Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-16
ADVERTISE, BUT.PEACE FIRST.

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Sc heartily endorse this editorial
when appeared in the Herald Of Tues
day morning: RI
"a movement is on foot to establish
an advertising bureau In the east III
behalf Of the State of Utah, with the
intention of inviting Immigration q
making known the advantages OF the
state, and, presumably, of correcting
the unpleasant impression prevailing
SO generally that this Is not a deslr-
able region for residence or business.
Usually such a proposal would seem
5opportune and desirable; but would ~
be profitable? Is 1t possible under pres"
ent conditions to convince the OUTSIDE
world that the people here are I, law ",
abiding, good neighbors, peaceable IL
their relations with others, and much
better than the average of large aggre-
cations In this country? Could any Ell
4 fort, however strong and widespread
offset the constant stream of defa ma
ton and misrepresentation when hows
outward from here? Hasn't the state
Z for years suffered helplessly the disad-.
vantage of such advertising from It's
very center as VIII serve to render IN
effective the work of the proposed pu-5
reau?
"These questions arc asked In good
faith, in the belief that they answer
themselves L litdl1 eiii5 A'eiits
ever expect to be placed on the footing
to which they belong in outside esteem
it can only be after the chief cause OF
their unpleasant notoriety has been re-
moved The stranger who becomes M
terested In the state through advertls-
ing is more than likely to come mere 10
find that the people are divided. that a
shirt of discord prevails, that neigh
Dor is arrayed against neighbor, ana
that with all It's outward attractions
the conditions are not to his llitlng. IL
he happens to make inquiry in some
quarters he will be assured that politl-j
cal conditions are governed by men
who are untrustWorthy, uiiusstrapie
citizens, and altogether he Will be dis
gdsted with the picture drawn for HIM.
at is unpleasant to record the facts,
hit every one knows they are true.
Moreover, they are conditions that
should be remedied, and could be II
the people could find expression OF
their convictions in organized form,
died, until politics Is restored to the
normal alignment on national lines.
until ii proves Improbable for mon to
trade politically on religious luminosity
and profit by fomenting strife, there IS
little advantage in attempting to ad-s
veitisa the state.
What Utah needs is less advertising
of the sort it is getting, and more Of
the spirit of Independence which Will
drive from politics the men who have
established this era of dissension."
we have preached these doctrines
for some time, to the hest of our abil-
ity, and we believe puhlic5consciousnes
is awakening to the truth of them. We
believe prominent business men who
have made large investments are sick
and tired of the perpetual misrepre-
sensations of present conditions and
the defamation of character which are
about the only features of our UNI
American journalism. We believe we
could name officials elected by .Amcri-
cans who are sick at heart at the
everlasting agitation for which there
is absolutely no reason. Why should