Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1910-07-08
Friday. July s. 1910.
TRIBUNE COURTESY o..

with the Records regular exchanges.
Wo wers at loss To understand Why.
Being In Salt Lake City last week
the editor OF this paper called at the
Tribune Office 10 ascertain the cause.
We expected a pleasant fraternal chat,
ne hae always heretofore been accord
ed rs there. Judge OF our surprise
when scarcely before the usual,
ordinary, aud commonplace words OF
greeting we're spoken mighty volume
OF abuse OF the Utah country papers
generally, and their editors partic.
ularIy, was poured out upon US with
such rapldity. volublllty, and heat "a
TO almost ataRger u.s. II came 30 fast
that there WAS hardly any chance for
us 10 'Get u word Ia edgeways;' and
u came In snch blunt language ms To
be- actually offensive. We we're
charged with being 30 cowed by the
Mormon priesthood that We dare net
say through the columns OF this paper
what We honestly feel aud think con
cernlng any subject, aud especially
with being afraid 10 quote from,
with credit, or publish any com
mandatory words OF tho Tribune as a
newspaper. Our reply TO the charges
was not oouohod In the most elegant
diotlon. We confess To having been
at the time Just o little bit rilcd, aud
now. AZ the writer thinks back upon
that short interview, aud HIS feelings
during tho same, he IL inclined TO
believe that thoro would have been
something moro strenuous than n
wordy combat INDUCED In right there
and then had IL not beon Tor the
presence nt the interview OF third
party, brother OF tho Record man
aud friend Of tho Tribune scribe.
with clearer head than either. Our
conclusion. upon after reflection, IL,
that tho editor of the Record was tn,
first country editor who had called
at the Tribune Office since tho order
was given by tho Tribune TO cut th,
tho country papers from the exohang,
list-..such an order, we were told,
waa made affecting most Of th,
country papers OF Utah for the sam,
csuse aud upon the same alleged
ground-'aud In consequence he wat
given not only hls own share OF tn,
pent up anti Mormon vltuperntior
bu. the share oom'ng 90 all the other
boys OF the country press IA we'll
Aud 80 we let Il pass,
We want to assert right here end
now, however that whllo we are faI
from agreeing with or supporting the
Tribune la its present mad policy OF
frenzisd antlmormoniom, there Ia nc
person, or sot OF persons, eoolesiasts
or others, who have any strings on
the Record man that II be sees any
thing IN the columns OF the Tribune,
or any other PAPER, that no feels ought
90 and eau be given TO the readers OF
this paper, the same has been done
aud Will hs done, giving due credit.
Our view Is, that the Tribune Is hunt,
ina Itself more than II Is hurting the
Mormon church or the state " Utah
by It's present course, There are
grounds aud room for Legitimate
criticism OF certain Mormous. even
by Mormons, as we'll as by non
MormVes OF thia we do not com.
plain, Neither would wa complain
of temperate and reasonable criticism
of the doctrines OF mormonism 10y the
Tribune or any other journal, preach
or, or whatnot; but when day after
day the editorial columns are illled
with nauseallng repetitions OF anti.
mormon spleen, aud the news Items
are tiuRed with the ssme, II becomes
tlresome TO wade through ID all Rad
pick our ths meat. Tor this reason
the Tciouue has not beea OF late.
used so freely on our exchange table
as il once was,
la tue interview above referred 60
we were cited TO the fact that some
time sgo the Tribune published a
splendid write-up Of the resources of
Iron County aud that not one word.
favorable or otherwise, was said about
1t by this paper. This IL true. We
overlooked IL, either TOR the above
reas"n or else because that upon the
particular day that the Issue OF the