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Show H' J ud go Dartch lias Issued a state- H ment that his Arm has wlthdrawi H from the defense of Mrs. Bradley. H Some peoplo think it would be desir- able for some evidence to bo sub-H sub-H mittcd that tho learned judge's firm H was ever In the case or was over asked to get into it. I Tho Tribune's boost of tho Christ H mas edition of tho Telegram is a H' boost of Itself. The Telegram is the H evening edition of the Tribune. The H Telegram will next praise tho Trlb- H tine. Tills self praise has reached a H ' most disgusting stage. o Thero Is likely to bo a lively lobby H contest in tho next legislature on tho H question of tho appointment of a rail-H rail-H road commission for Utah. The rail-H rail-H roads are opposed to tho commission H and tho newspapers controlled by tho I railroads, which embraces practically H all tho daily newspapers in the cltj H , are of courso opposed to tho commis-H commis-H sion Idea also. Tho Herald is owned H by Senator W. A. Clark, who Is pleas-H pleas-H ed to stylo himself a railroad mag H nato; the Tribuno and Telegram, con-I con-I trolled by cx-Sonntor Kearns, whom H I Mayor Thompson lias been known tc H designato as a "railroad maggot" arc H ' of courso both against tho commit-H'i commit-H'i slon Idea. Tho Deserct News is against It, too, becauso tho Mormon church H president is a railroad director. The H Ileal Estate Exchange grafters and hot H alv artists are agnliiBt It, becauso thoy I've by grnft, and hot air and make H tho railroads a prolltablo excuse for tholr hot air and graft. This formid-Hll formid-Hll ablo array of black and scabby sheep n, cencontrated for or against any pro-H pro-H i position throws great discredit on any-H any-H thing they either favor or oppose. I ' Their favor or opposition is gauged MLv. . . . . ., solely by tho pecuniary advantage they recelvo for lavorlng or opposing and tho public bo dammed. Notwithstanding all that tho railroad companies are entitled to fair treatment oven a llttlo more than fair treatment. The railroads rail-roads mako tho country. No country no matter how rich in natural resources re-sources over amounted to anything without a railroad. Tho railroads are tho pioneers of manufactures, mines, trade and business of all kinds. Their builders should bo encouraged, should bo dealt with generously, but tho railroad rail-road companies should not be permit-ed permit-ed to entirely own and control the sections of country theyopen up and mako It possible for trade and com morco to exist. That tho railroads here In tie west have been guilty of the grossest abuses oven the railroad peoplo themselves will scarcely deny. rhat tho rlshts of the citizens have been and arc being exacted thero is no havo been filched away, that exorbitant exorbi-tant and unequal freight rates havo 'been and being exacted thero Is no manner of doubht. What is needed is soino way of putting the railroads under reasonable control. A state railroad commission might, probably vould, be a stop In that direction for Utah, but It would not by any means bo a panacea for all tho evils of railheads. rail-heads. This Interstate commerce plan is a humbug. The railroads of the entire country should bo brought under un-der control of tho Federal government. Then a condition would exist whereby ho public would have an opportunity of getting something near a square deal. In the meantime a state railroad rail-road commission might afford some measure of relief. The opponents of tho railroad commission com-mission are unfortunate in their champions. cham-pions. Any cause advocated by Senator Sen-ator Clark, ex-Senator Kearns and their newspapers cannot bo a good cause for the public. And the Real Es-'ato Es-'ato exchange's advocacy of anything is enough to damn It. The exchange .s in very largo measure composed of l lot of fly-by-night fellows who don't own a foot of property anywhere, not avon n 2xG lot in tho cemetery. Tholr business Is to graft on the public, howl about bringing In foreign capital, cap-ital, let off great quantities of hot air, soil tho same pleco of property to in-nocont in-nocont purchaser as many times as possible wllh a commission to them accompanying each sale. For tho last twenty years tho Heal Estate association associa-tion has been a positive detriment -to tho city. It Is an enemy to the legitimate legit-imate business men. Its constant effort ef-fort hns been to causo louts to bo advanced ad-vanced until now In tho business part of tho city rents nro out of all reason and tho inorchniits are working for tho benefit of a fow' unprogresslvo property owners, who build and maintain main-tain n lot of shacks which are a disgrace dis-grace to a city of this slzo, but which aro made to yield a largo percentage on tho monoy invested. |