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I 8 TRUTH, H ' Issued Weekly by H 3 ' Truth Publishing Company. - Western Newspaper Union Bulldlns, 241 l South West Temple Street, H Salt Lake Ulty. H ! Uhn W. Hughei, Editor andMnnoger H i H Entered June 19, 1801, at Salt Lake City, Utah m aeseoond-class matter under act of Congress M of Mareh 3, 1879- fl I Terms of Subscription. H sncBMnN-?Wy,ndvr,oe) $20 H ' 2.1? .MONTHS (In arivuuco) 1.00 H THRHB MONTHS (In advance) ........ .It H ; I Postmasters sendlnesubscrlptlons toTKUTH H nay retain 25 per oent of subscription nrlco H as commission. H If the papsr Is not desired beyond the date m subscribed for, the publication should be M notlued by Utter two weeks or more before H the term expires. H Dlaoentlnuances. LsH Bemember that the publisher must be notl- H lied by letter when a subscriber wishes bis LsH !'' stopped; all arrears must be paid In H Requests of subscribers to hare their paper ) mailed to a new address, to secure atten tion, must meutlon former as well as pros- ent address. H Address all communications to TKOTH PUIt- M LIHIUNQ COMPANY. Salt Lake City, Utah. H With this issue, Truth enters upon H its ilfth year. This is volumo 5, No. 1. H Governor Folk, of Missouri, when H hero a few days ago, asked a friend M how many nowspapors were opposed H to Governor Cutler. "Two," was tho H response. "Oh! that's nothing," said M Folk; I have fourteen newspapers op- H posed to mo all tho time." H M. Wltto makes tho rcmarkablo Hj statement that Russia and America H are "like tho far-famed Slameso H ' twins." Wo think that Russia and H America aro much moro rcmarkablo H for their dissimilarity than for any H thing they havo in common. Cor- H talnly M. Wltto shows his narrowness H when ho can look at tho breadth, H freedom, progress, honesty and pa- H trlollBm of America and her pcoplo H and then claim that sho Is tho twin H sister to Russia with her bigoted H narrowness, her ignorance, despotism H and hatred of everything progressive. H Guess again, Monsieur, you cannot H possibly miss It farther and you may H by good fortuno, como nearer to tho H mark. Provo Enquirer. H Tho Trlbuno during tho past two H years has worked great Injury to tho H business Interests of this city and H state and Is continuing to do so. Tho H actual loss In real estate and bust- M ncss generally rrom that cause alone H amounts to millions of dollars. Real H estato Is lower than It has boon for H years, rents aro lower, especially In H tho resldonco districts. Tho direct H causo for this is that tho Tribune, by H tho ceaseless publication of utterly H falso reports regarding religious and H I political affairs hero, keeps away set- H tiers and capitalists. It Is a hard HM thing for any community to havo a nowspapcr controlled by such men as control tlio Tribune. Tho solo object of the despicable sheet Is to gratify the hatred anil spleen of ox-Senator Koarns. Kcarns has abandoned Salt Luko as his homo and has taken up his resldonco In California, and by way of farewell Is kicking Salt Lake and her peoplo through I1I3 Infamous newspaper. One of tho chief things to bo con sidered In tho coming election is to put In ofllco an hone3t administra tion, capablo of handling in a sound business way tho Improvements to tho water system which havo been commenced. That tho present ad mlnlstrtlon is Incapable of doing that has been amply demonstrated. Tho plan to bring water from Dig Cotton wood Is very good, but it needs capa blo men, men of affairs, to carry It out. The contracts which have been entered Into between tho city and tho Cottonwood water owners Is such as no snno man In tho position of the city would' make. By tho contract tho city undertakes to bring water from Utah Lake to exchango with tho farmers of Cottonwood for Cotton wood creek water. This In Itself Is quite an undertaking when it Is con sidered that Utah lako Is falling and that tho capacity of tho present canal Is lnadequato to carry tho quantity of water required, even If that quantity can bo obtained. When tho terms of tho contract with the farmers aro considered It Is a very foolish under taking. Firstf by tho agreement al ready entered Into tho farmers aro to bo given 25 per cent moro water than they glvo tho city and In addition the farmers aro to bo given a cash bonus of $10 per aero for overy aero of land now irrigated by