The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-03-15
'FEAR OF AMERICAN
PUBLISHER EVIDENT
English Tories Worried Over
Prospect Of Losing Control
of Their Strong Papers.
MANY CHANGES OF LATE
Daily Mail and Evening News
VIII Probably Revise Policy
if Transferred.
MANY CHANGES OF LATE
BY PHILLIP EVERETT
4 Cable to The Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
LONDON, March 14.-The Tories are
beginning to get worried over the pros
poets Of their press in London. The
party leaders are fully aware Of the
the people exerted by the press, but
most of their morning and all their
evening papers, with the exception of
penny (2-cent) variety, not bought by
the class of people whose numerical
strength make them indispensable at
election times.
The task of keeping these people in
line has always rested with the con-
seryative half-penny papers, the Daily
Mail, the Daily Mirror and the Daily
Express In the morning and the Even
ing News in the afternoon and evening.
'One Woe Doth Tread"
Something, however, has happened to
this haf-penny press, the circulation of
which was far greater than that of all
the penny papers combined. The first
accident happened when the Daily EX-
press fell into the hands of a German
Jew, Mr.. Blumenfeld, whose excess of
zeal In tho service Of the Conservative
party Is doing moro harm than good,
for its political news is dished up in a
form 30 highly spiced and eolored, and
so greatly distorted that the paper has
entirely lost its former influence
Then Lord Northchffe sold his Daily
Mirror TO his brother, who promptly
closed its provincial branch Office IN
Manchester and changed the policy of
the paper, which is now Liberal.
II Fleet street rumors arc 10 he re-
bed upon, Lord Northcliffe' S wishes TO
devote his entire energies 10 the Times.
which he intends TO make pcuuy pa
per, and is ANXIOUS TO dispose OF tho
Daily Mail to an American publisher.
The idea that the Daily Mail and
with it probably the Evening News.
the two most influential Conservative
papers might fall into the hands OF this
American publisher has created Il vcr
liable state Of panic in Conservative
circles and IL is conceded that ii tho
rumor be- true, these two papers With
their enormous circulation and hold up
on the masses Of practically the whole
English people, would probably immc-
diately reverse their policy and become
strong advocates of home rule and ali
the social reforms against which the
Tories are struggling.
Another rumor which is greatly asi-
tating English minds is 10 the effect
that an attempt is afloat TO form a gi-
=
lation Of output and prices and the ~
innate control Of the bread supply Of
these isles.
This rumor, by the way, was heard
once, probably, Just before the general
election in 1910, and it is therefore,
quite natural to suppose that its reap
pearancs at this time when the Union
lists are endeavoring to force through
a new general election, has something
to do with the political situation and
the possibility OF a victory for tariff
reform Inquiries made here IN London
have brought to light the fact that the
man who successfully organized the
great $50,000,000 Portland cement trust,
is the originator OF the idea Of a Brit
ish bread trust.
Some six months ago he approached
some of the greatest -four milling con-
Germs in this county, and suggested the
forming Of national combine for the
purpose of limiting the output, a thing
which naturally cannot be done without
a protective tariff on flour. 1t is said
that Conservative leaders, in case of
victory for tariff reform, have prom
ised to put duty of 10 per cent on
all -four, but not on grain, with n clause
giving per cent preference to Can
ada