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(COntinued from lastaweek) '
Frani. accepted • the wage : without
further . argument, much to the sur,,.
prise pi! the editor,- who expected to
Bax dim at least thirty dollars a week
and ` who' Put forth' the ' $22.4 figure
merely • as "a feeler." ,
"Sit down:" - said) Manning when
Witte presented: himself for work the
following Monday.
The Sunday editor paced tip and
(town his little room several times .as
if looking for something. As he did
so Witte observed the man. He was
of medium height, sparely built, and
with a slight stoma His clothes, while
of good material, were baggy. The
top of one of hie- shoes was cracked•
and they looked as if they had not
been polished) in weeks. As Manning
aeated himself in his chair 'Witte fin-
ished his mental portrait of the- man.
Ile hada strangely built forehead. It
was wide and roomy; and, all the time
Witte looked ,at him he could not es-
cape • the feeling that •the . head was
much too large for Manning's frail
body. The editor's eyes . were roving,
but thought was concentrated in them
continuously. . . . The mouth had
an indifferent, sarcastic droop.
••' Manning ran' his singers through the
pages of a little magazine. It Was a
Socialist •weekly.' ,•
"An editorial here," he jabbed his
tacissors in the 'booklet and clipped
the editorial, "takes the writers of
today to task. Tone of • paper, says
this editorial, are devoted by Ameri-
can newspapers every Sunday to de-
scriptions of the homes of the rich;
to dinners given to monkeys to pic-
tures of society ladies and their eats.
and dogs. The newspapers, the wr!t-
er further charges, scour the, capitals
of Europe for a bit of gossip about
royalty.' But they have not a word to
Bey, about our 'tenement homes; about
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our pillions of submerged men, w,o•
men - and children, about our shuns. •
"'A world is drowning in tears,"
Manning concluded, • reading the Met
two lines of the editorial verbatiw.
",and •the Ame*ican preep,.ls blimp to
,itti It has no eyed . for -the despair
and suffering of 'our own masses!''"
The editor- gazed •--mita, ° space for
some moments then turned to Witte:,
"I want you to go `"out rind find this
'drowning world' for us, for the Sun-
day Star. Find for me the submerg-
ed the Socialist writer speaks of, find
them, iadividually. GO out and talk
with the old man out of a job, with
the widow who beide, over the wash-
tub,- and write their stgries. When-
ever possible get their `pictures. We
will 'print theae stories- and pictures`'
in- the Sunday"Star. Some of this suf-
fering of which the Socialist writer
complains may be endless, It may -be
alleviated. But whether it can be al-
leviated or not we want to know about
it, the Sunday Star wants to„ know it,
its readers ought' to know it."
After a brief silence Manning con
tinued:
"You can write anything you Iike—
provided it is interesting. :We will
print anything—provided it Is true..
Be sure of:your facts `and keep,opin=
ions, your opinions, other men'sopin-
ions, out of the story. I don't •care
for what you think. I care for what
you see." •
Another brief silence and the editor
)vent on: ,
"If there are• any mothers in this
town who have no milk for their ba-
bies, find them.- If there are children
who -do not go to school because they
have. no 'shoes or clothing or because
they have to work to help support the
family, find them. Tell the public
about them, but just tell—don't make
the *mistake which the Socialist writ-
er of this editorial makes, which •all
Socialists make, don't. scold. ° Don't
preach: Don't try to 'get into au argu-
ment. Just paint a picture and leave
it there. Preaching, is nothing—it is
not taken seriously, in the first place,
and is soon forgotten in the -next. A
picture, if it is well done, burns . it-
self into the brain. The reader' will
never forget it: It is more effective
than all the, oratory in the world. It
is •the best propaganda.
"You are a Socialist—" Manning be-
gan again with a faint, ironic twinge
of his lips.• An uneasy look appeared
in Witte's eyes. •
"I ani not worrying' about your po-
litical convictions," the editor said,.
hurriedly, as if fearing' that Witte
might make some impolitic reply.
"The Star does not pry into the opin-
ions of its employees. You' can be a
Socialist—anything, 'so long as you
keep your ; effits about you. if you
take orders and carry them out satis=
factorily, your ,private views 'are no
concern to the paper."
Growing confidential Manning add-
ed with the kind of smile which made
his face fairly childlike in its sincere
ity:
"I, am a static. When you have
been in newspaper work as long as I,
you will become a static,. too—. How-
ever, this is not what L meant to say."
"The Star is a big newspaper—it
is an institution' in Chicago. It is
not out, of course, to gain recruits
for Socialism, but it does want to
know the truth. It must know, the
truth and must tell it to its readers.
