The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-12-11
SEE" said the Idiot, as he turned
from a perusal of his morning pa

~ SEE" said the Idiot, as he turned
from a perusal of his morning pa
per. to the steaming platter of
buckwheats before him, thar they are
having grand old row in New York
over the advertising signs IN the sub
way. An eminent citizen suggests that
the public kick them to pieces whenever
they encounter them, foI getting appar-
emily that placed az they are some
eight or ten feet above the level Of the
platform that the effort he suggests,
particularly in che case OF ladies who
are nor professional ballet dancers,
would SAVIOR OF disorderIy conduct"
Wei. they ought to be kicked to
pieces just the same" said the Biblio-
maniac They are an outrage not
Only upon art but upon morals. Every
blessed one of them is only the out
ward and visible sign of that hidden
graft by which the public purse is an
nually MIXED to the tune of millions ."
Hooray for art" cried the idiot. A
bas le graft. as they say in Paris.
agree with you for once, Mr.. bib. The
subway being a public utility should
not be debased &c the level of a sordid
commercial enterprise any more than
our parks and public squares should be
devoted 70 the exploitation of patent
medicines. hair tonicss breakfast foods
and lfte-g giving soups. What would we
think OF a park commission that per-
mitted the trees Of the peoples play
ground - be hung With placards advis-
ing the public 20 keep their teeth white
with Mother of PeaTline, TO shine their
shoes with Anthracite Polish and TO
feed their stOmachs at breakfast With
An-G-H-short for Christian Science
barley. which, by giving the digestive
nr-r- r,f ne oh
ment, IS more easily assimilated than
real foOd2 Most assuredly we would
not tolerate that any more than we
would permit this same commission to
dishgure the park lawns with bill pos
ters exploiting the peculiar virtues Of
a new kind of suspended. or a patent
nOn-loseable collar button, or a new
straight front garment for gentlemen
on the verge of over-cOrpulence. We'd
stamp those things out OF existence in
a minute and the man who permitted
them would be Pariah in the land
SO with other public property under
which classification the New York sub
way comes. and other subways
throughout the country VIII also come
when they are built. The peoples prop
erty may not be turned TO private profit
with impuuity."
oh, nonsense" said the Lawyer
This whole hue and cry is rot. The
public hasn't got anything TO say about
Tut. Mr. Brief" retOrted the Idiot
THAT observation IS erroneous on the
face Of it, The public is already saying
E great deal about it which is a com
plete disprcof of your contention.
maintain that these tenants Of the
subway have no more right to uevOte
the wall space of those stations to ad-
vertising than the president of the
United States would have to adOrn the
wall of the White House interior with
decorative designs calling upon visit
ors 10 use Russian laundry soap. or
Dreamaline for the Nerves, or the Six
teen Maryland Sisters Tonic as a cure
for badness. a man may be tenant
of public property, but that does not
give him the right to disfigure it,
We'll. my friend" laughed the Law
yer this is unitarian age. Nothing
goes to waste in these times. In all our
industries you Will find that stuff that
used to be thrown away as valueless a.