Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1915-09-24
KICKED OUT AGAIN"

"HE RECORD regrets the necessity of troub-
ling it's readers with internal affairs,
and the recounting of Incidents and circumstances
which in their nature should not concern the pub
lie, but through the misrepresentation of our for
mer business manager, A. H. Rolo, the directors
of this company have been placed in false light,
and stand accused of things Of which they are not
only totally innocent, but which to those at all
familiar with the circumstances are highly abb
surd.
Since the publication was leased to the writer
on September 9th, the individual above referred
to has written number of letters, particularly to
persons in Parowan, in which he makes such
statements as the following: II have again been
discharged from The Record" II have been
again kicked out of The Record" "The consolida-
ton of the Observer with The Record was merely
a plot to shut off the competition and then kick
me out" and other expressions of this nature,
which are not only totally untrue, but are calcu-
lated to stir up i'll feeling and discord, thing
upon which this person depends very largely for
his support. In the interests of justice and right
we will narrate very briefly the incidents which
led up to the leasing of The Record to the under
signed and the 'kicking out" of Mr.. Rollo.
The publication of the Observer was dscon-
tinued on the first of April, on a personal agree
ment, primarily, between the active managers OF
the two papers, A. H. Rollo and the undersigned
which memorandum of agreement was concurred
in in the MAN, by the boards of directors and the
majority of the stock of the two companies. II
was a part of that agreement that Rollo was to bt
business manager and the writer editor under
the consolidation
We went to work on this basis and agreement
every one concerned feeling that the troubles o.
the past were all cleared away and that there was
placid sailing ahead. With the exception of on,
or two unpleasant incidents everything seemed
to be going along swimmingly until the bushes:
manager rendered his first financial statement tt
the board of directors, at the end of the frs
four months, which disclosed a consider
able deficiency. The matter was discussed al
some length, and finally member of the board Of
directors was appointed to audit the accounts OF
the company and see If any leaks could be dis
covered or recommendations made for lettering
the financial condition of the company. At the
same time this report was received, the business
manager rendered another financial statement
showing an additional deficit When asked by the
members of the board what he had to propose To
improve the condition of the paper, he stated that
it was impossible to pay the salaries and show a
gain, with the volume of business available, and
that the only way that the business could be made
to pay was by leasing to one person, and strongly
recommended that this be DONE In the mean
time, for several weeks previously the business
manager had been talking up the matter of leas-
ing to various members of the board privately.
There was considerable discussion, various
members of the board including the writer, be-
ing agreeable to the proposition of leasing, and
the upshot of it all was that the only two persons
in the company having knowledge of the print
ing business were given an opportunity of sub
hitting their proposals Our bid was deemed the
more profitable to the company by approximately
1925 per year and same was accepted by the
board. This was not at all to the liking of the
former business manager. He favored leasing,
all right, but to Rolo, not TO. Wilkinson. He
strobe out of the meeting and at once importuned
his relatives apd intimate. friends to cancel their
subscriptions; and succeeded in influencing some
four five of them TO DO So bringing in the order
for cancellation personally from one or two Of
them. j. - -, 49,. T.
When he found that he could not run the new
company to suit himself, he determined to try to
cecede from it, in fact he has acted in bad faith
all the way through, and has never effected a
proper transfer of the property of his company,
and it has recently been freely intimated that I'M
less the Iron County Publishing Company allowed
him to draw out the Observer plant for his capt.
tai stock, he would resist the consolidation. In