The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-25
THE TRUST-OWNED TRIBUNE

Support peOIJe
firmly for the best interests of the city and state and that
its motives in doing should be dsnterested is definitely
beyond the comprehension of the Tribune and its afternoon
appendix the Telegram of the worst of newspaper
appendicitis If has been fortune to observe
Owned and controlled by the coal trust tied hand and
foot unable to except along the lines marked out by the
trust and its benecares the Tribune at first thought to ig
the fight But that impossible because of the deep
feeling of the people the subject The Tribune then
forced say something appease the desire Of its patrons
and it did that by attempting to minimize what being
done The movement finally became great that the trust
needed defense and the organ of the trust the Tribune
led like a lamb to the slaughter.
Forced champion the trust yet fearing the people much
that dare not openly that the increase in the price of coal
justified and that the coal trust is really phianhrOpc
enterprise Disguise the Tribune began attack upon the
motives of The Herald Republican and its management in
champonng the of the people against the octopus that
is robbng the people of Utah of $4,000 this winter
Naturally, it attributed deep, dark design to the
federal bunch and fight against the coal trust
plot to loot the state treasury Then the charge of
backmail' which natural enough, considering that the
Tribune lives by graft from the saloon and the gamblers
and that its monthly deficit would put it into the hands
of the sheriff if it not for that graft Then tried to
show that the national policy OF conservation respOnsbe
it said the government kept its hands much coal land
and another page of the issue said that the
had released too much coal land to the Utah Fuel
pany 1t very ridiculous Of course but it is Tribune style
1t is unfortunate that the people cannot have the support
the Tribune and Telegram in this fight the public is making
release the from the grasp of the coal trust Small
the circulation of each of those papers, there
pie who read them and it old that every little bit
helps The who make the Tribune know well any
body that the coal trust ought to be prosecuted and that the
prohbitive price of coal is distinct derment to the
welfare and people, yet the management of the
paper has many trust affiliations that is impossible for
it to come out in the open and fight for the public
The cry of blackmai federal bunch and "cOnserva
tom of raised by these ruscontOed papers to
draw attention from the main The Tribune defend
the coal in the way that it believes will be most eff
fecve 1t dare say that the trust is doing the proper
thing that is justified in raise in the price OF coal or that
the trust not doing harm this great commonwealth The
only manner in which it defend by attacking the
tives of those who fighting the trust
The Tribune dare not be for the people any issue 1t
never will be- Much the members of the
Tribune staff would like to get out in the open and club the
trust they do because the management OF the paper
is so tied up with the combine that any blow at would
be felt in the Tribune office on the rebound
On November just prior to the recent election, when it
was announced that increased 30 cents ton,
nent American party leaders went to the management of
the Tribune and pleaded that coal be made party issue and
that the raise the price be bitterly fought by the Tribune
looked good the leaders because they knew would be
popular with the people The ubbo to whom they talked,
thought so well of that there editorial published
by the Tribune declaring that the increase not usable
But the big chief in the management saw IT. there
were things doing in the Tribune office There more
editorials against the coal trust and the American party
leaders were told that the Tribune could not support any at
tack upon the coal trust So that campaign issue was dropped
The Herald Republican is owned by stock company and
papers opinions the property OF the paper 1t dares
fight for people, and is the only paper OF prominence
the state that do As motives the people
can Judge themselves when they cheaper cOa and they
are going TO get it. so sure as shines We this
fight to stay until the people get cheaper coal and until the
coal trust gets what is coming to It,
There is mstakng the temper OF the people all over
The coal trust extends It's rule INTO nineteen eoun
ties and public Indignation rising in each OF them Their
commercial organizations taking up the matter and the
note of discomfort that is being sounded not at all
tain The people the yoke of the coal trust removed from
tber necks and they are going to remove it. The Herald
Republican is only an incident in this fight The people
making the fight themselves and they feeling certain
of success each day.