Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1914-05-08
SILENCE GIVES ASSENT.


II Asst week The Record called at
NJ tention TO the announcements OF
the two Iron county newspapers which
, appear on page 80 Of the State Gaz
etteer, in which both claim to have
the largest circulation of any news
paper in southern Utah. We freely
claimed that the statement of thi'
paper was truthful, and challenged tn
Observer to submit to an examination
and comparison of our respective list
under forfeiture on the part Of thu
paper guilty of the lie. OF course W.
did not expect that the. Observer
would make reply, or at least accep'
the challenge. In the first place, Tho
mere offense of lying is very trivia
matter with our square deal (?) neigh
Dor, and the fact that it Is caught il
one occasionally and pinned down cut.
but little ice. To argue the question
would only mean to advertise the fac
and fasten it more wildly upon tn
minds of the public. Besides, one Ii,
more or less with it is hardly WORT
quibbling over.
The Observer was founded on lie.
and deception, and has been kept 20
ing very largely on the same com
modify. To illustrate: When it.
founder was asked to terminate hi.
lease upon this paper because Of ne
glect and incompetency, he went OF
among the people, with story to sui
every face. To one class of citizen
he told that he was clicked out" be
cause he would not fight certai
physician and his sympathizers;
another class he told that his leas
was terminated because he could no.
be dictated to by certain influentiS
family; to others he stated that b.
was held down by our board of di
rectors (who for more than two years
did not make a single suggestion) ant
cddlU NOT inanags tfie policy OF The /
paper in the way he saw fit; to the
people of Enterprise 1--WE recentlg
learn) he set up the claim that he
was turned out of The Record because
he would not boost the Newcastle
Reclamation company and help them
to rob the Enterprise people of theif
water; to the Socialists he represen
ted that he was prevented from givine
all parties square deal; of course
such people as had been exposed in
evil or unlawful acts by the previor,
and present management of The
Record were gathered into his fold.
All Of the above and many other
false claims that have reached us are
lies-wilful, dishonest, misleadin-
lies, so that it is no wonder that the
Observer pays no attention to being
caught and convicted in one of them.
All of these The Record, which lays
claim to honesty, truthfulness ans
fair dealing has borne with patience
and practically in silence, until the
Observer had the audacity to go into
the State Gazetteer with flat and
brazen claim of having the largest
circulation, when it knew full well that
it was utterly false, for the purpose of
misleading and cheating the public
This was little too much, and we
could not maintain our self-respect
and do less than prove at least to our
readers, which was the liar. This we
have conclusively done, and the in
cident so far as we are concerned is
closed Barnum said that the public
liked to be gulled, and as many as
enjoy our neighbours tactics are at
liberty to be amused and entertained
by them.
The Record has all it can do, or at
least is doing all that it can. We are
not making big money, nor are we
getting full pay for the energy and
labor we are expanding; but we have
the satisfaction of knowing that we
are getting out a good paper and do
ing our full duty by our constituents
and we are at any rate making
living and holding our owl We
could no doubt make more money by
keeping hand constantly extended
for contributions, and making a plain.
tive and touching appeal for support
from everyone we meet, as some
other people are wont to do. The
Record is here to stay, and will likely
be thorn in the side of dishonest and
hypocritical persons, no matter who
they are.