Show CINCHING CIN SALT SiL T LAKE LAKEi yi i IN CONCERT the outside of at the legislature passed a 0 f 1 hill appropriating nearly for tor roods roads omitting Salt Lake county from tram the tho list Salt Lake paid about 37 per cent of the taxes tu es levied Ioa for state stat purposes last year On this basis this county will be he compelled to t contribute l somewhere between of the total read load l ad tion and every cent of ot it will be spent spent for tor the benefit of other counties Every very effort to secure eure the Insertion of an appropriation for a 0 road In this county vat rejected by the country members and yet they thoy were in ln incensed censed when they th the were accused ed of injustice to Salt Lake Van Home Horne put it a 0 little strong when he called it robbery but hut if he had called it a hold holdup holdup holdup up he be have boon been entirely within the limits of truth It Is true as the outside members urged that they were w re following a precedent but the bill is 1 no less Jeas objectionable for that reason One of at the roads is designed to promote trade between southeastern tern Utah and Colorado to the absolute Injury of at this city others are donations to counties that could better afford to pay for thEIr th lr roads than can Salt Lake If It the appropriation were planned to construct a system of ot trunk roads through the state for tor the general benefit of the people It might possibly be excused though the policy of such bills is always ys questionable But In this thin case the measure measure repeats on a small scale seale the iniquity of ot the river and harbor bill in that the good go d dand and bad sections go together It If the country members mem lad had been frank they would have haa haV said they the Wanted to cut up the pork together and meant to make malc Salt Lake ake pay for most of ot o the thc bar beal b l That they knew the bill was vas unfair was vas shown when whan they were confronted with the facts In debate but it did CUd not deter detor them from voting for the pork |