Show r r BUSINESS U S rE T. 1 D Business men o of or Salt Lake are getting gelling Insistent In r their that rhut the tho defamation of Utah Ulah shall cease J 4 And their rC reason s n I Is that the tito ill things that are arc said satti of or this titis from fron I home hurt the thC N city Ii and find state In Iii audiences awa away 1 h 1 Interests t of ever every citizen Bad neul r repute always is isan an Injury An III name Is a detriment nL A man mon reputed t to be ht a criminal I Is nt at a n disadvantage e In lit the tho race with other men characterizes Utah ns as a When the tile New York Times j 1 e commonwealth of nf criminals which criminals which it did In Its Issue o of 1 December her 13 1906 1906 lt It Inflicts a Ilama damage e an nn Injury on OIl b.- b. Q wen ivery man and arni woman oman and child In tho the state It H hurts hurt ji I every ry ry business enterprise We e can cnn not say 1 how seriously bl be bt But ll II expressed In dollars and antl cents the Injury may WI will wili read readily be seen een that an nn injury is inflicted If It the thee New e York Times were an nn unknown or a disreputable Ills dis Us- Us rr r rt reputable paper the ule injury to Utah would be slight J ht Iff If K Kit f it were vere not considered b by good men It ml might ht call Utah Utahn It n a commonwealth of criminals in every Issue for tor a hundred hun r- r or tIred dred years 01 ear and little harm would result re But It is n a it i It IL Is what whal l' l paper of known knowli standing and reputation I Y yI Is called a clean paper There is not a suggestion 0 ol I s- s i tho the yellow about It Men orn and women who have mono money t t to Invest and who are aro guided In their actions b by an in intelligent intelligent In in- I t reading of good newspapers papers are Influenced b h the statements of tho the New York Times So that when the New York Times tells toils Its readers r i that Utah Is a a. commonwealth of criminals crIminal those readS readers read read- S ers are prejudiced against Utah The They do not want UI tc U I Invest st their mone money here They do not want sant to visit here JI They Influence their fri friends not to to settle here Thc t S S speak to tho the disparagement of Utah whenever the subject sub 1 of or Utah Is mentioned In their presence I THAT PUBLICATION I IN 1 TilE THE TilEE NEW E YORK TIMES TI T S GA GAVE VB THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REASON HEASON FOR FOil DE DECRYING DECRYING CRYING EVERY ADVANTAGE lAGE OF UTAH A AND D I IM IN to LARGE Oft OR SMALL fALL MEASURE t INJURING EVERY VERY M- M f E ENTERPRISE TERP ISE IN THE TIlE STATE d And the t thing I Is ra reasonable enough They at are arc sincere sin sin- Ii core cere in i U It They The are are itice rest of or u us seeking theli 1 own O hp leSt best interests Th The They don't dont want their mone money In Invested In iii- fIt vested 1 In a state controlled by hy criminals They do nol not want their friends to 0 make homes In a bad place pinco And one may go a step farther In th the inquiry The S Times wh which ch published so effective n a slander on the people peo pee pie of Utah had warrant warrant for for its its r authority was as a published ever every tin In day right In the capital of tho the state dis cussed If the tile Salt Cake Tribune did not know when should shoUd the New York Times go for information If IC th thi ti Tribune would publish such a thing about the people of f o state who can blame a n paper In far New York d g l for repeating It J. J r I But what Is the benefit What can th the tha Salt LakeS Lake Lake- S Tribune get out of convincing the rest of or the nation notion thai Utah Is a n state e oj of criminals It must share that j S lion on with the rest rest of the he people of Utah It Is not excepted ex ex- t. t c by the New York Times Whet When the people are arc Influenced b by the tho Times' Times publication repeat repent to thou thell i a friends the thO statement that Utah Js Is a commonwealth 1 of or criminals they do not make exception of or the Salt Lak F Tribune I S No Now that 1 is not particularly the concern concern of th average business s man The Tribune may publish to th tin flit 1 world that It is a l criminal if Ir it wants to No 0 one Is In Inclined In t S J. dined to object But it il has no right to tell the res rest t o 0 othe l 1 the nor world world nor nor an any one living JIving in all the world that world that the thc K re rest t of the people of or Utah arc are criminals F For r one thing a M fr the statement Is absolutely untrue The Tho people here arc arcS arct L S NOT criminals The state Is hi hiOT NOT OT controlled h by criminals t 7 t. t S SS S The 11 te average habit of or the people Is NOT OT crime S That is why the business men of the city have ha a right S to fl prot protest st against the course of the Tribune Every issue of that hat paper supports the impression entertained In the I S. S ew eV York Times office that the people here ARE crim crim- i foals Therefore the hu business men have a right to proS pro pro- S test Therefore th they have a right to demand a halt hall haltS S rh Therefore the they are warranted in telling the Tribune I 01 mu must t cease defaming the state suffer or s the displeasure i S of or the lle people whoso whose slander It has hns procured d. d |