The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-30
HIS "FORCEn MEDICINE.

About three weeks ago THE HERALD pub
lished the following article from an Omaha
paper:
Mr. GEORGE WALLACE, of Salt Lake city, is
in Omaha, visiting his brother WILLIAM WAL
LACE, cashier of the Omaha National bank, and
a more thoroughly pleased man could not be
found than he over the result of last Mondays
election.
BE left home Immediately after voting early
Monday morning, consequently got no details as
to how matters came out until he reached this
city Speaking of this matter he said:
Omaha people think they know what red
hot political campaign Is, but can tell them
they have very poor conception of such
things.
1.-THE defeat OF Mormon rule in Salt Lake city
is the grandest victory ever achieved What
does it mean? Why, it means we will force
them to sell their property; 1t means extensive
public improvements and the rapid building up
OF a large commercial centre.
ut also means an increase in valuations. an
enlargement of taxes and the accumulation of
q fund sufficient to do something with. Our
taxes now amount to one-half OF per cent. on
quarter valuation. Think OF running a city
with such an income as that.
1.-THE new administration will ut once adopt a
broad, liberal policy, inaugurate an extensive
system OF public improvements, offer good in.
ducements for the Investment of foreign capital
in short give US such a boom as we have long
been dreaming Of"
We expressed our surprise at the time
that as broad-minded man as GEORGE Y.
WALLACE should be guilty of such remarks
We wondered how high church member
was going to defend his position in sug.
costing 'force." We also asked how the
gentleman would like to have little of his
own medicine administered and be forced,
TO sell his telephone company stock. We
ventured the opinion that he would no,
fully appreciate being compelled to dispose
of that stock. 1t seems that we were in
error, that the stock was not valuable an6
that it is necessary to increase the renta
of telephones 331S per cent. in order tt
make it paying investment.
The HERALD is still of the opinion tha
there was at least diminutive value to tn,
stock at the time the article referred t.
was published, and ON account of the in
crease in rates we are of the opinion TO-DAY
that there is a great increase in the valu,
of the stock and that it would set harde
on the conscience of Mr.. WALLACE. nov
than it would have done three weeks ag
if he were required to take large dose O
his "force" medicine in the shape of
compulsory sale of his telephone compan,
stock 1t looks to man in the distance a
if Mr.. WALLACE were getting well ready t,
meet ian increase in valuations, an enlarge
ment of taxes,' etc., which the gentlema,
predicted in his interview with the Omah
scribe, but the love Of good government
and a desire to contribute to the fun,
necessary to carry it on, it seems, in Mr.
VILLAGES case, are to be separated, H
will praise the present city officials for in
creasing taxes and making improvements
but the patrons of the telephone compan,
are to furnish him the funds with whicI
to meet his pro rata of the increase O
taxes. AS we grow in wealth we seem ais
to grow in the desire to see improvement
made and taxes increased, provided alway
that the increase comes from ''the othe
fellow;' and it seems that the president O
the telephone company has little spark O
human nature in his composition.
THE HERALD is of the opinion that Their
is slight relation between US and ARrr
MUS WARD-we are one and all ''willing t
sacrifice all our wifes relations