, even ev-en though he believes It unjust. If Gov. Cox has studied tho advertising advertis-ing columns of tho Saturday Evening Post with the Intcllgence and knowledge knowl-edge that a man In his position should have, ho must know that It has been tho policy ot that magazine to refuse casual advertising growing out of tho excess profits tax and has Insisted on well consllcrcd, well formulated campaigns behind commodities com-modities that can use advertising profitably and economically , "The policy of the Situulay E citing cit-ing Post Is now and always has been formulated by Us editor. Nolthor any politician nor gioup of polltlcans nor nny nterets of any kind or description, descrip-tion, has suggested what stand It Bhould take In this election, or had anything whatsoever to do with -flucnclng Us policy. Tho cartoon to which Gov. Cox takes exception were ordered by thedltor from the cartoonist of the Saturday Evening Post, Mr. Herbert Johnson, and tho editorial In tho samo number was planned nnd written by the editor. Uoth grew out of a sincere conviction convic-tion on his part that tho United States cannot stand up under another four j ears of Democratic rulo. Given Giv-en the samo record and tho Republican Repub-lican party In power, he would not hesitate to take as strong a position against a continuance of Republican rule. "Popaganda has come, In the minds of shallow thinkers like. Gov Cox, to mean any view that does not square with theirs. Neither Gov. Cox nor any other Democrat found anything any-thing savoring of dlslonl propaganda propagan-da In tho Saturday Evening Post's consistent and unwavering stand behind be-hind tho Prcsdent during tho years of tho great war. Nor did they take exception on the grounds of partisanship partisan-ship to Its ediortals against changing chang-ing tho administration while the great war was In progress. Nor did Gov. Cox cry-baby over tho pleasant sketch of him that was written by-Mr. by-Mr. Dlythe for the weekly, noi over ov-er the opportunity which wo gavo him to express his views fully nnc without reservnton In our"coluinns. I "There Is much to be said In fa-, fa-, vor of nn altruist for President. . There Id nothing to be said In favor of putting a yellow Journalist In tho . White House." |