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Show NEWQPAPER LEGISLATION. Under tho above heading the Junh County Republican enteis two objections objec-tions against the newspaper bill proposed pro-posed add framed by the Utah Tress association and presented by Senator Smout. Thu llrst objeetion la that the rate, viz: SI per square fur tho (list Insertion In-sertion and CO cents pqr square foi thu second Insertion, Is too low. In reply to this objection wo may say that It Is us high as any country newspaper can command in Utah, iu,d wo are keo to say, higher than, tjm It'piibdcan ever charges'. It Is perhaps not all that such work is worth, but is as near It as wo have any hopes of securing througlj legislation. Tho second objection Is against the provlslqu that thu subicrip-tlon subicrip-tlon price of any newspaper shall apt he less than 31 per your, Tho Republican Repub-lican says: The rate should bo stricken out for the reason that If ho should desire to and would 'publish a newspaper for merely uoipinal stun and secure thereby there-by a very largo circulation, which ho could do, It should not be u bar to his receiving a share of tb.o legal advertising. adver-tising. Wu cannot agree with this proposition. proposi-tion. Any nuwspaper In oider'to he so clashed, must charge n subscription price which Is somewhat equal to tbo Value of tlio paper to Its subscribers, and wo ballevo very few publishers will adiplt that their paper is not worth at I least SI per year, fA paper which Is not valued Is not road, uud the only way tp hftvo It valued Is to charge enough to iiufKn the (subscribers uppro-olntolt. uppro-olntolt. If wo descend to tt freo basis or oven n "nominal sum," n newspaper ccihs to hecomo such, and drops to tho loyoj of a "dodger." Tho newopa-pers newopa-pers of a State ar'a power In tho Slate, npd should bo self respecting and Independent. They shoiild chnrau for tholr papers and advertising on a proflt-pavlng basis, Just I ho sami as merchants. and manufacturers charge for their, stock and products. Thu hill liainefl by the Legislative, committee of the Utah Press association attempts as far ns possible to brlnr tlio business un to suclt a basin. Our only four is that thu bl.l may not pas tho Legislature in ns favorable a form as presented, but wilt bu cnimculuted by tho class who always In, all legislative bodies and political parties oppose progress and fairness. Wo note that tho Republican approves all thu other provisions of thu till I, and hope It will Join tho other powspapers oMho Sutto and "bucklo d,own" to work for Its passage. Tho inosfnso)ess tlrsdq wo have over seen In a Utah newspaper Is that hi tho last Isstto of tho Manti Messenger aud I a directed against tho proposed nowRup.er law. As there is neither loglo'or reason In the. article, in faot Utile but a $pec!oi of weak profanity and 111nuendo.lt Is unworthy of rorlow. Thu oponlug, however, shows that tho artlole Is inspired by Statq Senator; Alder of San Peto county. As to that guntloiqnn thu newspapers should take care of him when next ho comes iy for pHQQ. As to tho Messenger, which Is not a tunmbor of tho Utah ProM" Association, wo may say thatlfclasnoh sheqts as that whtuh have Jo all these year prevented tha growth of newspapers In Utjh, aui iuaile this State tho tuntt backward a tLsTJfiiloD Inhi fo-pect. ;m eootrfjllsjlotitlon tt he djjt pj I' " . " ' the Mi singer vp ru pieVod in tho heaHy coiinneuitatimi of the ('jf.ijii of the Uluh l're"s Association to secijio 1 juslico fjr 1 lie tiuwMp'ierrt oLthe Stato cfintniued, In the last Issue of iri'ti U.irk Recrl. The bill as prepared by the I comiiilijie mav not lie perfeci, but Itl Is as near it wc hcllevo as is piisslblo at j this tlino. h should pass In thu fori)) It loft tho Assnciatlqii's coiuuillteo. The Wa'htngton County Nnws com-ments com-ments on thu proposed newspaper biij as follows: Utah 'neo) a law regulating the leiral advertising of tho State, bjiih for the protection of tho public and tha Hdveillscr. Nearly every Sialo In thq Union Ijas such a law, and Utnh should bo no exception. The Utah Pfess Association As-sociation lias proposed such a measure, and It has been Introduce! Id tho Senate Sen-ate by Senator A. 0, Sinnqtr of Utah county. The proposed law Is a fSllr and icnsonnbto one, nod thu News would respept fully urge that the bill bo pasoed. We aro also pleased to note thnt tho News scores McQuarrle, the Washington Washing-ton county representative, for ils ho?-MliJ)' ho?-MliJ)' to tho newxpapers as follows: The News was astonlshod at tho np-lion np-lion of the represontallvo nf ibis county coun-ty in putting hlniKclf on record aualnst newspaper- Tim only excuse we can Uud for Mr. MeQaarrio's ncilon is that he hardly yet ;nows the value of a representative county paper, as Wah Ington cotfniy, iho county he reprc-jients reprc-jients In the 5111I0 Legislature, had been without a newspaper until the News established ltelf beru less than a year ngo. Mr. McQuarrle Is reported assaying that ho "I bought printers were making too much tnuney." With this statement of the honorable gentleman gentle-man In view, wo propose making him rich by offering hint 'tho Washington County News at a bargain. |