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Show THE STANDARD AND LABOR fljj 1 A report is being circulatecTthat The Standard is unfriendly to union labor. Any one who has read The Standard during the past twenty years knows that is a false statement. The Standard is not a sudden venture in Ogden. It has been before the people of this city for years and years, and it has an established reputation which neither insinuation nor direct slander can shake. It would be an easy process to simulate friendship for labor dining a short period, but when the test of years is applied there must be something real and substantial to endure. There is nothing false or hypocritical in The Standard's high regard for the great body of men who make up the ranks of union labor. We believe in the average man, his aspirations and his high sense of right and wrong, and believing believ-ing in him we do not indulge in cant to reach his mental faculties, nor do we seek to mislead him into doing that which will bring him embarrassments. In an effort to promote harmony in this community. The Standard constantly has advised against that which is extreme on the part of cither labor or capital, and as a result all elements of this community have benefited. A man of wide experience, without solicitation last Thursday said: "I admire The Standard for its evident devotion to the cause of right. The paper is something more than the voice of an opportunist. opportun-ist. Standing essentially for justice on all the great problems that come before this people, I respect The Standard. U |