Show III I. OAI OAH r Editor Republican Permit me to bother you yot I for a few moments I am an nn unsophisticated te citizen cIt citi zen who does not know everything but who does doe 3 occasionally got pot an i idea ea into Inlo his hits cranium In th the tho S morning papers the announcement is 18 made that the Utah Light and Railway to stop issuing tickets to carriers ot tit a 1 Ios rate than ii it t does oes to other people an and In explanation of its Ita action action ac ac- tion tho the general manager and the imported superintendent super super- Cl very profoundly ll say 58 If It the postmen I arc entitled to cheaper rate wh why not tho II I o of bl big department stores or other concerns whore where a great number of ot people are arc employed Timer Thon I again ag Why Vh an any discrimination should be bo shown I in lit their favor favol Is a 0 matter I nm ant not able ablo to fathom These two vo explanations aro are based baRed upon tho thought though e expressed c r ed b by tho Into lato lamented Mr 1 Vanderbilt Tho The public be damned A clerk cIeri In a department t store or any uny other kind of a store does docs not perform performa I Ia a public duty and the tho toro or or- concern in which wInd I he Is has not received special and anel valuable valuable val franchises pI from tho public by action o of tin the municipal legislators Tho Time two classes o of em cut do not stand on the same samo tooting footing The rite let ter is the instrument of or the general public 3 en engaged ng-cel ng in delivering the thc mall mail It Is of ot the time utmost utmos t importance to tho public an and amid to tho general welfare wel wel- fare arc that thero there be a prompt delivery delhery of ot the tho mail mall In Iii this day and a age e our vast Interests are me Interwoven interwoven inter Inter- woven with tho the man mall system and he must bo be short short- sighted Indeed who docs not see this Why do not these theBO wo profound thinkers ers who win speak for tot the railroad company make mako the policemen policemen police men who ride free Cree pay fares Wh Why should the they thoy be allowed freo treo transportation and not the den clerk who works Marks in a store Why hy do they I Issue suo free iL-Cl m transportation to count county officials city officials an and 1 hundreds of others In public employ employ- if they thuy tb do no not t reco recognize some somo public interest in tho the matter an and 1 It Ie tho they thoy do recognize this public interest why do cIo they stop of ot the a public Institution In which tho the J people coplo are arc much more moro inter ested than thc they aro In the and of ot- ot upon whom favor ta tire mire lavished la The thou thought ht occurs to mo if two gentlemen gentle genUe men aro so anxious to hew lies to lo tho the line lino of or absolute t Justice In dealing with tho the people wh why ought no not t the assessor and the members of ot the tho board a of or equalization hew how to tho the line lino also and see to I It that this thin corporation shall bear Its share of ot the tIn public burden and pay Its share of ot the public taxes I have havo not th the figures before me rue but I i have no imo doubt It will be found that hero is no not t. t an humble house owner in this city whose property Is IB not at nt a higher percentage e of value than ham 1 this corporation owned b by non residents of Utah Tho The house and lot whore where I live 11 is asses assessed asses eel at 71 70 0 per cent of or its value alue I warrant that the tho Utah h Light and Hallway RaIlway company IB he not assessed at one third 1 of ot its value and that it can not be he purchased fo for tor four tour times Its asses assessed e valuation In the tho city of ot Chicago the letter carriers an are aro S permitted to jump on arid and off ocr the tho cars in tho lino lim m of duty ut whenever cr and wherever the they thoy please am and 1 th the street railway companies are arc pleased please to give them this privilege Would the these c companies a ac at accord cord corll this privIlege It if they did ft not think the public a had some seine 11 rights worthy of ot consideration Tit The public havo have a a. deep leep interest In this matter mattor an and there Is no good reason wh why a corporation Inter Inter- eted in the growth of or the tho city because tho time growth o of time tho city Is IB it its growth should not aid the people a by br doln doing all nU they possibly can to facilitate the till a work of or the department the most beneficent benefi bench cent Institution e established by the government go I hope title this will not sound t too loo o orca sarcastic rca but tb the a cold s narrow wn way In which gentlemen g 1 deal with the tho subject merits It it I TAXPAYER |