"
"Fortunately it is under control. The trouble-makers and thugs have been
taught a needed lesson."
"Especially the six-year-old trouble-making thug who was shot through
the lungs from behind."
Mr. Vanney scowled. "Unfortunate. And the papers laid unnecessary stress
upon that. Wholly unnecessary. Most unfair."
"You would hardly accuse The Ledger, at least, of being unfair to the
mill interests."
"Yes. The Ledger's handling, while less objectionable than some of the
others, was decidedly unfortunate."
Banneker gazed at him in stupefaction. "Mr. Vanney, The Ledger minimized
every detail unfavorable to the mills and magnified every one which told
against the strikers. It was only its skill that concealed the bias in
every paragraph."
"You are not over-loyal to your employer, sir," commented the other
severely.
"At least I'm defending the paper against your aspersions," returned
Banneker.
"Most unfair," pursued Mr. Vanney. "Why publish such matter at all? It
merely stirs up more discontent and excites hostility against the whole
industrial system which has made this country great. And I give more
copy to the newspaper men than any other public man in New York. It's
rank ingratitude, that's what it is." He meditated upon the injurious
matter.
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