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Show SHARP PRACTICES It has long been our secret belief that newspapers were not perfect in some respects. Now we are sure of it. We are going further than this admission, to state wherein we have erred. Some weeks ago, we published an advertisement for the Denver Research Laboratories. Afterwards, we had secret misgivings, as we received notice from the field manager man-ager of the Utah Press Association that this company had little financial responsibility as to paying its bills for advertising, ad-vertising, nor was their product all that it was guaranteed. His warning came too late, as our paper was on the press. We found out later that the company had refused interviews to the Better Business Bureau of Denver and was insolvent. The Utah State Press Association is constantly on its guard against objectionable advertising. Most of the foreign advertising from recognized agencies and the products are nationally known. However, this company knew that it could put its ad across to the unsuspecting public through the gullible publisher at least once before the field manager could sound the warning throughout the state. It is not our practice to air our business troubles to the public, but the above incident offers a fine opportunity to comment. This 'phoney' company lost more than it gained. gain-ed. It now has the U. S. government on its trail. Individuals Individu-als reap the same soil of reward wien they try to get something some-thing for nothing through a kind of sneak thievery. You get "stung' once by a business man and you never go back. Riding high on the wave of temporary fortune through the employ of sharp practices has never netted anyone permanent perman-ent prosperity. Do you know of a single case that will refute re-fute this statement? We have known several shysters but eventually all of them came to grief. |