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Show lfcPiP - i .. , - . - jKlj --V , 1 h - i- r w Jtlo 2 ......... n ' a. ii, , And, newspaper yesterday expressed it: J'SaltXake ijusiness men "Bit" appears to express itery accurately! Provo newspaper champion, "deplore adverse publicity as to their aaverse atuiuue. , course mey some oi tnem-aeivTbal the -'-'adverse" pubM' wasTfiven xat . . mem. Gfirfet S. Wilkin, of the Cullen- Candy company, says that ;s .11 .1.- - i n i ore pub-licit- . yI frr . i ii. 3 has contributed $50d-and4h- e . - 1 of the the who, seeingtlie vast'benefit to' Salt Lake by; coming a i "If assistance, 10, inat i.t inausiry, wiu!! iena iinajiciai Bieei inausiry. deplored by some Salt Lakers. 1 .1 took-advantag- e ex-2- 4 i- , 1 2r'"" . - t i- - - t ,i-- ' " ? .... - '. i 2 ' v -- ,7 ' ' - " - V -- - "' -- V,---' , - ifY I . , . newspapennterviewr . In that interview Mr Sweet said: .2.,i. t. V .MI want to tell you frankly that the Salt Lake busi-nemen win not give $40,000 to the " - iC1 '";-''vv''.,,"- , Provo-Springvi-lle , - .. , , '.1 bought Mr. Rasmuson represented the Provo Chamber of Commerce," Mr. Sweet explained. 2 2 The facts in the case are these: Mr. Rasmuson went to Salt Lake as the representative' of The Provo Herald to interview Salt Lake business men on their steel plant site fund. It attitude toward the was made clear to Mr. Sweet that Mr. Rasmuson was a newspaper reporter, and as such was interviewing Salt Lakers, especially for the readers of The Provo Herald. And Mr. Sweet was very em- phatic, very explicit, and very much inclined to' tajk for thai lication. . -- U le ; --- -1 t !A- 1.-- 1. . - 1.-- " " " . . " v'v '1' -- V v la there in that nm(rrnYi anvtlitmy iVat ticrowita' oannn ' why, some Bait Lake business men "deplore adverse publicity" la 'The Herald?, Does that paragraph tell why some Salt Lake business men refused to donate Wednesday ? Was that why some who should have riven (500 handed out t paltry $50? 84"inuthfif Sa:tLakel- -; f. (... ; More than ever it appeart to Uo? to Provof V - .- -. 'J m i:i fffl ii! H5T win fJiaay Pv . 2i".ii , what Mr. j.u4lcay? iwvv and coke ovens on land held under option for that very purpose in - , ; Salt JLake county. " r'-- fOn February 2 Mr. Sweet told Mr, Rasmuson in an interview for. The Herald; 2 '. "Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce' members would ask, Why did you let the steel plant go to Provo? Why --didn't you go out and bring it to Salt Lake if we have 7 ss 224.noWing company, it".1 If a commitee should come up Here from Springville and 2 ' Provo they may be able' to collect about $5,000; I wouldn't want ... 1. IM 1.1 L - A 1. 3 l ' X. w unaemnie wnai, mey may k:i buuvc uist tuiiuuiii, eveu u yuu ' ; should give me 50 per cent of it. o .t:v.v.. "It would be impossible for the Sail Lake Chambefv of Commerce to send out, ornciauy, memoers to assist in "22" this drive The Question that would be put to them would be,' Why .did you let the steed plant go to Provo? Why didn't you- go and bring it to Salt Lake if wt have to X. J i : continued along; that lme, quelionini the v Mr, Sweet need for a thousand! acres, and questioning bfo Steel 2 corporation's ' 5 Provo-SpringVil- - bul it'diaacc6mDlish Sweet said. (on February JLcould pot b done? it got the formal (official) assistance of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce. Tor so much The Herald is grateful, even if that results in the complete. losa.of Salt LakevertUmgrhreatr-whichr-by-th- e . way, has been made against The Herald since this newspaper has had the temerityto take a firm and decided stand for Provo and . . against Salt Lake! The Daily Herald is for Provo and Utah county, first, last and all the time, aid the only way Salt Lake business men can keep from "deploring adverse publicity" in The Daily Herald is ifi come across with Salt LaKe's allotment in the steel site drivel Four weeks ago The Provo Herald gave ome other "adverse publicity" to Salt Lake. Then The Herald had. authoritative that a group of Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce members were wanting to know why the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce "had let Provo and Springville get the steel plant," The Herald then was in possession" of excellent evidence that a group of Salt Lake Chamber Of Commerce Members were using every -- effort to persuade the Columbia. 'Steel pornnrfttinw tft hrpnV Ha Commerce Wednesday morning Arthur Sweet, of the Sweet Candy of his. chairmanship ofthe manufac-- company, turers' committee of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce to 2 plain an interview published in The Provo Herald February 4. Mr. Sweet said that his4nterview- - with; N. Gunnar Rasmuson, of The Herald staff, was not intended (by Mr. JSweet) for pub- . ; . 17 1 assist in the drivel " Investment company has' contributed $500. Neither of a X M fTTTAfin n li. T LI! i i i neeaea me ixiuoiu can juaKe concerns spar 01 aaverse puDucity. L. F. Rains, dirertnr of the finlumhiA SfepJVornnrfttiftn. ravs :a. . do-YO- t -- : : How explain Mr. Sweet's change of attitude? And how do you account for the change on the part of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce? Well, in the kterveningiwelve days The Provo Herald had beentelling Utah county people something abou the Salt Lalte - A - Cf 2 Mr. Rasmuson's belief that Provofs population tea years hence would tfets large as" th4t of Salt Lake's today: way he in Mr. Sweet's picture of the mental attitude of Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce members that we have the real reason for the apparent apathy of Salt Lake toward helping Provo to raise the steel plant site money. : . . . Listen, again, to Mr. Sweet: 2 "It would be impossible for the Salt Lake Chamber to send out, officially, members to assist in this drive." Aad, yet, thirteen days iatecMr. Sweet was telling Provo men that the Salt Lajie Chamber of Commerce was pleased Jo help in the drive, and would send OFFICIALLY -members of 4he Salt Lake" Chamber of Commerce to iL" v. f jy JlheydideigESTjrquest as one Provo CuUeii ; ' i Jtso i - ' ciiire ' . r. Sft:3': ''"1JiJ2!l22 - Much disappointment has been expressed in Provo because so little money was contributed. Wednesday in Salt Lake to the Springville-Prpv- o steel site purchase fund. ILttlewMJSofc: elected is no reflection upon the earnest efforts Af the Provo men who spent the day soliciting in the capital city. 'J..m.a . i .Did . -- f ... .a . ; - ;'' " - w. 1:1: ... . r - . 'u: - ? s - : I lip . 4 . t |