Show jf FILCHING PUBLIC roI Y i i i Concerns like lile le the tho th Tribune and It Is Isy Its y d- d e edition ilon have ha e no conscience t when hEn It cons comes to making makinI bi bills against I the cl city They 11 shut eyes an ann and n make mako lie Iho tw bill 1111 hi big enough They work i by IY ono nm measurement and charge e by byL L And when wl n th they are caught t ul ut It I it they y excuse themselves on the c grafters grafter ground that It I is no 10 sin lii to I Rt steal al from th tho city mon money I. I I Is fair noil of or war to var-to var to the grafter Yc Yesterday The fhe I Republican directed attention to the tho Telegrams Telegram's p padded tl ec P p hils hills bills against t the ci city The case was clear The overcharge was plain as the gilded goddess godde g on the tho crown crOn of the dome The sums dl dishonestly hone ty ob- ob tallied tailed are aro ar small sinai gmal only because e of the lie ol t Telegrams Telegram's short hort time iliac tine nibbling at the the ther r public crib But Jut they got gol all al they i. i headed for could and ul were wore CO more I v. v k c. c The he Republican stopped them 1 Enraged howling like hyenas at atthe i the edge eIge of a feast the tho Telegram r i I screamed n a conf confession lon in the te after after- 1 noon non f- f We O said IL the they had charged agate prices for nonpareil work i j Wo VI r showed how d that thal they had hall charged rt v thirty six lines when the they had print- print I cli b but lt twenty twenty f. f That In lii a single item Iem i s i The rte r rest t were like ll It or I-or or It-or or worse What Is Js the reply A compelled j l confession onCe lon They admit I it The Tele- Tele ra ram m stated tu ted yesterday afternoon t that hn t li ii habitually takes toke that thal advantage I hn a doing business s with wih the public iV docs th the work In nonpareil and c charges at ot agate rates L t gate Is smaller than nonpareil There ore are fourt fourteen en lines of oC agite agate In Jn I an on inch There are twelve of or non- non nonI I narell They steal tho the price of oC two every even time they make that sort sor I L ff Ir crooked rooK d bill hi and they know I It By the Aime l e rule tule of or r reasoning the they W would uld sell cl a iT hundred feet of lumber lOr tor lOr tho tile city and charge In Inch inches F T r. r Ojie hundred feet feel would be ho twelve twel e hundred I tl Inches and th they would make makey maJe y bill bi for twelve twel e hundred feet t 1 lir because se It would bring moro more mone money I I they lT I thy y were vere selling milk mik to the I f r city f li they would deliver a quart an and I If charge e for COI two b because there are two I i pints In a quart t l' l If Ithe they W O selling Ice they would b i deliver 1 I a a al l and anti charge for tor sixteen six six- i t tIn teen n because there are arc sixteen ounces i In a n pound Wh Why bluster and dodge ge Why h not I L confess conCes tho the pl pitiful ful steal teal and brave brav t. t I It out Why hy Why try ry to juggle terms T Why h try to confuse the I issue ue You i did twenty six Ine lines o of advertising ad In I the Item Iem mentioned d. d and Collected pay for COI thirty And there are scores p of just like It H. You padded rJ your jour r bills 1111 and drew more money than W was your jour OU due And you did ld It I because II i was sas the city you 0 were ere dealing with By the wa way wah h why double the coin coin- rate rte for tO advertising ad with wIh every evory J hill bill for the public The flie Tribune has c i a commercial rate of or thirty cents an 1 t Inch when dealing with merchants It I x v j cuts the rate rte when It sees ees lit fit ft but that 1 Is hi the lie maximum Us Its Is evening e edition edi tion ton Is 18 willing to take an any rate so fO It I can cab keep UI up the appearance of or a I newspaper Yet Yot both charge charge more than double that rate rale w when they the come to deal with wih th the ci city 7 I. I The public knows these things The I taxpayers ha have found Cound out Tho The peo ien people rie re understand And the tho Telegram is Js e C down belongs belong belongs belongs-a a a bullying v j brawler a bidder for CO one pi price Ice and a collector of another an au advocate of 1 l le ye e lIghts und and nn an a assailant of or lawa law law law- a pun pel petty pc puling parasitic pupI pup- pup I I 11 fly ya a growling glo Iro eln groveling grumbling grabbing ing grafter a sneaking snivelling snivel snivel- ling hug snarling n stuttering fluttering strumpet for fe f. f Gentleman Jim a chattering clatterIng clatter clatter- log Ing ch cheating juggler of oC printing I torms a beggar for fO or public favors rU a a blustering maniac when those f favors are refused aul and all al the tle time lime a looter loot loot- er r of the public treasury incapable le 1 t. t of 9 r making out an nn honest honet bill bi Inu unable le li lo jell I a a n straight story story- tor an enem enemy eneny of or ori i ih th nel Republican party part u iL I foe to lo Sal Sail l Lake k ike and nd a slanderer r of or Utah Ulah S That j tho the k i n And the Uie the 01 mark of difference be b- It I and anti I Us parent the Tribune l Ji jit thai Il it l hi a smaller scoundrel L LI I weaker blusterer l a cheaper grafter II It t J Is a bad bad bad-as as al alIt It It can cn be bt If I It I lU knew kneis r ire it i. i would be o worse |