If people are starving in thiS city we
want' to know it. Ignorance is far
more dangerous than truth.' It is
more dangerous than Socialism."
Manning checked himself. Appar-
ently he had 'talked more freely than
he was wont to talk to reporters. In
a dry, matter-of-fact voice, he added:
"Look into the' 'Back of the Yards'
district first. There are.••••fifty thou-
sand people, foreigners; living there.
Sinclair' got "'•his''Jungie' out• of that
district; see if you'cannot get a page•
story wi•tfi"pi'dtures • for 'Stinday."
With this he dismissed 'the reporter
for• the . day.
The stories of • "the other half"
which now appeared regularly .in the,
pages of. the Sunday Star provoked
wide comment.' .Richly gowned ladies
drove their limousines through tene-
ment lanes • or stopped, in frbnt «of,
shacks, and searching out ;the ' fam-
ilies who were mentioned in The Star
'as being in distress, helped, them with
money and clothes, Here and there a
widow was given easier work, a crip-
pld old man was taken as .a garden-
er, into the country by a -.gentleman
of. Chicago's' -upper set,
The . Star made the most of these
occurrences and, never missed the op-
portunity of calling attention to its
"hum•aiiity," to boast of its "social
service" and to advertise its kindness.
"Letters tothe editor," came in
large niuntbers. During the first feW
weeks Manning showed .some.. of these
letters to •Witte and encouraged hite
to keep on getting just such stories.
Then for months and months there
apparently •came [Pot a single leiter in.
praise of these articles. This was
all the stranger since Witte had had
during that time several strongly
pathetic stories in the paper.
'Witte remarked about this to Nbr-
ton, the man sitting at the desk next
to his. `Norton had been with the
Stinday Star for -three years. He was
friendly to Witte.
"Oh, yes," said Norton, „ looking
somewhat dubiously at the reporter
beside him, as if to say: "Are you
really such a simpleton, or do you
merely pretend?" ' •
nut Witte was not pretending and
Norton went on: •
"Letters are coming in all right.
But Manning does not want to show
you these letters."
"Why not?" asked Witte. • '
Norton laughed indulgently.'.
"Doh''t. you see;" he said, "that If
he keeps on showing you, these let-
tere, shdwing yott hove, your Stories
take with the people, you might ask
for a, raise, ft wages? And, getting a
raise on The ' Star, and especially
:Brom Manning, la. as dli1~lcult a 311.4tar
as tor some of our, captains of indus-
try to enter the' kingdom of heaven."
Norton knew whereof he was
speaking. He was a man of thirty
and had broken engagements three
times because of the' fitter impossi-
bility of squeezing a raise from his
employers at the time he needed the
raise. ' '
Witte °'began fie notice a change in
the Sunday editor's demeanor toward
him. Manning would give him a look
in passing which chilled him to the
bone. • After such a look he felt that
he would be called into the office the.
next minute and dismissed.
- He wondered what might have of-
fended the Sunday editor. But no-
where could he find an explanation.
He Bonded 'his embarrassment to Nor-
ton.,, .. The latter laughed:
"oh, well," he said, "that is just a
Tose-of W-Manning`s: -'` There is . an eb-.
ject in it, however. He likes to take
a •man down, 'so to speak, once in a
While, to make him feel that' he is
nothing, insignificant, that his ,servic-
es are of a moat ordinary kind and
can be dispensed with at ally!'•min-
ute." •
Spring came. Manning dropped . a
remark that this was a good time for
stories about children. Witte wrote
a story about the deadliest block in
Chicago—the block where the deatli
rate among children was the highest
in the city during the summer months.
•
' nb the edttOten•
"tlYe, t $►a' to hie :de"'
Ie a nal a few raos1]nletits .rat
r
"'Ti ou at9 i j11: iix4g a whole district r
dVfant}ing a410 ed • "No one :but the
+]iealtiia.coraMaafUner can Make •sueh
charge% You ,Sete damning a whole
community ,t . `"
Flee story 'had: in fact been based
upon figures c!f' the health departelent.
.,The statements in it ,were . eompera-
tty el'y • miId, There was no libel in ft,
Witte Inteara these things and was
going to sail ,rad to the editor But
he changed lifsetnind. It could not:
bave. escaped Manning's eye that the
story was ilubting a pronaineat official
of the health department. He waited,
expecting to get the story back walk
instructions 'as to its rewriting. But
Manning did not return the story to
him. He laid it, to one side.
