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Show I Why the newspapers of Salt Lake are opposed I to a State railroad commission H Readers at Tmth aro" watching with H Intel cat the opposition that haB been H ci cated hi thu movement Inaugurated Pj by tho Manufacturers and Met chants' ! association lor the creation ot a stnto M mill cad commission. M 'lhu publication of tho association, M "AdurebS to ilio People," was tho slg- M nnl lor strenuous opposition on tho M pan of Uio newspapers ot bait LaLo M City, with tno possible exception ot M tho iiuermountaln ltepubllcun. M it seems but lair to tno luanufnetur- M eis and Merchants' association that Hj the teal position ot tno newspaper M tnat lire antagonistic snould bo Known m to ineiu ana mo public, fl 'ino neuua seems to have vtakcii M the lead against tno proposed meus- fl uie, and is most bitter in its nntago- M nism and perversion ot tacts. It may H bo wen to expiain that the Herald Is u M lallioad paper, tirst, last and all the M time. It is owned and controlled ab- Hj soiutely by Senator V. A. Clark, of tho Hj Ban Pedro road, and its allied railroad m interests. M Its utterances huvo been and will M bo but tho lepeated echoes ot what B will bo best for tho interests of tho B lailroads as against tho people's in-Hj in-Hj . torests. No mattor how great tho M pcoplo's interest might be, or how much tho editorial staff might deslro Hj to tako a stand for tho movement, it H Is absolutely under tho dictation ot tho Hj i all road Intel ests and will opposo the H movement. It may bo well to romem- bor that anything tho Hciald may say on tho subject will bo biased, wnrped H and solely in tho interests of tho rail-B' rail-B' road peoplo who own and control it. ! Tho Tribune, like Its "esteemed con- !tempoiary," assumed an antagonistic attitude, oven going so far as to ie-tuso ie-tuso to print tho addiess Issued by tho Manufacturei s and Merchants' as- H sociation, and deliberately Insulting and attempting to intimldnto its mem- kots. . , In its receut editoiials it has rc-H rc-H Eoited to a campaign of abuso and nt- tempts to bollttlo tho effoita-of the association, terming tho membeis "re-H "re-H tormers of a cheap vaiiety," etc., H whereas tho association Is composed H of over 300 of tho leading business and H professional men of tho state. To bo brief, tho Tilbuno is owned and controlled by tho Kearns-Kelth In- torests, who are well known as being H pait owners of tho San Pedro and oth- or railioads operating In Utah. Any-H Any-H thing tho Tribune may say Is nnturally H biased In tho Interests of the rail-H rail-H roads. Tho Telegram is of tho same man H agoment and ownership as tho Trib- uno, and its policy Is but an echo ol H that of its parents. H The Dcscrot News, whllo posing a? ; fair and Impartial finds it impossible Hl to bo so, as Us interests arc closely i nllied with tho Union Pacific and Ore-i Ore-i Bon Short Lino railroads, who occupy f Us building, and dlctato In a large H measuro what tho paper says about tho railroads. It finds expression ii. ' tho saying that tho movement Is un-H un-H popular and for that reason should H bo dropped. Certainly It Is unpopu- ' lar. All movements looking to a socur-H socur-H lng to tho peoplo of their rights nro H unpopular with those charged with ; withholding those rights. Tho hls-' hls-' tory of every reform movement hns H coupled with It tho unpopularity of I tho movement to those needing re-H, re-H, forming, but tho peoplo don't think it H unronular. It certainly must bo un-Hf un-Hf popular with tho railroads and their champion ,the News. If tho readers of Tmth will give the subject their fair lmpaitial consideration consider-ation and will not bo swayed by tho biased prejudiced sayings of the subsidized sub-sidized raihoad press of 'Salt Lake City, they will no doubt arrive at a just opinion of tho merits of tho proposed pro-posed commission. Press dispatches of tho 27th Inst., announce that Gov. Gooding of Idaho, has declared his intention of recommending recom-mending tho creation of a state railroad rail-road commission for Idaho. There must bo somo need for railroad commissions com-missions or something akin thereto, as thiity-ono states already have commissions com-missions and other states are wanting them. It Is Intel estlng to note. In all the editorial opposition of the Salt Lak decorations, which wero elaborate and at tho same tlmo tasteful. Joseph E. Caino led tho german, dancing tho first half of tho set with Miss McCornlck and tho second half with Miss Genevlove. Six sets of favors fa-vors wero given, the first partners being be-ing chosen by number and tho second by progression. Tho tables were in charge of Mrs. Arthur H. S. Bird, and she was assisted by Mr. Joseph E. Calno, Mrs. Randolph Thompson of Helena and Mrs. W. Montague Ferry In tho german theio wore forty-four couples. Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Cates are rejoicing re-joicing over tho arrival of a daughter, who camo to them Christmas day. J & Mr. and Mrs. Lafayetto Hanchette will entertain a party of friends at tho Schumann-Hoink concert next Monday evening. Jt & Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Boxrud entertained enter-tained at a dinner Friday evelnng for Mr. and Mis. C. L. Rood. JjjjjjjjjjjjjJHHJj))Sjjjjjjjjjjj Pony Ballet In Ceo. Ade's "Sultan of Zulu" Salt Lake Theatre, Matinee and Night, Dtc. 29. lallles that they uttcily fall to attack 'ho stiong reasons given in tho Mnnu-'aclurcis Mnnu-'aclurcis and Merchants' association lddiess for tho ci cation of a state railroad commission. Rldiculo and inked nssoi lions that tho people don'i. want a commission wan't go. o |
