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Show I SO THE PEOPLE MAY KNOW With the passing of time and a more complete understanding by the citizens of Springville of the real situation surrounding the action of the city council in prosecuting its suit against the Provo-Springville Holding company and the Columbia Steel Corporation,, Corpor-ation,, there is a growing sentiment in favor of letting the matter drop. This sentiment is especially prevalent among the business interests of the city where there is a more complete realization of the importance of Springville's doing everything every-thing within its power to assist these important industries, rather than to hamper them in their progress, and in addition put a block in the way of any other industries coming into this locality. The pending suit which the city proposes to prosecute cannot hope to help Springville. Spring-ville. On the contrary it can do nothing but reflect to the discredit of the citizens here, if not put a great stumbling block in the progress of the city. When one takes into consideration the effort put forth by far-seeing citizens to bring this important industry into our midst, it is a sad reflection on the integrity of our citizenry to now ask the courts to set aside all that was done to satisfy the apparent animosity of a few, who think that they personally have not been benefitted by the coming com-ing of these industries. The citizens of Springville agreed to sell to the Columbia Steel Corporation certain cer-tain meadowlands, for which they were to receive a much larger price than these lands would bring to them if put on the open market. With that land certain water was given water that from time immemorial" had run to waste yes, worse than merely to waste, but to the destruction of lands surrounding the Utah lake. The thought of putting this water to. beneficial use seemed to have caused cold chills to run up and down the spines of certain psrsons, who claim to be looking into the fu-1 fu-1 ture welfare of the city. And so they -enter protest to some of this water being used to convert the vast undeveloped resources of this state into steel, into pipe, into a thousand thou-sand articles used in the building of this western empire. But the underlying question is : How cm Springville receive the greatest amount of benefit? Can this be done by re-possessing its land and water, and thus put a stumbling block in the progress of one of Utah's great 3st industries, granting that the courts permit per-mit of such action, or by standing by its word of honor given as one man gives his word to another ? Today Springville employes at these p'r.nts are bringing into this city approximately approximate-ly $150,000 per year, about 120 men being given employment there. We wonder by what method these disgruntled persons could hope to give the city any such benefits. If they have any process by which they can bring this about, we should like to see them begin, since they are neither deprived of land nor water at 'this time, nor will they be until the land is utilized by additional industrial plants. After giving the whole situation careful study, the Herald is opposed to the action of the present city council. It believes that a mass meeting should be called wherein the citizens citi-zens might be more fully enlightened on th:s all-important subject. In taking this stand we believe we are voicing, the sentiment of a majority of the citizens of Springyille. We are convinced that in taking this position we are promoting the welfare of Springville. There is no other motive back of our stand. We feel that the city council is laboring under the false impression that its members mem-bers are serving the greatest number of people by prosecuting this suit. That they may be set right, and that the citizens may be given an opportunity to let them know that they are proceeding against their wishes and against public welfare, we urge the early calling of a mass meeting, where all may be given an opportunity to learn the true status of the situation. |