them with tho water tho city Is to receive from Cottonwood creek in exchange for tho Utah lato water; further tho city agreo3 to con struct and keep In good repair tho canals necessary for tho distribution of tho Utah lako water among tho farmers and It is further provided that If at any time tho city falls to supply tho stipulated amount ot Utah lako water, tho fnrmors may Im mediately rotako tho Cottonwood wnter from tho city. It Is truly a one sided contract. Then tho city, to carry tho water from Cittonwood Into tho city's system, must construct a conduit which will cost a quarter of a million dollars. It's a big risk for the city to take under such a contract. Just as Truth said nearly a year ago, when It opposed tho issuo of tho mil lion dollars In bonds, tho present ad ministration will .spend the million dollars and tho city will got very llt tlo moro water. It Is a serious mat ter and should bo given careful con sideration by tho peoplo. n SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST. Editor Truth: Tho survival of tho Attest is exem plified bettor in tho railroad station agent than in persons of any othor calling. Nlnoty-flvo per cent of all tho railroad presidents, superintend ents, traffic managers, general pas senger and freight agents, commenced their careers In tho freight or passen ger depot and worked their way up. ' ' If innTSlfilSilfSni 11 1 X. Not ono man In a thousand over so cured and maintained a high position In the operating department of any railroad becauso his father wns presi dent or his undo was a director, or his mother a stockholder, or that ho had any othor pull, political or other wise. A person to bo a high official of any railroad must commence at tho bottom and work up. My obser vation as an Immigration agent leads mo to believe there is no other way. In 1808 I did considerable business through qno of tho largest stations on tho Chicago and Northwestern rall ioad between Chicago and Omaha. This station was a Junction point of an unfriendly road and it required tact to transfer the passengers from this road to the Northwestern. I called on tho agent at this depot, but ho was not Interested "in Immigration; ho did not havo time to bother with an im migration agent; ho was too busy smoking ten cent cigars and enter taining tho swell peoplo of tho town who sauntered up to tho depot. I thought I would havo to give up that station, for without tho hearty coop eration of tho station agent an immi gration ngont can do but little. One evening I went to the depot and saw tho night agent, a big, good natured man. I told lilm who I was and what I was trying to do. Ho Invited mo Into tho ofllco (tho day man forgot that), looked over my papers and was Im mediately Interested, for ho saw that my scheme would bring business to the road that employed him. He learned all ho could about Dear River valley, got a tlmo tablo and followed tho train my peoplo would take from his station to Ogden, Utah; learned where they would stop for meals or get hot tea or coffee. Although In tho passenger office he knew the farmers would como to him for freight rates on their household goods, Implements, etc. He looked up an old freight clas sification list, found that the rate on a car of immigrant moveables would bo ?115 from his station to Corrlnno, Utah, for ten tons, which would in clude ten head of live stock and ono man to look after them, etc. Alter that evening ho did not havo to fum ble over a lot of papers to tell my farmers what they wanted to know. Ho was cheerful, kind and obliging and always ready to answer ques tions. I notified my local agents and all the farmers who wero Interested that If they wanted to know about Rear River valley and how to get there, to bo suro and call on tho night man at tho depot, and through this young man's Influenco wo wero nble to sell over thirty homeseekors tick ets to Dear River Valley that fall. The next spring this night man was given a station on a branch lino and a lltt 0 later a larger station on tho main lino, an, ien a larger station on tho main mo, and In less than four years fron. tho tlmo ho was night ngent ho wns promoted to district passenger and freight agent, while tho agent who smoked ten cent cigars nnd entertained the peoplo Is out or tho railroad business. At a division and Junction point, one of tho largest stations on the Union Pacific between