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Show H EASY TO KNOCK I A NY paltry fellow, whether he is writing the j B editorials of a newspaper under a nomdeplume H or merely editing it, can knock. It is easy to knock M it requires neither courage, energy nor brains. B And there is usually a minority of noisy gazoots m in each town who applaud every effort along this I H line. They are the sort of chaps who gather about B the man who is trying to accomplish something B worth while, and try to act smart and make "cute" H remarks. Hut did you ever know of these wise-IB wise-IB acres ever accomplishing anything praiseworthy B themselves? They always poke fun at and find BB fault with what the producer, the creator does, BB and try to discourage and discredit his efforts, but BB do they give you anything in return? B About the same thing is true of religious crit- B ics. They delight in ridiculing and tearing down BB the other fellow's tenants and beliefs, but have no B religious solace to offer in lieu thereof. BB It is not to be expected that every effort in B the direction of a worthy object will succeed. The I world is more than half made up of disappoint- B ments and failures. Yet what says the old ad- B dage: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try B again.' And mighty sound, wholesome advice it B has proven in a great many cases. Some of our B greatest human benefactors have achieved suc- B cess only after a lifetime of disappointments and B failures. B Having done with generalities and coming to I B the point, there are certain people in a rival town i B of this county who take great joy and satisfaction j B in the prospect that Cedar City's hopes for secur- B ing railway connection with the outside world may B be dashed to the ground again. Which goes to B show that the writer of a certain annonymous( ?) J B spiel in the Parowan Times signed "Megain" is B insanely jealous over any advancement which is I B made by the southern portion of the county of; B which the county seat does not receive the first1 B helping. And that he would far rather see the B eastern end of the county go without railroad com- B munication entirely than to have the road built to B Cedar City and not to Parowan. Bfl "Megain" palavers about the important infor- B mation he has received first-hand from an official Bfl of the D. & R. (I. Railway, which is supposed to H "put the quietus" on all prospects of a railroad to Bfl this place, but neglects to mention what position B his learned informant holds. Possibly he is a fl brakeman, or he may be a yard man, either of BB whom, of course, would be in very close touch with fl George J. Gould and would have absolute knowl- fl edge of that worthy's plans and intentions, and H consequently of the aims, capabilities and good fl faith of all other railroad magnates and capitalists. M This egotistical ignoramus tries to belittle all H boosting newspapers who publish the avowed in- WM tentions of constructive people who attempt to fl do something for the country, and apparently sug- B gests a course of scoffing and ridiculing any move B for the betterment of conditions because some fl such efforts have failed in the past. There is wis- fl dom and constructive advice for you. Bfl But our long-eared friend on the north with fl the stentorian throat may find that he has laughed fl too soon this time. We still have very positive as- fl surances that despite the many delays the pro- M jected branch to Cedar City will yet be built on B schedule time, which is by December first, and we fl Contrary to the representations of our knock- B ing friend, we have just as good coal on this side B of the range as they have on the east ; we have a fl sufficient amount of tonnage to justify the build- Wm ing of a railroad right now, with all the increase H to be added thiit the building of a railroad would B undoubtedly bring, here is already more freight B handled through the Lund station than at any B point on the Salt Lake Route in Utah, except Salt fl Lake. And how long does this maverick suppose BH it would take to bring a railroad with the line of BB chatter he gives off in the article in question, pro- IPJ vided anyone took him seriously and credited him B with having ordinary sense, which, however, is H extremely improbable. may add that there is still ample time remaining for its accomplishment. We never go much on the fellow who has to hide behind a nomdeplume when he "buts in" to print. He is a first cousin to that despicable hound called annonymous, and is hardly worth the while of a self-respecting person to answer. And besides, be-sides, we never know whether it is a case of the editor's repudiation of his own offspring, or whether wheth-er it is really a "basket child" which has been left on his doorstep. Therefore, for his own protection protec-tion it is best for an editor to have as few of these nomdeplumes in his paper as possible. laa |
