Show WASTE TAXPAYERS TAXPAYERS' MONEY tONEY TO ASSIST POLITICAL ORGAN OGAN The county of Salt Lake county have awarded to the Republican Hel by unanimous vote the contract act for g ic c printing of legal notices in m this county for one jv-f jv Bids for tins tIlls tt tract were rere to the board of county commiss commissioners by the daily papers in Salt Lake City The bid by the Republican Herald-Republican upon which the contract was given that organ was as the highest of the four bids submitted In its bid for the public printing THE TUE EVENING EVENIN TELEGRAM submitted an all absolute guarantee that its Salt SnIt I Lake ke City and county net paid circulation exceeds that of any tiny other Salt Lake newspaper THE TELEGRAM I offered to submit a reasonable bond as evidence of its ability to fulfill all the terms of its bid THE 1 TELEGRAM offered to permit the auditor for forthe forthe forthe the county to make a detailed examination of all its circulation cir cir- circulation records at any time The bid submitted by THE TELEGRAM I was ras the thelo lo lowest est of the four bids submitted It was vas 35 per cent lower than that submitted by the Herald And the Deseret News' News bid was v s 33 per cent lower than that submitted by the Herald The Thc board of county commissioners decided unanimously to give to the Republican Herald-Republican 35 per cent more money for a less service than would have bave been given by THE TELEGRAM What That reason dominated this action by the commission com corn mission 7 Was Vas it to show vindictive retaliation for what THE TELEGRAM has already done for the taxpayers of Salt Lake county Was Vas it to retaliate because THE TEE TELEGRAM exposed exposed ex ex- posed the graft in the county jail under which the sheriff of the county fed county prisoners under the contract system pocketing rich profits Was Vas it because THE TELEGRAM f has protested protest d against the practice of the county officials in keeping count county prisoners in jail instead of compelling them to work q oie lg and nd sa il the e th r o ey 7 ns it E aldR holds the commissioners in slavery The taxpayers would like to know kno By the granting of this bid the county commissioners wasted thousands of dollars of the taxpayers taxpayers' money to pay a political debt There will win be a day of reckoning The bid of THE TELEGRAM I follows Bids for printing printing Legal Legal notices June June 30 1914 Board of County Commissioners of Salt Lake County City and County Building Gentlemen Complying with your printed advertisement requesting bids for fr printing Salt Lake county legal notices for forone forone lone one year beginning July 1 1914 we wish to submit the following following follow follow- ing I For publishing the delinquent tax notices a rate of 18 c I eighteen and one-half one cents per name and description for ten insertions For all an other county legal notices a rate of thirty-five thirty cents per inch per insertion The Telegram Publishing company submits this bid with an absolute guarantee that its Salt Lake City and county net paid circulation exceeds that of any other Salt Lake newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper and we are prepared to furnish a reasonable bond as evidence evidence evi evi- evi- evi dence of our ability to fulfill all aU the terms of our bid If your board feels that it would be of any assistance to them in determining which of the Salt Lake papers should carry carly the county legal advertising we will allow your auditor to make a thorough examination of all our circulation records at any I time Yours respectfully I TELEGRAM I PUBLISHING COMPANY |