The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-09


by a streak of fool luck
"Iustead Of saying the town is
dead, do something to make II
alive" This is smother OF tnose
ehulli,ions from IN unhu-lr ess-IlKe
brain. and it is IS v2lueless as tne
fraudulent contents Of q bladder o!
bad air. ,t
eff a man comes here to InVess
moneS, sh W him how he can ses
returns on his enterprise, in'tesd OF
couyIL cling lin that he had peter
GU somewl ere else to settle. here
is the pith and marrow or me
ma ter and 1t brings me to the point
to " hich desire to call the afternoon
of your readers, snd yourself, ana
would be glad to give the readers
of The Tribune a chance to criilciso
my views On this matter, but thaE
he generous editors are to we
known already to allow ME 70 nope
for a fsir show on any subject: N
which their personal and peculiar
interests are concerned, should L
seek admission TO their columns:
They have marked out a line of
POI cy, and everything must bend
to l..
We all know we'll that the Nor
mon people are very unpopular, and
it is a fact that there are certain
pecuIiarities about them. which
render them somewhat unlike 0the'
Religious bodies, but with al that,
t was fund that Utah had m ny
attractions for non Mormons, and
as a result many of them came, as
they are still coming occasionally"
That the Mormons desire prosper
ity, we all know, no matter what
may be said 10 the contrary, and Of
course all others do, as that is all
they come here for. Now then, why
cannot we brace Up and try and
make things better? Simply, be-
cause the Tribune will not allow US
to do SO. The very man, who says
in the article mentioned, Let the
business community unite, and
speak of the advan ages OF the city,
ms cad of its draw backs,' has done
more to our injary by virtue of the
fact Of our misfortune in his being
hired to write for the Tribune 10
show up the drawbacks" than any
other one man who can be men
toned. The reason of 1t is, be hides
behind the impersonality of the
papgr, and his uttersnces have what
ever OF Importance attached to 1t as
a reDreseu tative journal. whereas,
on his own account, personally, he
would WELD no inf whatever.
Associated with him, are men Of
similar nature, and the policy of the
Crgan of drawbacks" has been to
Go anything to sell the paper. To
make it a sensational daily, has been
the height of their ambition, and
they have done it at such an ex>
pense to Utah as can never be CALI
culated. Now when we are ap-
parenuy on the verge of ruin, they
have the effrontery to ask us TO
"unite and speak of the advan-
tages Of the city instead of
its drawbacks" fully convinced
perhaps that they can do enough
and more than is necessary, in that
line themselves.
It is just as much an impossi-
bility for Utah to thrive as she
and as [ think she would
do, while the incessaEt display Of
s'dra " Backs" real and imaginary,
is made to the world by the sensa-
tionsl Tribune, IS 1t would be to
carry on the manufacture Of gun
powder successfully in a volcano.
Some horrid thing is always going
to happen; some great calamity Ia
always impending, as the result of
the continued efforts of the disloyal
Tribune. It is disloyal in the worst
possible sense. It draws from this
community the means Of support,
and under cover of great love for
the nation, seeks to destroy the
local government, bee use in its
greed for increased power, it cannot
successfully carry out its schemes
against the majority Of the people.
"The devil rebuking sin," is the
acme of consistency, alongside Of
the spectacle of Tribune editor
asking us to "unite" and say moth
ing about Drawbacks" If the
Tribune will reti1e from the draw
back" business everybody else will
for it has been run into
the ground, and 1t is time it was
buried forever; but if the present
policy of the paper is to be con-
tinued it will not be long before the
present editors and managers will
be seeking homes elsewhere, as
their predecessors have done; for
there must be an end to every thing.
AS sure as fate, the time must come
when the effects that the Tribune
has brought about upon the general
business must fall upon itself, and
sensation will be abandoned very
quickly. The Tribune has so faI
because of the depravity
If human nature, which seeks the
nasty and the degrading, and it has
attained a notoriety through its low
moral tone which in a business
ense has been successful, so far as
t is concerned. It has, however,
,ost the business interests of Utah
millions Of dollars.
Among the "drawbacks" the I'ri-
,tEne has held up for a regular bill
# fare for the "mau who comes here
% invest money!" the assurance