Show PERSISTENTLY Y UNFAIR 1 n. n One inc wants to lo belk that hat a n newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper management would prefer lotell to lo tot t tell the truth about acton action of or officials if it they tol told anything that tha thata a nc newspaper management would wan wanto want to deal eal In fah fairness rather than In III unfairness un un- fairness when discussing the acts of or county commissioners in a a. matter of oC ofFO FO so much Importance as refunding of or 1 bonds 18 But the Herald is rapidly putting pulling itself in the tho place where one can not nol believe that of or 11 H It by its Us present course coarse Thc The commissioners were rere Issuing count county bonds and several banking lm houses bid hid for tor or the Issue Two at least were wel from Chicago Doth Both are substantial thai reliable concerns Both Bolh ed certified checks with their theil bids N N. W. W Harris one of or them is known all allover allover allover over the Ito country an and known favor favor- abl ably But the bid or of Harris was vas not quite so sot goo good as that of or E. E II nol Rol- Sons Sons also of or Chicago Let Iet us liS state again the bids s of the various varlo I houses Here they are axe Int mt Prom Prem Otis Hough Cleveland Clevelan 4 H 74 McDonald McCoy Co Chicago i I q 1091 E E. H. H Rollins Sons cago cago I 1 it 89 N. N W. W Harris Co Chicago Chi ca cago o 1 I 11 j G 3 0 Soc for tor or Savings Cleveland 4 1 f 1 Mason son Lewis Co Chicago Chi ChI- cago I 4 4 n r Before BeCore going further let us present to the reader reader anti and to the Herald Herol the bill bid made mallo by the Society for or Savings the one which the thc Herald l and antI the Tribune declare should have hav been ac ac- ac- ac Read Rea It carefully See If it Il looks clear an and direct to you OU Inquire among your friends f for the for I the best business business business busi busi- ness man maui and ask him J If he regards that as a a. proposition that could be accepted accepted ac ac- ac- ac without explaining Here Is the bid I J f 42 x- x r I 1 p I- I j Gf c I I v vv J r U U. UEl El rc Ih ge Esquire rl ii v Board Boar of Commissioners j 1 Salt Lal Lake e Co Salt al Lal Lake Ii Ut Utah I f J 1 lie i. i Dear D Sir In pursuance o of or your advertisement t Jor of May 1906 In which you give dive notice that your our board hoar will rec receive ive scaled lc bi bids s on or before June Tunc 1906 for or par pal value of refunding Utah payable In twenty years yeats after date dale bonds of or Salt SaiL Lake Lahe county count the payment of or which Is optional with the county count ten ten years after artel date the Society for Savings in the cH city of or Cleveland will wU accept an and pay for 4 1 2 1 per cent bonds Londs on a a. 4 4 S 1 per cont cent Interest payIng payIng pay pay- Ing basis that that Is I's Is to say at a price which will vIII maco maee the board oar yield Iehl tho the Society fp for Savings 4 1 S per cent for Cor the time lime which they may it with with- accrued Interest resl If Ie an any at aty 7 have to lo run run after aCler time the delivery to to bo be regularly and legally issued and y date dale of or delivery the bonds tho the Society for tor Savings to lo be furnished with a n. full an and complete had and lawfully required precedent pre pre- of the Iho proceedings tilled cd transcript J i to lo an and In the Issuing of or the bonds I all alt subject to lo the approval of f our oua attorneys Very truly yours 0 A. A L. L t- t I f tf t Now we undertake e to lo say y that is isa a good proposition to leave leayo alone atomic as asit it Its questionable character W va was emphasized by the fact fuet that while time tha Chicago houses hO submitted certified checks for live per cent of the whole bond hon Issue as I I. I customary wherever mont mom bid In lit good faith there was no check or 01 guaranty of or any kind from Crom the tho Society for Sa in Savings The rhe Herald complaint complains because after the tho first formal Cormal bids bl v W vre ne re lP made matJe the commissioners tallied talIe with the bidders bid bid- ders I Jim js Is th there re a u man on 00 earth tarth who would woul decide on that pet pel bid of the Tribune and amid the Herald thc the letter o of tOt for or Savings without asking ask ask- hug ing for 1 an tn explanation Is there a aman aman aman man In Iii tile the Herald Heral or In the tho Tribune ho understands understands' 3 it Would the lie themen themen men who pay the thu bills In either of or those place clo close e a n contract for tor a loan on such a Yet hero Is the tho II Heralds Herald's con complaint Even Ivet If Ir Rollins' Rollins offer had been the best it was ba had bad business to make mako terms In secret wert it was vas worse bushings S to aik nik for tor sealed bl bids s a us tuI thou though h the tho competition were re intended to be bl an honest one and then give one onu bidder an advantage ull Aver tho the others othel's by al allowing allowing al- al lowing him to m his offer even evon the little Rollins did No terms Aver en ma made e In secret of or ore e course Tho The Tribune uno may not kayo have been present but hut the lie Tribunes Tribune's presence pros pres once ence does not a n public at attendance at- at not not by Ly a whole lot And AndIn AndIn In tho thu talk t of tho the commissioners with the lie bidders nit alt of or th latter laller were present pros pres ont ent 1 If they cared carell to tb be Th They all know knew of or the III cven even I If tho the Herald lIar Her alt aid did dill not Tho They hal hail nil alt their rights and if It they ha hind had wanted to lo make better propositions than of or the Rollins firm the they could have o been there thero and mn Q them The Thio truth Is la the very bost bot t terms that were vero to be had hall were secured by Ly tho the county c Vh What t a n. potty olt ehll unworthy blo ble it lal i Of Ot the tho talk of or tie the having ha lost seventeen thousand thoun r t dollars to lo the county count Is Js the he merest ro roIf rot If It the they ha had done that they ought t tc J be taken out and ridden en on a n rail railor rail rall- or three rails ralls if JC one would not support time the three o of them Such statements statement 01 are ar wild and silly Men do o not figure that far cur apart when the they como corno to calculate calculate cal cal- Ciliate financial matters malters No one be be- H it because tho thin charge Is no not true And then We 6 come to the IIer Herald l s 's fine and anti rounded round ll paragraph paragraph Its Its pet per Iel orall n Altogether the tho deal is 18 a a- a discredit to tomen tomen tomen men who made it and a n lo loss to Ih th the taxpayers of the county A Added e to 10 th the theother theother other discreditable things s already charged to lo the Republican hoard board I It furnished ll ample cause for tor the defeat defea at atoC of oC th thin the party part responsible for It II Let us say to the time paper which has things whether the they happen or ca' not that these commissioners can stand on the record of or that bond issue and ani bo be elected Tho Tho- Republican party of the lie county count has no apologies to make for foi it lt It because tho those e three men men public ser ser-i and Republicans have done lone right The They have taken takemi care of the lie Interests of of- the count county Tho They have luno done one nothing secret or om underhanded They have l transacted a big deal in a n. business way vay with time the utmost care anti and discretion with q i a saving tving to the county count an and with credit to lo themselves An And no mathematical maniac who tal talks hs seventeen tim thousand ousa dollars st steal al alcan can scare them I |