| Show I II I fobbing j the Taxpayers to Pay Political Debts I I When one stops to consider er that the commissioners I S Salt alt Lake county allowed theota Pa y era to b be beT e fleeced ed edI I id id d cheated with the con contract tract feeding g graft b 3 which wiC 1 thousands ads of dollars an annually it is isso I II lae e sheriff sea reaped P ed deal dealo I rot o f so surprising surmising that these same men sanctioned j a to be further robbed of thouY thou thou- her hereby eb Y the taxpayers are I ands of dollars b by Y a dishonest p print g contract TELEGRAMS TELEGRAM'S S 'S exp exPosure sure of f It t v was as THE EVENING deal that aroused ro sed public senti- senti he e wicked pris prison feeding to ch change commissioners bent nent eat and forced the county resented th this s the he plan Naturally the commissioners f r An ll independent newspaper that fights gang politics I is popular with the machine retaliate te and I J The commissioners had a chance to they hey did 1 I The They voted toted a printing contract to the Re Herald-Re- THE TELEGRAM offered to do the publican can although for 35 cent tent less money than work fo for the taxpayers per he Republican Herald-Republican will do it j l THE TELEGRAM I also made a written guarantee that hat it has the largest P paid aid circulation in the count county Yf Where I e the legal notices are to be read so there could beo be 10 o doubt about this the commissioners were invited to tod d 1 the county r auditor to this office to examine the ids 1 And to make e the commissioners feel absolutely safe I THE TELEGRAM I J j 1 remove a all cause fo for worry iced ed to put up a bond to protect them should it fail Sake hake she g gu good cod on its circulation claims of superiority u You Call This Honest j The count county 3 commissioners s voted vote to to tor gi give ve the Herald Herald- publican n more money for advertising space than te to business concerns pay a that's because the taxpayers st foot the bills Is that altogether honest If TI the county commissioners were vere directors of a large A poI like the Stand Standard and Oil company and the thellie theune une me land kind of proposition came up to them the they would Dt t hesitate to make a careful investigation and give the ver vere tr sr g n to the paper t that offered the best service for fore 4 ic e money money- If they were ere directors rectors of a private corporation they uld o have to look after the interests of the stockholders othe would not be kept in in- the best of their then ability or they fice Ce J. J As the they Y are only directors for the taxpayers hower howyer howyer how- how winds and yer er they can throw business methods to the Este ste the stockholders' stockholders money r as they please ri They r figure that the stockholders of this county cor- cor oration ration are so accustomed to being swindled and cheated ley ey cease even to toO O murmur when thousands of their dol- dol rs are wasted in rewarding the machine organ These same commissioners because they are too dolent to see see that the laws are enforced allow the erm to keep his prisoners in idleness while rhile the tax- tax Vers feed and clothe them and get nothing in in return le e law v says the prisoners shall work on the highways d id help repay relay the taxpayers for supporting them The sheriff asks in it for meV me nIe and refuses exert himself this hot weather eather to make the prisoners Ip lp improve the county roads ous ng Time I Is s Coming t As s it is only the taxpayers taxpayers' money that is being used r feeding the men in the county jail the county com com- refuse to be bothered with this needed reform d so the roads remain bad had The state employs its convicts on highway work ork v l' l The city uses its prisoners on improving Dg roads Why Thy doesn't the county follow these examples Simply because the county hasn't a business admin admin- utra u- u tra ration The Th administration is too busy playing politics to tend iid to the peoples people's business i tax ers When 1 housecleaning tune time arrives perhaps the tax tax- I will ill show these men that they are not as careless lii 11 1 unthinking as they used to be maybe they will villi II ch somebody a lesson in keeping public pledges and hs of office The Republican Herald-Republican charges the taxpayers 60 its ts an inch for advertising Its published rate card puts its flat fiat rate at 50 cents j inch This piratical business of paying more for fOI the peo's peo- peo es e's s 's adv advertising than han is p paid aid for private advertising ing will vill willing ring ing down on the he heads of the Commissioners the con con- of all honest men The day r has passed when r such highway r robbery r of ofle le lC e public treasury would be tolerated and overlooked With an absolute solute guarantee that it has the thc largest est aid circulation latin in n this county THE TELEGRAM I offered t o do o this pr printing t work vork for the people for 35 cents cent s an cn cli because it is machine cOIn composition position ion a and nd does not cost early so much as hand labor advertising Will ill the People Forgive Them That hat would mean a saving of 25 cents an inch under i I le Ie e Republican Herald-Republican bid hid and when the people pay for Ii thousands ous and nd thousands of f inches they can r realize alize what a I saving this w would uld mean in l the total advertising j For publishing the delinquent t tax x list this paper sub- sub a bid ld of 18 1812 2 cents per ler name and description for forn n insertions Th The Republican Herald-Republican charges the peo- peo e 3 2 25 cents per name and the county c commissioners gave e the coi contract tract THE TELEGRAM guaranteed with ith a bond the neatest greatest service servi e to the people at the lowest c cost st but buti I i being an independent newspaper and not a political politic l organ of the gang it was vas turned down The part that is unforgivable unforgivable unforgivable un un- forgivable is the fact that the people have to pay so dearly r for this turndown This paper offered to give 1000 1000 to each of two public funds for the for the advertising of Salt Lake if a disinterested auditor wouldn't yot report at least 25 per cent more paid circulation of THE TELEGRAM f in Salt Lake than the Republican Herald-Republican has The machine organ however would not submit to the examination of records record although this paper agreed to let the Commercial club lub name t the e auditor In the face of this and in view of the bond offered by r this thus p paper per to prove its circulation super superiority was it honest for the county count commissioners to pay so much m more re of the peoples people's money to reward a gang organ Will the people for forgive ive them |