Later in the afternoon Witte and
Norton met -in a near -by bar -room,
Witte narrated the outburst of the
Sunday. editor:
"You'd better be on your guard,"
Norton warned'. • "There is trouble
ahead for you. In fact there is iron
-
Me ahead for Manning, too." Witte
looked up, uneasy.
"I have it frOlpea4.reliable source,"
Norton continuer),` "that some of thea
directors of thepaper,are displeased
with you): stories...You understand; of
course, that they permit Manning to
run. .these stories solely because there
is good circulation in them. They
don't -care -a rap- about their human-
ity. But, some of'the directors feel
that your stories are dangerous. You
see too deep. One of them called you
an eaarcbist. Manning has 'been get-
ting some hard. knocks on account of,
you. His whole policy of 'stirring up
the beast,' as one of the directors re-
ferred tothe working people at a' re
cent meeting;, for the sake of circula-
tion, is looked upon with disfavor."
"Is Manning merely using my stuff
as a cat's paw for circulation?" Witte
asked.
Norton' reflected for some moments.
Solel "
Xitng IA 4,1'0,44; ablt . ;feta
editor. lie Jhinite t.}mt fol so
writing, writni aboi ,t the ea
their ,•problems" id e comae
in Anlicau,Souem
r ali,a and`he wants
to pioneer in. that 'sort of I.writI,ng-•fit
will' go to his credit' as Mt edttvr. Be*
sides he la p cultar in ' certain -:r
ala
specis. Ile le as WOO. as,. a (Will, n
some ways. Ha real'iy feels for the
poor. He dikes to read about their
troubles, to show their trou.bies, It is
'huttaan interest, yep .thew," :'
"Po you thuak 1 had better look for
another joba-ane I slated to go?" Witte
asked.
"i would not Say that," Norton acld-
ed thonghtfuliyy . "Manning -Usually'
stands by the man he hires. Besides
in this case he is convinced that he
fa right- He. told a number. of 'people
that he confiders our writ lig g -am Ong
the most vital stuff. in the paper. TRey
are putting the screws••op him and he
will probably put the screws on you.
But he will not let you go. Anyway,
wait and see what happens."
CHAPTER XII
MARRIAGE GE. .
The article, under the. heading "The
Deadliest Block in Chicago," appear-
ed in the Sunday Star just, as Witte
had written,It. Apparently things had
blown over.
One Saturday afternoon. the Sunday
editor called Witte into his office. On-
ly,,.'one or two men sat~ about their
-desks. The ..majority. -of-the-.staff-.had..
gone home.
"Sit down," Manning said, and pro-
ceeded to make himself comfortable
in his own• chair, a process which'con-
sisted of twisting, and bending his
'limbs until he 'assumed; a position not
unlike that assumed by Mahainedans
when they sit down to pray.
• "What have you on your miad for
the coming week?" he asked,
Witte suggested! a number of ideas
for articles.
"Those are all good stories," the
editor •said.'""Keep them for later.
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pie i.. r f
ha
statem
from goveriaament, fund;
the people ` 'I.However
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ea t a traner� n'f r
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ll : thlf Supposing" d 1k
it a fond . item for whi ;:�
ob ain i. e �i , i
#� , $. ;JOQ t�' hfi a?s; �4a � •t?n • . t;�y
production :: • IInder 'our sent trad
e stein this article would 4rdlnariiy
pass through wholesale'•'Ana retail,
levels before it reac„hed•tbe con'urner,,
Suppose the wholesaler and retailer:
take a 1Q per cent markup. The wi o'l"e-
saler would charge the', letailer VAC!
and the ret'ailer"ohargell the coneniin-
er. $1.21. Now; if •a • subsidy at` •10
•r-
There is' something'
else I want you;
to do now. Row mttAy., foreign na-
tionalities are there in Chicago?"
"Twenty,.` possibly More."
Matniug pondered. Then spoke
rapidly:
"No two persons on this earth are
alike: Still there are diftinnt
characteristics Common -to the men'
and espeeIdi +ir. to the women °Vs*
nation. S ppose yet go out -and dis-
cover what the distinguishing .ohataC-
teristics of .the women, of the girls., of
each of the twenty ••nationalities that
live in Chicago+ are. Write a story
about the women of ;each nation. Get
a picture to go; with 'the •story. ' 1 dont
want catalogues ;'of' their virtues;- Or
the measureaireitt` of their figures, as
a tailor would give • them to .you. • I
Want • good, reade.bli, human -interest
s`.ories with niers .pictures for illustra-
tions. Drop everything else and go
on this series at once. I want the
first of these stories- in, three days._
(Continued Next Week)
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