The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-27

reasoning on this p1int and H.
TO rule accordingly shonld an1 auy
Ssei cols pe'ofe him. Judge Gree
nams point is that there mnSt -
two consenting parties to a ' cn Ne
tract and that man can No ~ IL
col ect pay for Newspaper sons
Without orders than he eonId so t
eouquet sent without orders va
are glad that one of our lesding we we
or business has set his face ill., Leu
fl nc against this sort OF inn iHe
"Thompson's Bank Note Reno,,ooG:;
of New York city, vithopt o
authority, was sent by the nublioSny
to the Clement National bsnT
About November 1, 1888, csma =
bill for the paper and "a
monthly notice." so.called vi tJt
a request for payment. The honL L
answered that if their order faa
the paper was annexed to TT o
bill they would pay it; they worIs
not pay bill which they had neU..
au horned. November 9th T0os
came a second notice asking n oU
ment for this unauthorized clam
closing as follows: "Will say We bsd
a similar experience with snotIe~
trust company in your State which
recently went under" NOyanbar
18th, 1888. came the fourth notioo
saying: "Last year We received in
| formation about your being IN hi,
we published a notice and SEM fb5i
paper the whole yesr. voT,
nom SbO~ vo,,r onrroo;Cs:' SOu
Jog tobest us. You VIII please 70.
NIT, or if you prefer will draw nm
| yOu with your letters at aohed >
January 1st, 1884. came sno her d.
mand for payment, inclosing an a.
legged citation of newspaper laws ga
final "bulldoZer' on the ClemaDt
National bank. The Clement barJ
was still cbdurate, so January Sin
1884, came another letter ca LING the
Clement National bank "one of the
few unfair and selfish bsnks We bavs
to deal WITH closing as follows:
"Your actions are similar to tbose
of the st. Adams Trust eomDanv
that persistently refused to nav .
bill while Systematically robOing
depOsitOrs. You may run a sure
business, but we would not be will
ling to recommend you to any Of
our patrons. Do not, by evasion OF
hesitancy, undertake to beat US.
Who is the Individual signing him.
self C.. T. Harrison, who assumes
the responsibility OF making the
Clement National bank stand in the
light Of a beat? The only way to
Tighten your conscience is to remit
without higgling or LOnser cial let
ter writing" The Clement National
bank did not soften or pay
this impudent bill, and there fol-
lowed another "bulldozer" in the
shape of a fcopy" of a note to
ThOmpson's Bank Note Reporter,
inquiring as to the responsibility of
the estate Trust Company" and to
the security Of certain loans netting
from six to ten per cent. advertised
by the estate Trust Company"
This last thrust was absurd, for no
such loans have ever been adyer-
tised by the estate Trust Com pany."
Now, any business man who reads
this correspondence can see that no
body that " as well>bred, RESPONSE
BILE man Of business would ever use
the methods or employ the language
Of Thompson's Bank Note Reporter.
There are financial publications,
like the Bankers Magazine. en-
tirely reputable, who would no
more think Of trum ping I'D a bill
against a bank in this Wav than
would the Times, Tribune or Herald
think of enlsrging their INSCRIPTION
in this way. l. is perfectly clear
that the insinuRtiOn of this cores
p1ndence is "Pay our bill Or We will
backyard you in our paper" We
are glad that the Cement bank saws
"No; we will not pay p cent fO-
tribute; not cent to fraud; u oduce
the order for your unauthorized
paper and We viii pay it; not before.
The amount involved is small, bat
it involves a principle; that No bust
ness man of brains and pluck
should submit to virtual blsckmail.
The same con emptib e methods
are prsoticed exceptionally in our
own State by few low newspapers
of no influence that Is commensurate
with their social infamy. These,
perhaps, go further even than the
piraticsl press Of Y eW York, and de-
liberately insert advertisements
that were never ordered, and then
send the bill with an intimstion tina.
if you don't settle we will smut you
at the very first opportunity. A
decent man, conducting respect
able business, is a fool and coward
to be imposed on by such threats, Tor
the public opinion that backs
bIackmailing newspaper could not
possibly lose a man fifty dollars q
wear, and 9 man who would be bul-
lied in his business for $50 ought TO
fail in business; ought never al
tempt todo business. We trust thai
more Of our fellow citizens VIII
stand with the p0stmaster-g genera,
with Judge Gresham, with Judge
We. Zey and with the Clement Ma
tional bauk, and ref Use to psy tor
paper that they never contracted 70
pay for: that they Will a < for TIE
order before they scknoW--
edge the contract. CONNER
cial piracy of this sort ougn'
obiuO