Arizona republican., 1899-10-03
PHGNIx. OCTOBER 3. 1899.
THAT PAMPHLET.

Two publications in this town nave
Joined hands in an endeavor to injure
the business of The Republican and to
belittle Phoenix business men in
the eyes of the public Their spleen
te be issued by the board of trade of
this city. The true cause of their an
imosity is that The Republican Sc
cured the contract for printing the
pamphlet referred to. The Republican
need not defend itself against
the jealousies of its defamers. The
board of trade, however, has been
placed in a false light by these sore
ones. As there is nothing like the
truth to refute a libel, The Republican
considers it a public duty to give the
true history of the booklet to be issued
by the board of trade.
This board was organized through
the efforts of ex-Mayor J. G. Adams Of
Phoenix only a few weeks ago. 1t is
composed of almost every business
man in Phoenix, Glendale, Tempe and
Mesa Its object-the upbuilding Of
seem one in which every citizen within
the section which it seeks to aid would
gladly concur in This is net so,
however.
One of the first acts of the board was
to order the printing of a descriptive
pamphlet setting forth the advan-
tages of the Salt River valley. This
publication was to be issued at the
earliest possible moment and was to
be but a preliminary to mere compre-
ton of $4,000 was decided upon and
bids for doing the work were asked
of every printing Office in Maricopa
county. Only two bids were received
The Republican and one Paul Hull
being the only bidders. Another print
ing firm declined TO bid. owing to the
conditions which specified that 5000
pamphlets be completed within week
from the time copy and cuts were re-
ceived The printing committee of
the board of trade not wishing to do
any one an injustice by asking the i'm
possible, decided to call conference
of representatives of the printing firms
OF Phoenix. At this conference, over
which Acting President Walter Talbot
of the board presided, all agreed that
it was next to Impossible to comply
with the original specifications, and a
new plan of action was decided upon
The Gazette was not represented, hav-
ing no job printing equipment, and
apparently took no interest in the
meeting at all. The representative OF
the only printing firm IN Phoenix
which is a competitor of The Repub-
Iican job Office dictated the new specl-
fcations, which were assented to by
the man Hull and the agent of The
Republican. On the day following
this conference, the second set of bids
was opened The Republican tender
was SIS lower than that of Hull's or
the dictator of the specifications.
Here it is well to remember that
the Gazette was not in evidence.
The work was, of course, let to The
Republican and every one was salts
fed but the defeated Hull, who, it is
said, gave expression to his woe be-
fore the board
The work was scarcely in press be-
fore the Gazette made an unwarranted
attack upon the board of trade via this
innocent publication, alleging in sub
stance that an attempt was being made /
TO beguile strangers into the Salt |
River valley for the purpose of !
Fleeing" them. But little notice was
taken CT this aspersion, as it was sup
posed to emanate from an irresponsi- |
bic source and was in line with the
past record of the Gazette when any,
thing for the good of Phoenix was be-
ing done.
Early last week a limited number Of
pamphlets was delivered to the sec
rotary of the beard of trade for distri-
button 1t was then discovered that !
the cover design which was contrib ,
uted by a member of the board would
prove Objectionable for the purpose
sought to be attained by issuing the
pamphlet; also that certain state
ments net exceeding a dozen lines, re-
ferring to the present agricultural
capabilities of the valley, were err
roneous, having been overlooked in the
original proofs by both the compiler If
the publication and the printing com