Show WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH TH THE E CITY I One would think that defenders of the city administration would talk of anything elso else than public credit With men of ot sense that would be a topic I Ito to bo avoided in view of the present financial c condition of the tho city But those patrons of or an empty empt cIt city treasury treasury treas treas- ury those for a ruined credit are attention to their own weakness and anti wickedness by bj declaring de de- de claring daring that Salt Lake Lako county is in a abad abad abail bad bail financial way Even en if the tho court house were about to be sold at sheriffs sheriff's sale it would not be decent for a defender of the present city administration to mention the tho matter to his most intimate friend He should avoid the subject as the plague Else he is likely by every mention of it to call caU attention to his own very deplorable state With an empty treasur treasury with evidences evi dences of or city indebtedness that no noone noone noone one wants to buy with contractors ors clamoring for fr their cash with property proper proper- ty owners unable to get the cash they advanced for sidewalks two years ears ago or get the tho sidewalks for which they have paid paid and and with the shameful legend NO FUNDS nailed above the door of the tho cit city treasury vaults aults no one responsible for the tile present reign should mention the financial embarrassment em ern of any anyone one Besides the county is not embar embar- The county has nas been redeeming redeeming redeem redeem- ing bonds while the city has been increasing in in- creasing its Indebtedness And that radical difference in policy is what distinguishes tho the county from the eit city school of finance The Tho county is paying off its debt Tho The cit city is getting in deeper dee all the time The county could borrow a a. million if it needed the money The Tho city's creditors cannot get par for their warrants Clean ho house se before you criticise |