Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-01-03
AT IT AGAIN.


The Tribune again furnishes indis
putable proof of its well known pro
pensity to defame the victims OF ~
ire and then to use its own faisehood'
rs n basis and excuse for furtho'
defamation. Here is the proof referred
to.
The other day the Tribune repeated
ats old charge that the Church u
fighting the smelters. We denied It
The sheet then retorted:
''The Church organ writhes upon be.
ing confronted with the results OF ~
own evil counsels TO the farmers In IT,
demand that The shelters must go'
It called upon the farmers 10 haras
the smelteTs with multiplicity o.
lawsuits; TO band together and nfflicl
the smelters until they We're bounded
out of the valley. Its language on TINS
point was (see Deseret News editorial
October 81 1900 as follows:
1--WE think there is law enough now
to proceed under. But if that is not
the case. then legislation must be had
to fully cover the ground. Litigation
will have to come first legislation af-
terward. However that may be. temp
orlzlng with the evil win not do Pa
thence has ceased to be virtue In
this matter. The conviction Is fasten-
ing itself upon the public mind that
no active steps are Intended by the
responsible parties. but simply pol
icy OF delay. They must be taught
that this viii not answer the purpose
and that the injured people will not
be fooled In that way. The snelter
smoke must go. And 1t must not go In
the old way
"TTn.ess practical measures are
adopted TO nbate the evil. active pro
ccedlngs win have TO he taken and
oushed to the utmost, to remove enc
tirelv the root ana branch ana t~r'"k
and body of this tree of destruction.
The people affected arc deepy In earn
est, and they certainly mean busl-
ness
Observe the contrast and the con-
tradictions between what the News"
did say and what the peryerter claims
was said The News has taken so
little part in tho entire controversy as
to be liable to the charge OF indiffer-
ence, almost, but we have advised both
parties to compromise ON the only pos
sible basis, the preservation OF the
farms and homes OF people Of this vail
tho controversy first started II was
quite generally believed that the
smoke nuisance could be abated. The
farmers themselves believed this. II
was literally true that, "the convic-
ton Is fastening itself upon the public
mind that no active steps are intend
ed by the responsible parties. but simp-
ly a policy of delay" Hence the de-
mand that. "the smeltcr smoke must
go
Observe, further. that the slanderer
charged this paper with urging the
farmers ito harass' the smelters with
lawsuits until the continuance of smelt-
ing In this valley was impossible
whereas. we advised the property hold
ers damaged by the smelter smoke to
take practical measures to abate the
evil complained of-the smelter smoke,
not the smelters.
We maintained that the smoke ought
to be purified or abated. The slanderer
declares that we said the smelters must
be stopped from running.
The Deseret News said, "the smelter
smoke must 60" the slanderer quotes
that expression by leaving out the word
"smoke" and by changing "smelter"
to smelters." 80 that It reads: 1.-THE
smelters must go
The Deseret News urged an appeal
10 the courts unless practical meas-
ures are adopted to abate the evil"
that is the smoke. The slanderer says
We ''called upon tho farmers to hnrass
the shelters with a multiplicity OF
lawsuits"
The Deseret News said. I'VE think
there Is law enough now to proceed
under But If that is not the case then
legislation must be had to fully cover
he ground" This the slanderer con-
Iorts Into an "evll counsel" TO the
ito band together and afflict
he shelters TIL they were bounded
,ut OF the valley"
AS we have said before, the purpose
'f giving this spurious quotation from
! News" editorial written years ago |
s TO lnname, II possible, enmlty against |
he Church. II is hoped that false tea
imony VIII accomplish what cannot
% done by honorable means But,
re the Tribune readers so dense that
hey cannot detect plain forgery?
Are they so Indifferent to truth that
hey accept falsehood as substl-
ute?