The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-12-29
So THE PEOPLE May KNOW

n URING this gladstone holiday season, when peace
~ EARTH good will toward should be- the motto of
all when love neghbor when the mind still turns
Effectively to the beautiful thoughts that have been ncucated
by Christmas Christmas poetry and Christmas gifts
The Herald Republican desires join this universal pean
of peace and therefore rises remark.
And that remark is that this is neither
alton nor antlcorpOratOn. We would not surreptOusy
seze our stuffed club and wait the dark alley for the good
corporation that might swat in the mdrif would
pat the bad corporation the back and wish happy
New Year. The neutrality-suspicious. is the exponent of the
square deal first last and all the time. We for the
plain people the high and the low the rich and the poor
And TO maintain stand the champion of the
people and to defend them when they need defense
This paper has apologies offer for the fight it made
reduce the price of coal That increase in price the
set of winter Injustice it highway robbery. The
people needed able champion protect their interests
Had the rise in coal been just and righteous this paper would
not have interfered We convinced that it not
right, and the action of the coal companies Urrenderng
and reducing the price is conclusive evidence that posi-
ton the just and that had the forces of right with
when began fight TO get square deal from the coal
combine for the people of Utah.
Therefore, grded up ons, after thc
with all the energy of which capable, and fought
Just dgned a battle possible under the crcum-
stances; did feel however that all rules off and it
privilege to bite scratch gouge, and stick finger
in the other fellows eye necessary to win the fight We
have apology to offer for what did the way did it.
or the results achieved. We made personal attacks
mentioned two or three during the progress OF the
battle but that merely in the way of cricsng their Off
ca actions We did consider it necessary apologize
lat that time and nothing has occurred since to change
mind.
We suit sackcloth that we thought would
fit and met pile of ashes in which would
to sit. Also sackcoh and ashes would fitting
ward symbol of inward feelings since the end of the coal
fight We have not been mdUy puffed up do feel
that accomplished something of real benefit the people,
and it has made the still small voice within sing comic
the thorough evidence that the people appreciate
what able to do for hem aided and abeed by the
people themselves
No corporate individual influences have affect
this paper; neither Will this paper battle with the
poratons merely because they corporations Standing
for the square deal do the corporation person that
gives the people square deal will get square deal from
The Herald Republican is owned and published by The
Herald Republican Publishing company The stockholders
choose the directors and the directors fix the policy of the
paper The directors fixed the policy of The Herald Repub
has been outlined here have done from the begin
ming and there is not going to be change in that policy
This paper favors special interest against special
eres 1t for square deal for everybody all the time
to work towards that end chief and foremost
to that the people of Utah get square deal We
tender hearted that will permit the appeals of any
pOraton individual to prevent giving them just what
they merit; neither anxious for fight that will
tramp peoples kick them In the sns for the pure
joy of a scrap.
The neutrality-suspicious. fears and courts the favor
of The company which this paper will continue
to publish the fearless the most popular and the
newspaper in the intermOuntain country.
No. have apologies to make for attitude during
the fight for the methods used to win. We wanted
to win; did wn and ready for another battle
ever it becomes necessary.