Show The Pin J Unvarnished Truth tit the Looting of this If Repeatedly during the past few months The Herald has deemed It its duty to point POh b ou to ia o Mayor Thompson and the majority of the city council the ond Into which they were placing the city by their blind blin and w wasteful a But warnings and protestations have been re received received alike l sullen indifference by them They affected a lofty disregard for Cor advice and a wisdom they have hae not they asserted that the ottys finances finan W ure W jre in as good condition as the affairs of any sagacious business man they continued conti pouring out money in countless directions with iU riS comparable to nothing but the wasteful liberality of a drunken I i rJ v Never since administration assumed charge of the affairs of Salt Lake C f any one of its members from mayor to councilman known o n the exa n financial a al condition of the th e city c ty For their benefit as well as thin that of the Of f Salt 1 Lake who are being looted The Herald this morn mom moment morning ing prints a sta ent nt ot of the present pres nt condition of the general fund from which the of the expenses of ot the he city Ity are met meta The a deplorable one It scarcely could if be le worse wo e a premed premeditated premeditated effort tap I e en made ma e to plunder r the finances Nine months ago the present administration came into power There Ther w then In inthis this fund with only in outstanding warrants chargeable against it Since then nearl af in taxes of 1899 have come in besides the current revenues of ther r All Allis is gone and taxes that have not been b en paid and may nut Je he pat f months have had warrants warran drawn against them If th the exp n ures continue at the toe present rate the city will be unable by 71 at rs end t o d meet the Uie bills blUs chargeable against the general fund of Or J Gl m which are paid interest I on bonded indebtedness the theUs cemetery the t pa payrolls Us of the tIre lIre department rit police department crematory health eP Joint building expense parks part of the engineering tt d all the city it officers except waterworks superintendent street s l superintendent of sewers The Thi Th e s ate jn n 1 fe s absolutely absolute correct in every e ery particular and it tells the true story of b oc or wrought in nine months ban byan by an administration against which 1 ich the theOne nl I 1 harge charge that can be made ade is incompetency The Herald a i rn n n of any statement t or deduction made in it itt ItO O One e week ag ago g at t the meeting of the city cit council a report was expected from ro A Ij Ir r showing howIng the financial condition of the general fund of ot the il to make it and the finance committee was instructed fed to toe toI make I ke a r rep port rt ne e last meeting The report was not made made although the figures have vea a lays ays ls been available The Herald has h s waited for the finance committee to ma malt make the report They have failed to do so and tind have mani mant manio Tested a a t n 0 o prevent knowledge of their doings from reaching the public Bowing ink statement |