The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-21
Why The Tribune Has Cut Down
Its Exchange List in
Utah.
QUESTION ONE WHICH 1T
ALONE COULD PASS UPON
Large Majority of the Country
Newspapers in State Tied
te Ecclesiasts.

At the meeting of the Utah State
Press association, held at the Hermitage
in Ogden canyon Tuesday. one David
P. Felt availed himself of the oppor-
tunity to introduce a resolution, In
which, after eulogIzing the News and
the Herald Republican, said to be liberal
with their exchanges. The Tribune was
asked 10 loosen up.
The resolution was brought out no
doubt by a wall that was printed by one
Alex III. Rollo of Cedar City. who spoils
It through a machine and taking an Inn
preston from type which has been set
up. This man Rollo was wrought up
because The Tribune cut him off from
its exchange list, hence he emitted n
loud and prolonged yell. To the credit
of the State Press association, the reso-
luton was laid upon the table and thus
killed
Now, insofar as the exchange list of
The Tribune is concerned. that is purely
a matter for The Tribune TO pass upon
| itself, And 1t has.
There Are Good Newspapers.
There are several country newspapers
In Utah that are newspapers. They print
the happenings In their localities. tell
what Is going on. boost the county in
which they are printed, read other news
papers and comment upon current mat
ters. The paper which Is printed by
Alex II. Rollo, known as the Iron County
Record. is not one OF these papers
Iron county. in which the Record Is
printed. Is one OF the richest counties In
the state, but no one who reads the Iron
County Record would ever know that
II was. The Tribune has printed more
in one issue about Iron county and It's
resources than has the Iron County Rec
ord since 1t existed The reason is ap-
parent, The alleged newspaper which
| I0.lI~ L. .l1n aftfl f<@
dominated by the priesthood, and the
priesthood does not want anybody In
Iron county unless those people are our
people" deluded people who pay uthes
and bow to the nod and beck OF the 1.-THE
gatherers, ,
Blight Upon Iron County.
Originally a blight settled upon part
of Iron county at settlement called
Cedar, This settlement was the radiat-
ing and focal point OF the great con,
spiracy which eliminated in the awful
massacre OF a rich cmigrant train In
September, 1857, at Mountain Meadows
thorities OF Cedar, the attack began by
John d. Lee who, in his confession made
a short while before his execution. de-
clared that the massacre was under the
direction OF the Mormon officials, and
history has so recorded. This blight was
so great that it became known as the
haunted town, and is was abandoned
The county has not grown as have other
counties. The blight of the priesthood
still clings TO it. and it Is papers like
the Iron County Record which keep 1T so.
No facts about the county ever appear
in the Record. Priesthood meetings are
noted Cussedness about young people is
printed, once in while a paraSrnph
appears about the Normal school wnich
is located there Branch conferences and
church meetings are cited, But never u
word or line about the resources OF the
county or what ii produces. IT Is domi-
mated by ecclesasts absolutely THIS Is
why The Tribune cut 1t from its exchange
list.
There were a number of other Utah
papers cut from The Tribune exchange
list at the time the Iron County Record
was dropped and for similar reasons:
They were so dominated and controlled
by the priesthood as TO be valueless.
What The Tribune Has Done.
Beginning in November of last yeaI
The Tribune printed every Monday morn
Ing a story running from one c-quarter oi
a page to three-quarters OF page In
length, about the counties OF Utah. tax
ing each In order. There was no religion,
no politics In these stories. They de-
tailed the resources of the several coun-
ties Exploited them Told the people
of the world what could be found IN
Utah; what existed here; what great
wealth there was in the state; what great
opportunities there were Tor setuefs, iot
people who wanted to better their conal-
tlon In the preparation OF these ar
ticlcs a great deal OF care was taken'
great deal of research was necessary,
tremendous amount of hard work was
devoted to gathering the reliable data
which they contained, ana the cosl "ao
considerable. -
There are twenty-seven counties In the
state and all were treated in TINS series
of stories excepting salt Lake county,
the resources of this county having been
printed in story last August row
much those articles were appreclateq py
the business community OF salt Lake
was shown by the several extra edltlohs
which were printed to supply the demand
and which were sent all over lilis CUM
try and TO the Old World.
How much these stories exploiting Otan
were appreciated by the country press o.
the state Is shown by the TACT that puS
three newspapers mentioned them one ol
which only referred to the story about
the county in which it was printed by
calling attention to an alleged error as
to who was the first settler. rive paRers
from The Tribune the matrices
of the pages containing the stories IN
order THAT they might be stereotyped and
printed I'm the establishment where
these fivc, three did not give any credit
whatever To The Tribune.
Tied Up With Ecclesiasts.
The reason Is apparent So closel!
ideniIGcd with the priesthood, with tnt
dominant church. with the ecclesiasts, y
the greater majority OF the country press
Of Utah that they dare NOT print or uuote
from The Tribune the columns of matter
exploiting Utah. for If they did the &c
clesiasts could not say 70 our peopn
that "-The Tribune Is knocking the state.
These papers. these eccleSiasts 90 no
want the people to know the resources
If Utah They are obeying the order oi
the president of the Mormon church @
reoting Mormons not to sell their pr
,rty to outsiders.
The editor OF n country newspaper
.Jtah told The Tribune on Teusday thai
because ne printed small advertisement