EASILY ANSWERED the town scribe of the lehi Bail banner ner who dishonestly accused I 1 tim THE JOURNAL of casting odium on oil the isu engar 9 ar factory lecause because we ave asked bome questions touching the bounty principle which the town scribe could not answer makes make much ado hy by writing the following empty stuff I 1 will nek ask trie JOURN CAL AL man a few questions not so eo much for information nt but to test liis lie ability as a truthful editor and an honest newspaper man I 1 are our taxes higher this year than they were during the two to years in which bounty was given not unless our other e expenditures L have been higher for schools the agricultural colle college ge and the university the scribe seems icem a to be baby enough to suppose we ave could give bounties without paying 0 the taxes with which to doit 2 does doe the utah sugar co pay more per ton for bests berts than any other othe r sugar company in tile world well does it wt we dont know 3 Is it better for farmers to raise wheat tor for a bushel or beets for 1500 a i ton gome come now you don t really pretend that we are such an inconceivable cei vable idiot as not to answer that it is better to do whichever pays best 4 what was the bonus the people of cache valley offered the sugar co to locate tho the factory in U loan pan about we ave believe it was a voluntary contribution from those who thought they would profit by it not a forced levy taken from tle the taxes of all as the bounty is 5 how dd d d silt salt lake secure the copper refinery by voluntary gifts from froin individuals who thought they would get the worth of then their money out of it they offered their own money not that belonging a to other people 6 what salt lalio lale newspaper objected when their city council gave the copper refinery io to locate in their city the herold herald we ave are arc poud to bbate objected to the city councils giving away the peoples money without their consent arid and correctly maintained that while the jordan land owners were perfectly right in giving their own land to the refinery bethey ye they had bad no right to ask the council to giveaway give away 0 ther other peoples land or other peoples taxes to the refinery according to tile the town scribe the next nest legislature legisla tuie would have the right if it appeared to lie be for the public t good to condemn the town of lehi sell it at public auction and use the proceeds to establish a su sugar mar factory in 7 kanii this would b be e right if the bounty principle Is is i 7 when the people of salt lake lak e city gave the copper refinery to locate their magnificent works there did they decrease their aggregate wealth or increase it 60 dear scribe they merely added to the taxable wealth located in salt lake county all do mot benefit from this but thoe who do should be willing to pay for it out or of their own money and not theatrically pose before the world as public benefactors by using in 13 other peeples poe ples money to purchase what seems to them an and d for them a good tiling thing 0 8 are you in favor of giving eivins any legislative isla tive aid whatever to infant industries t ries 0 no when we play the part of public benefactor benel actor wo ave do it with our own money not with other peoples money the taxes we have printed and answered all the banner ruin man has hall had to say will lie now dare to let his readers see the questions we asked most of which he be carefully concealed and will he dare to show his readers our an answers to liis his questions wait and see