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Show Whose Fault Is It?; i. . . . . . . When we were young, we were told that the constant dripping of water on a stone will wear the stone away, but the fellow who nude that statement state-ment has never lived in Bingham Canyon, for, after eight months of tireless tire-less effort at trying to educate the good people of the camp that merchandise merchan-dise may be purchased in Bingham Canyon as cheap or perhaps cheaper than at mail order houses, we received a Jolt this week that sent our weary brain a-whirling, and for a few minutes thought our efforts of 'the last eight months were for naught, and that the principal use of our weekly Offering was in the kindling of the morning fire. v , , Some of our most intimate friends will again step to tho fore, and proclaim pro-claim to the world that we are knocking, but we don't-care particularly what they think or say, as we received a real jolt, and we, are going to de clare ourselves here and now. ..' During the summer just closing, we have witnessed many peculiar things while looking over conditions on Main street, but he most disagreeable disagree-able sight of all was the amount of Salt Lake merchants" who, while business is slack in the metropolis, send solicitors to Binghanv Canyon in an effort to stave off the wolf. " '' '. Lest the people of the camp forget, it may be well to -state at the outset of this editorial that it is NOT a paid editorial, that thereis not a merchant in this town who has seen this editorial until it appeared in the paper today. Getting back to the subject of our wrath: During the week, a corporation, corpora-tion, doing business in Bingham Canyon, although not located here, according accord-ing to advices, purchased some improved property, and. decided to make some" improvements, namely, the building of a barn, anthe putting in of sanitation in three houses. ' '? K The people of Bingham Canyon will no doubt be more than happy to hear of the foregoing improvements, and so are we, BUTf-where did thiB foreign company gets its lumber ;w here did they get their carpenters; where did they get their plumbers? We don't know where the lumber came from, neither do we know where the carpenters came from, but we DO know that the plumber came from Murray, the home of this institution. This paper does not take it upon itself to dictate to the owners of property prop-erty as to whom they should employ in the improving of their property, but it does rare up when a foreign business establishment comes to this camp daily, does a thriving business, and then gets a foreign plumber to do its work without giving the local plumbers a chance to even bid on the job. If the local business man is too high in his bid, we say it is well to look around for a better price, but when an out of town institution hires out of town labor without even allowing the local man to bid, we say it is high time something is done. As has been said, this editorial is not paid for, and neither will we say that it has even been suggested, but we will say that any time an out of town business goes out of town for its labor, after making money off the people of this camp, we suggest this corporation be asked to make its livelihood from whence it hires its labor. . ; Bingham Canyon has a competitive institution, that as far as we know, employs only Bingham Canyon help, and why not patronize home industry? Getting back to our daily visions on Main street Did you ever notice how many Salt Lake concerns pester our local people? t Take for instance, the cleaning and dying companies. During the summer no less than seven different Salt Lake companies made trips to this camp in aa effort at getting get-ting business. Bingham Canyon baa. five very, good airing establishments, establish-ments, who do good workTand yet folks' would "give the out of towiTpeddTer work to do. It may be well to remember that these five tailors, as well as every other merchant in Bingham Canyon remains at his post throughout the winter, that they are ever ready to care for your wants in all kinds of weather, but can we say as much for the Salt Lake institutions? We cannot, for as soon as the snow begins to fly, and the roads are not filled with sunshine, these Salt Lakers leave us to make out the best way we can. If the business in Bingham Canyon is not worth coming after, when there is snow on the ground, surely it is not worth very much in summer. Think this over, folks, and remember that the merchants of this camp are always at your service, rain or shine, snow or no snow. Let us at least be loyal to the business men of Bingham Canyon who are loyal to us, and remember that when Murray plumbers are employed by a Murray corporation to do work in Bingham Canyon it is up to the Murray plumber to see that the Murray corporation gets plenty of business in Murray. . |