Omaha and Choyonno, I did considerable business in tho year 1900. This station had a general agent with a day and a night ticket agent and a baggage man and an assistant. Tho general agent had just boon promoted to this station from a smaller ono. Ho was ono of tlio best railroad men I over met Ho was at all hours of tho day or night ready to hustle business for the Union ?m?,n, i hSGaso nmn semcd to havo Imbibed tho same spirit, with such help I know I could tako two oxcur along a month to Bear River valley. nini,my an$, party returned from Dear River valley those agents gath- that Utah was all right, for two of tho returned men had purchased farms 1 there, and after this overy man who camo into tho depot inquiring for land was informed about Bear River val ley, how cheap and easy to get there. If thoro wero any doubts about his not going his name and address were taken, so I could call on him on my return. As a result of our united of- A fort for this summer's work over twenty-fivo families from that section of tho country settled in Bear River valley, six cars of household goods wero sent and over ono hundred homeseekors and settlors' tickets wero sold. Tho day agent was pro moted to the main office and now ho Is a traveling freight and passenger agent for an affiliated road. Tho night man was elected county clerk and is now serving his second term; tho baggago man was promoted to ticket agent. These promoted men never got too big for the positions ', they held, but tho railroad company lli soon found that tho positions they held were too small for them. ir At a smaller station near tho abovo I learned that there wero some farm ers who wero getting Interested in Bear River valley. I went to this sta tion nnd called on tho agent, but ho was not interested at all In tho im migration business; In fact ho would not talk about It. I found tho farmers and persuaded four of them to visit Boar River valley. Wo arrived at the depot after tho ticket office was closed. I asked a small boy where I could find tho ticket agent. He told mo over In a certain pool room, as the agent was tho best pool player in town. I called at tho pool room and told tho agent I had four peoplo who wished to buy tickets to Salt Lako City and return. Tho agent told mo ho did not care a d If I had a hun dred men; that he was not hired to chaso up farmers or to do business outside of business hours. I tele phoned my friends at tho next station to havo four tickets ready when No. 3 camo in for Salt Lake City and re turn. During tho live minutes whllo thoy wero changing engines tho four tickets wero purchased and wo went on our way rejoicing. This young Im portant pool-player agent will never get promoted and when a chnnge or position comes, which will, sooner or later, ho will bo offered a Job tamp ing gravel under a railroad tie or wiping engines In tho round house Tho man who Is afraid he will do moro than ho was hired to do never has his salary raised, and tho man who does not earn his salary will never got n promotion, or a ralso In wages. If an agent merits tho good will and promotions of tho road ho is working for ho must please tho peo plo who patronize It. If an agent wants to pleaso tho general public ho must bo well posted, kind and oblig ing, and always ready and willing to answer questions. Being well posted is very important. I know many tick et agents who can tell you at onco tho faro from their station to overy other station on their road; they also know Yi , of arrlval and doparturo of all trains at importnnt stations nnd tllO Connections tlinv innlm ,ui. i roads. Ono of theso men Is worth flvo paper fumblers. A paper fumbler s ono who when asked what tho faro is from his station In Nebraska to lf Salt Lako City, and If No. 3 makes II good connections at Ogden. will havo , to finger oyer two or throe timetables 3 and rate sheets, and after keeping a " crowd wait ng for ten minutes, says ho will let thom know afteh tho train amiN v1,11 trlvs t0 Pennsylvania and Now York in January and Juno of w M?f nml hart ,)eSn to think that tho only good ticket and pesson- ger agents wero in and west of Ch - bam. Pnant,na ,g00d man ln Wilkes lmire, Pa., to help mo. I asked my frlenrt, Mr W. H. Capwoll, editor of the Dallas (Pa.) Post, If ho know of such a man. Mr. Capwoll replied Indeed I do. It Is Mr. Fred Fraco tho Lackawanna city ticket ngont. Ho