Show PATRONAGE REFUSAL HURTS RECRUITING SOLDIER SOLDER SAYS Business Mens Men's Alliance Aliance Withholds Ads From From Shrapnel Shrapnel Charging that the Business Mens Men's alliance of Salt Lake has ha refused to give Shrapnel a publication Issued weekly weekly- by the army burca burea bu- bu rca rea rea a a clean bill bi and thus enable it to get advertising Charles F. F Clark Clrk U U. ti S. A. A editor edior and publisher has taken the matter mater up with wih s govern government govern govern- vern- vern ment officials as it is his belief beleC that the action acton of oC the alliance comes under the head of oC obstructing recruiting Shrapnel first made mado its appearance appear ance anee several weeks ag agas as a medium to promote recruiting According to Clark the paper depended entirely upon pon its it friends for its it support and such support being cut off automatically auto auto- kills kis the publication According to to Nathaniel Jackson secretary of the alliance alance the business businessmen men do not tlc take an arbitrary stand standon on the matter but are merely menly awaiting awaiting await await- awai- awai ing to be shown where they are wrong rong Setting forth that the paper Is not a regular or authorized publication pub pub- Mr Mn Jackson said today that when It could be shown that this newspaper was sponsored by the government government government gov gov- the business men would be glad slad to give it U their support The Business Mens Men's al alliance nce considers con considers con con- siders alders the work of at Shrapnel a duplication duplication cation of ot what is already being done by by- bythe the dally daily daly newspapers to stimulate recruiting and th that t the aly daily publications publications tons are dl Thing doing g more and can accomplish pUsh more more In this line lne than the weekly paper paper said Jackson The present stress of f war war calls caUs for tor the greatest economy on all aU sides continued the secretary The al alliance alliance al- al liance considers that such a publication publication tion ton does not tend to carry out this policy and that among other things it considers it a waste of paper If I Mr Clark Carle can show that Shrapnel Shrapnel nd nel is authorized by the war department department department depart depart- ment and is placed in the class of oC a regular circulatory newspaper the Business Mens Men's alliance alance stands ready to listen Isten to any assistance he may need In line Une with the war policy of pC economy the alliance alance has also taken up the matter of oC conserving th the advertising advertising ad ad- given to high school pub pub- Private Clark sets forth his case as follows Owing to the fact that the government is not granting any any advertising appropriation for publicity pub pub- to the army I hit upon the tha idea of pu publishing the little paper in order to carry Uncle Sams Sam's Sams message into into the homes and thus put the at attractive attractive at- at propositions tho the offers young men to enlist before them something impossible through the large papers papers as a their space is Is too limited Two thousand copies copie were issued weekly and distributed in the homes I and offices and to date according to toi i the recruiting office books a large number of oC recruits were secured I through the papers paper's Influence My advertisers are are satisfied with I th the results obtained from Shrapnel but demand that I show a card fram I the te alliance alance according to their agreement agreement agreement agree agree- ment with that organization Clark claims that the latest blow I dealt will cause It i to to suspend pub pub- As a matter of oC courtesy t this to I his advertisers the publisher announced announced announced an an- this morning moring that the tho issue of oC May 31 would appear a usual Shrapnel Clark further Clark further at states did not come under the head of oC second class cass matter mater through the regular federal federal fed ted eral channels as an ordinary newspaper news pews paper but was sent out as aa first class matter mattel government paid into Idaho and the southern part of oC Utah The sheet Is as regular as any paper and was sponsored by Lieutenant G VHal W. W Hall Hal P. P S. S U U. 5 S. S A. A retired re recruiting recruiting re- re officer and also Lieutenant Lieutenant- Colonel Gardner ardner in charge of the San Francisco recruiting office and editor of the Recruiter |