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Show WANTS RATES INCREASED. The Smoot paper hero appears extremely ex-tremely anxious to have the firo insurance in-surance rates raisod in this city. It gavo a foolish and inadequate account of tho firo at tho Suit Palace, and then, angry at its own blunder, it turns and snaps at the firo department liko a raving rav-ing cur. It claims that the fire department bnnglod and is responsible for tho loss. Tho fact is that the fire department did not buuglo at all, and is in no way responsible for tho loss. "It did effoct-iv.o effoct-iv.o work and turned out instantly upon getting the alarm. It is truo that tho person who undertook to give no-tico no-tico of tho firo bungled in calling the police department instead of tho firo department, and then his talk was so incoherent that it was some little time before what ho was saying could be definitely understood. In laying this to the fire department the Smoot paper docs tho department a gross injustice, and is rendoring a vicious and ugly return to the business community of this city, which supports it, in printing a false arraignment, the only effect of which, provided it could havo any effect at all, would bo to offer an oxcuso to tho insurance companies com-panies for raising insurance rates in Salt Lako City. Tho fact, is that tho firo department of Salt Lake City is in excellent hands, is doing good work, and thoro is no reasonable ground whatever to find fault with it. For a publication to render such a vicious return to tho business community of this city for its support, is ono of the ovil things that a community has to suffer from time to timo when it is at tho mercy, more or less, of peoplo who lack both virtuo and intelligence. |