Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-07


yor no, g continue AZ you have done
in full and shall consider my account
heretofore. incloae check for payment
Very truly yours.
Hero followed the name of ono 90 IN.
Wv aeHIera in tobacco DO the lily.
re had hrou iu The habit OF iuaaftinr a
column oi conspicuous advertising and
PAYING Tor % "a very large price.
Edward Norman laid this letter down
very thouHhtiully ana then hfter mo.
meut DE- took uu CODY OF nla u.....r
anu looked through tho adVerfising flI-
umnf. There was no cuunactiH. .fr.
pIcd in NE tobacco merchants io.Iar
between ths omission of the pua.Hrht
ana thc Withdrawal OF the iigHaI..s.
mcnt but be- could not avoid uitrre
me Two together. iu point OF fact ~
lttefMntd learned that the tobacco
dealer withdrew his aIvcr. iseriept bs.
cause be- hai hoard that the sdHor N
The News was about 10 enter UPON
some queer reform policy fHHt would
81 certain e. reduce iH subscription
But the letter directed N5fmar.s at
tantion o. thU advertising phis. % bic
paper. iIc had not considered lh'a be-
FORE. ~ hr glanced over thH columns
] le could not escape the conviction that
! Jesus could not permit sonic of them In
! hiH pnusr What would 1HHHn Iu With
/ that other Ions ldyHHIIn. niaut 1f Iiru0rf
! Raymond enjoyed HTHfHm of hINh Ii-
/ cenHe Hul the rlluHu ana tho billiard
/ hnll nni ihe lr.f rlr1en were pant N
/ tho cityH Christian civilization He
business man Do Raymond 900. rnd n
/ wun one ~ tho hOHt paving SOURCES on
] revenue What would che pInar if n
] 90 cut thoae uut7 could % liver That
] question. OTTER uuT "What would Jesus
] DOR That was th. question ha was nu-
/ nwcflur, nr .rylrE tl answer. this week.
| would jesus advsrilrc whiiky and to-
| b1roo 200 Die r1ufr9
| Edward norman asked De- honestly,
ana otter prayer fnr holm and wisdom
De- asked CLARK 20 com. into the office.
| NlIfk came ln feeling that thc paper
| was lt "a crisis ana pfruHtc1 Tor almost
anything utlOr Die Monday morning ok
| pcrienco This W1s Thuradny
| CLARK" cold Norman. speaking
slowly and carefully % have heon
| looking nc our advertising columns ana
have decided Co dlHpaure with some ~
| out. I wish you would notify the adj
vcrtlH.nr ugsnt not To solicit or rOnow
the nd. I have marked hHfo"
| iin handed thn paper with The marked
placed over CO. clark who took q and
looked over the columns with very
"Tha ull moan 90 great ioas 70 The
| News. How TOMS du you think you can
! Keep thIH Hnrt Hl thing uu. clark was
nHtoniHhrd Nc lho rditnra action and
| could NOT understand be-
'clHrk. du Won think n Jesus were
The editor tnl proprietor ~ "a daily rh-
! uDr |u I'fuUuI hH would print advHr-
urgm.nt ri whisky and tobacco IN
CLARK looked nt biz chItf with that
rlm. Iu0i lf aHfnnlHhmsnt which had
/ FIHUfHI tuH que f.Hu before.
Vol rgi / don't suppose ho would.
Hut what hHH thHt 90 do with uH9 We
can't dp 1H Do would. Ngwnrapera can't
br RON 900 IlY such basis"
"Why u0ff asked Edward Norman
"Why noIf because they will lHae
moro money than they make. that's
nl.' CLARK spoke out with 900 irritation
that hs realty falt eve sh1u cer'lin-
y bankrupt Ono paper with thia n'rt N
"Do yru mink rag" Norman osked
the gursuHn r0t Hf = o. expected an
nuHwer but simply uH 10 De- were talk
ing with himself Aftcr a pause be-
"You may direct Marks 60 40 na I
faid. ! believe 70 "a what Jesus would
DO. and. ae ! told Sou. Clark that IL
what I have PROMISED o. try 10 DO Cor
"a y0ar rggirdi.Ha of what the results
! may h' to Wu. ! cannot believe that uY
| ans Kind ~ reasoning we could roach
o. conclusion iuHufyiuE jesus iu th7 ai-
: h"IN|.'INNNh AN ANl' NN' NA MNNNhh ANN
tobacco iu a newspaper iunrf ore
some other advertisements of "a doubt.
fui character ! shall study into. Meas
while / feel a OuuriUt.un iu regard "a
thars that cannot hs siirncUd.'
CLARK went back Co biz desk feeling
nE N be- had h.ou he the presence Of a
| peculiar person.
he could not grasp tho meaning OF Il
all Ito folt onrngUd ana alarmed. lie
was sure any such policy would ruin
the plper aH coon NO it became general
| ~ known that the editor was trying a.
| do everything By such an absurd moral
standard. What would become OF bual-
ncfa u this standard were adoptedf IL
would upset every custom and intro
ducc OndlDu1 confusion. IL was simply
foollahuuaa. Il was downright ldiocy'
~ clark elid 10 himself and whtn
Marks was informed 81 the action no
| seconded tho managing editor with
some very forciblc olacuatons. What
, was CO.,. matter with tho chicff Was
he inaanvl Was he going 70 bankrupt
the whole buslnosH7
But Edv ard Norman had not faced
, HE NOSE serious problem.
when Dc came down TO the Office rrf-
day morning. be- was confronted with
, the usual program Tor the Sunday
morning edition. The News wac one q
the few evening papers Ia lfeuc a sun
day edition. and u had dW8ya been re-
mirkhbly successful financially. There
was an average Of one page OF literary
and rcllgluuH Items To 30 or 70 raEes
OF eport, thratcr Eosslp. faahlou, 40
ciety ana political material, This made
very interesting magazine OF al sort.
Of reading matter and had always ben
welcomed By all the aubaeTlhere.
church members ana all ua sunday
neccsaity.