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Show H FLIES TO DEFENSE OF "NEWS." H T,IE editorials contained in The 1 Rucord the past few weeks in relation M to the discrimination, of the sugar H! trust against western markets, and in l relation to tho prohibition question i '" and tho insincere attitude of the Des- i oret News on this great moral ques- H! tion, have brought forth a great deal M of favorable comment from local peo- HL plo of all political parties and rellg- ious convictions, as well as a number t of communications from different H I'urts of the state, showing the rapidly j growing sentiment In favor of a gen- f eral housocleaning in Utah There are any number of honest people in Utuh H who will not compromise with wrong H doing under any circumstances, and H who realize full well that they are be. H lug exploited by tho sugar companies H und other big interests, but are at n 1 loss to tell which way to turn for a H i remedy. But once public sentiment is H" troroughly aroused, tho remedy will M not be long delayed. The only adverse M criticism v6 havo noticed is from our pitiful spineless contemporary in the H , northern part of tho county, who ev- H s idently fancies he soes an opportunity J to curry favor with some classes by n grand stand rally to the defense of M is, tho person who wrote the defense of H tho prohibition question. B , Wo arc not disposed to wusto very H ; much epneo on the Times, for the fol- H lowing reasons: We do not enjoy H talking at somo invisible person thru B tho medium of a figure head editor, H whoa wo have no ussurunce as to who H tho real author of the spell may be. H Of ono thing we are certain, and that H ' the Desoret News in its attitude on H the Doseret News is not the accredited H editor of tho Times. A paper depend- H f ent upon u number of different Indi- H I vi duals for its clitorial comments can H have no very well defined policies, be- H cause when the next shift takes the ed- H , itorial pen ho may have un entirely H new sot of convictions. And no sooner H will you get one line of fallacies nailed H to the tree than an entirely new set H of erroneous notions are manifested. H And then the accredited editor of H the Times is not the type of man who H can bo expected to engage in any im- H portunt reform work. His influence B Iihb always been givon in the opposite H direction. H If the writer of tho Times editorial H were honest and freo from prejudice H it would require no arguement to con- B vince him thut the Deseret News gave H the peoplo tho double cross on the pro. H hibition question when the last legis- H lature was in session. Senator Seeg- H miller of this district realized it all M too well und frankly stated to the ed- H itor of The Record that it was impos- H sible for the advocates of prohibition B to get a hearing through the News or I any other Salt Lake paper during this 8 critical period. After having received jH fair promises from the News, nnd H spending several hours of time in the SVM preparation of a statement of their f tddo of the controversy, tho account MH " was stifled in tho editoriul rooms of ;&H , the Nuwh and not one sentence was i&ia'' given to the public. An inspection of 'if! the files of the News during this per- gy Iod is all that is needed to convict it y(mA if duplicity in the minds of all unprej- pR udiced people. But somo folks, such Mi i for instanco as this writer for the HH Times, arc so blinded by their rellg- ' iouH zeal thut thoy aro contont to VMB bow in meek servility to their betray- H ur and lick tho hand that smites thorn. - And then turn and rend the man who Jf JjL has tho courage' to call attention to |