Show A A MATTER OF DUTY When hen The Herald announced some days daD In advance of the fact that th the Park City mine owners had decided to close clee down their properties in the big camp the Park City Record Hecor denounced the publication in most bitter terms as asan asan asan an attack on the Camp an injury to its business interests and questioned the accuracy of the report Since then events have proved the entire correct correctness correctness correctness ness of ot the prediction and the Record itself has been compelled to admit so much Every Evry newspaper man including the editor of the Record knows that it is the duty of a newspaper to give its subscribers complete and accurate re reports reports reports ports of events pleasant or unpleasant In this case The Heralds information left no question as to the certainty of ofa a shutdown In the mines A move of ot such Importance was df of f the greatest interest to thousands of people It af affected a the mine and their i i families it affected every individual stockholder in all the corporations of the camp it had a bearing on the business plans of every business men in te die camp and of or a good many busi business business business ness concerns elsewhere Every tenant of property In the Park whose lease expired Jan 1 was concerned every teamster every man woman and child whose prosperity rity could be dependent upon the mines Knowing the facts no reputable newspaper would have withheld publication publication publication cation on the contrary it would have been almost criminal to have sup suppressed suppressed suppressed pressed the truth The Records grievance seemed to be based on the fact that the publication hurt the holiday business of the mer merchants merchants merchants chants In Park City Such a result was unfortunate for tor the merchants as any business loss h ss is a misfortune but the announcement of the impending shutdown was wa was a kindness to every cit citizen citIzen citIzen izen of or the th Park because It enabled those who might otherwise have been unprepared to get ready for lor the change in conditions It was no misfortune for the of the mines to be ad advised advised that they would have their their thelt rev revenue revenue revenue cut off oft and so give them a chance to economize their savin it was no unkindness to anticipate by a 11 few days the impending action which everybody has since seen consummated Even the merchants must have profited by the news because they were prepared to limit credits and make advance ar arrangements arrangements arrangements for the economies that nat naturally naturally naturally follow a general closing of the mines in a big camp The Herald needs no 11 advocate to con convince convince vince the people le of Park City that It Itis Itis itis is friendly to them and to their Inter Interests interests ests In season and out the news that goes to make for the success of Park mines and its people has been published fully and liberal space spa e has been devoted to the exploitation exp of the Parks wonderful mineral wealth And we assume from th the result that no one appreciated more the value of ot The Her Heralds Heralds aids report than its own subscribers in Park City who first learned from Its columns the most Important news at af affecting their plans that has been pub published published published within a year yearS |