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Show WE AGREE IN I ART. Contiibmed. The following is a correspondence to the Sentinel: Cheiter, June oih i8o. Mr. Editor: I er from the fust number num-ber of Hie comity Kki.istlr, now before me, you have a worthy competitor in the field, one lhat beards the HeiUtntl an guard ul the county seat. One who que Uion your right to wear the laurel t.1 exclusiver.es so far as the onlv paper in the county is concerned. In their "To the Public," justice demands de-mands me to say they have struck the key note siquarely." It is saidcompelilion is the life of trade, it has been sometimes ihe death of some trades. Whether San Pete can atloid two papeis remains to be seen. You have the inside track as the initial papei, the seat of county news is yours, from county and probate sources, the known enterprise of your people should make your paper the true county paper. Look well to your laurels. True CtNTRK. We agree with the correspondent in the fact that we "struck the key note squarely," we aimed to, and according ac-cording to "True Centre" have succeeded. suc-ceeded. In all our aims we expect to hit the nail squarely on the head, and we expect to adhere to the line of policy laid down in our salutatory, "To the public" "as close as the needle to the pole." We agree that while competition is the life of trade, sometimes it is the "death," also, but we see no reason for this in our case. San Pete is a county of 15,000 inhabitants; inhabi-tants; very often in the East wefiiid t 1 nimormA eirWi o more ttin one-tenth one-tenth that number supporting a newspaper, news-paper, and very often we find towns of 3,000 or 4,000 inhabitants supporting sup-porting two and three papers. Right here in Utah, we find Utah county supporting one daily, one tri-weekly, one semi-weekly, and three we.-kly papers, six in all; and our neighbor is not three times our size. Of course we believe in the "survival of fittest," if one must fail, but see no reason why either should fail. We do not agree with "True Centre" Cen-tre" when he says the Sentinel has the "inside track" on account of being the initial paper, or the location loca-tion of the paper, as we consider that we are the only county paper there is in San Pete, hence have the inside track, if there is any inside track to it; but we would rather take a straight race, each one even, with even chances, hence we give up our claim and right to the inside track which will be plainly demonstrated in u shbrt time and we have started even, breast to breast. We are county, truely and sincerely San Pete. Speaking of "laurels," we think there is little doubt in San Pete where they rightly belong, and the Register which, with its broad views and liberal policy, has so gallantly carriedthem off, intends to wear them from now on. |