Show CONCERNING n NEWSPAPERS It doesn't often become the good fortune of or a n. newspaper to do so 80 much for tor Us lie patrons patron and bc beyond ond them for tor all nil the tho people of oC the tho community Iu as can bo be dono done Just now The unequal burden which tho associated railroads havo put upon Utah and especially upon the men business men of 01 Salt lt Lal Lake has made plain speech necessary There are arc three morning papers In tho the city The Tho Republican and the tito Herald each line has about ten thousand sub sub- scribers The Tho Tribune Tribuna has less But If It all three or if IC either two had worked worl together had demanded de what is If right and fair the battle would have been won without a n struggle The railroads would ha c seen tho the necessity of or complying n nonce ac once with so popular a a. demand But the tho two other papers are owned by railroad men The Tho Interests Interests interests Inter Inter- ests of ot the people arc are opposed od to the Interests of or tho the railroads In this tills particular particular par par- matter And the railroads railroad controlling two of the pap papers rs as tho they thoy do have havo misled 1 themselves with Ith th the belief bellet that the thc public Is not demanding demanding- Justice Which Is 18 error The Tho position of Tho The Republican has haq been in this matter Just what that it has hns been In all others from the beginning Th Tho Tha publication of a newspaper In tho the Interest of tho people The owners of ot tho the paper have o no entanglements I whIch the paper working In I all ways wars for tor the good 1 of or the com Coin The only rule is that It shall be bo a 3 Republican paper and we have havo I yet et to understand that a 0 Republican paper is opposed to the he best t good of ot the people or that the principles of ot tho tilO Republican party part aro are harmful to the tho general cause causo of 01 tho the community Of or courso course It would have been preferred pro pre felTed If It nil all the papers of 01 the city had taken the tho view that the they owed ocd som- som thing to their patrons their subscribers subscribers sub sub- scribers and advertisers ad But ono one paper In the tho cause causo of right and Justice will win In Do not doubt It ft And on this one ono paper the people may confidently confidently con con- rel rely There Is no private Interest Interest Interest In In- In- In terest In Tho Republican opposed to tho the general Interests of tho the people We believe beHove that in lighting in n a righteous and a a. popular cause we wo aro are doing the best possible service Ice to the tho railroad Interests themselves Wo We bo- bo 0 that winning this tills fight fight and and tho rho people will win It must It-must must make for tor the theaster vaster aster good of th the transportation companies that the forced liberation I of ot Utah will wUl advance tho the commercial I activities of the state and that in I such ad the tho railroad companies 1 will wUl necessarily and and and properly pros properly pros prosper 1 per as M thc they never no could do If lh the e present system of ot discrimination were I I t continued undisturbed I IThe The Republican gladly welcomes I tho the distinction of being the one paper Ul that t dares make this fight for the thet I t people le the tho one nai l-aper l cr that is purely a n 1 public newspaper nn and not the personal personal personal p-er- p per per- I organ n of ot any n man or thu the guardian of nn any special Interest Weare We are aro re entirely content to have tho the people people peo peo- plo on our side and anti to know that both the other morning papers with man many years eals of ot obligation upon them refuse o to defend the tile cause of ot their friends We Wc shall go forward n a fre free freb fair to to eyer every interest to every C class and to every creed giving none precedence prejudiced against t none none and doing dolne- no Injustice Wo We are arc coming to 10 the beginning ofa of ofa a nc now new calendar year ear A Cl very little farther alon along The Republican will enter on the fourth year ear of its exist exist- ence once It Is Js a jo joy to know that dally daily a larger and larger number of ot people aro are coming to understand stand tho the paper better to realize that it is fearless and fair established as a Republican paper and without any purpose other than to voice olce tho tilO righteous demands of ot the people of Utah and tho the mighty mountain inter country And with an enlarged circle of ot friends with with a n. popular better und understanding understanding under under- r- r standing of tho the papers paper's mission ntH and its ability mt to be free we wo shall hall go forward for- for forward ward v absolutely acre Jure to win for the tile people that which the people deserve |