Show I Till J MAIL CONTIVACIS I it I I A Ila I p or ralnB In e7s the I mltlsi I f f I lon 1 of what la net cut iw n KrowlnB nil Is I being circulated for signatures i end receiving a goodly number After 0 1 careful examination Ne are unable to ate why any one whose residence 1 amnterc I 1 and Interests nre In thin part ot the I phouhl l I I 1 land nhould within I Id hh I signature 411 4 Utah makes uplendld returns to the government for Its 1101011 facllltlea and I there In I a steady Increase on all lines I i U 1 1 a circumstance hlth would seem to I suggest that local Interest should lint I be 1 considered when other things me I I I I equal In this inkc however there Is I I I more thin an euuillty recognized I superiority In the plan of letting contracts I con-tracts to residents or those who nt leaf have property Interests on a I subbtantlal seal In this Mite PrevailIng tt showu i ing it Is shown also that by mean 11 I l f < ot subletting and without the cipcndl luro 01 u con I IIr the running of any 1 great rlski the tantl actors bon < I ro I I iI i tected by bonds as the I eminent Is J I if f the nonrtsldent people vvha obtiln viii i these contracts realize not far fruin 4 V I Ill I 11 I 1 J4 1 I 17171TITIIIT I 11 1000 u year on their enterprise which they could not do It I nub letters and employes of the service received fall compensation The Star r note alClag hns 1 Ien forced down to very low fig u I es much lower thAn fat uns pal lieforr l hecnuse the Ort contractors must Imvo low bids In inlcr to make romcthlns for th i Mlttii nl III the 1 gums they have obtained the Job fort there for-t Is no other way tit do It They tire now offering to take It for or 23 Per cent less I than the amount nt Ire tnt being paid Instead of more by reason of natural And other Increase of business and ns the reduction must come out of Utah subletters threatening threaten-ing the efllcleney of the Service thereby it would seem to bf something which the department ought to look Into It should occasionally be borne lit mind that the lowest bid Is I by no means necessarily the best bid It to t suggested that Utah bidders stand upon their lights and let the 11ustrn People vilio are cutting down pavmenti because they can do pa nnd still have a hindsomo margin left And out that such business will not work her |