Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-21
An IMAGINARY "RoD IN PICKLE"
THE following appears as a special
dispatch from Denver In the"Libefal"
organ this morning.

THE following appears as specNh
dispatch from Denver In the "Libefal"
organ this morning:
"Agont Walker OF the United States
Secret Service has rod In pickle for the
Mormon Church, and, whom Il de-cond',
the blgamous brethren viii think they
have been scourgcd with ncttlos and
ihorns During his recent visit TO Jiah
no observed the business cthods OF the
lions Cooperative Mercantile Company.
Printed promises to pay suporscdc bank
bills, and change wa. made In scrip about
tho sizo OF, tho old-iashionod 'shin'
plasters,' issued In denominations rang
Ing from s to 10 conta The issue. IL not
Illegal with proper restrictions, and Agent
Walker has recommended TO hissupcriors
at Washington the imposition OF tax
oi per cent. por mum on 'hutch
currency. Such q tax would be prVhibll'
DRY, ~ no institution could afford 70
maintain circulation that only Is legal
ized by the payment Of greater rate Of
interest than tho uso Of the money Is
worth. The per cent. law was onnciod
to bring the circulation oi state banks
under rigid control, and tho object
sought was gained. Unsecured paper
currency was suppressed Tho abolition
Of Mormon paper would be a death blow
at the Immense profits Of tho Church,
aud the circulation Of hard money aud
National bank notes In Utah would be
increased by two million or more. Mr..
Walker Ia awaiting instructions from
headquarters before taking any steps
toward reforming the circulating me-
dunn"
This IL published with headlines
informing the public that II relates to
"rithlng House Scrip" II will he
seen that there In no mention Of such
scrip In the body Of the dispatch. II
relatcs entirely to "prinlc1 promises
TO pay" issued by "Iion's Cooperative
Mercantile Company" What this hal
to do with the "Tlthing once" as
stated In the headline, or with the
"Mormon Church" Ms mentioned by
the veracious (?l dispatcher, Is not
made to appear.
&c. NJ. |. Is as separate and distinct
from TIE "Mormon" Church ne the
State Bank Of Utah, the Cooperative
Wagon and Machine Company,
or any other commercial or
mercantile institution In which
members Of that Church may happen
10 he stockholders. The "rod In
PICKLE" then, which the agent Of the
Secret Service Department may have
for some person or corporation, has no
terrors for the "hiormon Church."
A. to the orders issued ON u. g. NJ.
+. which are honored by that institu.
ton, they are beyond attack from any
legal standpoint. They are not Issued
in any denomination lees than one
dollar. They are not "promises
to pay" They do not Super
sede bank bills" They are not
"Church currency" They are
not paper currency" They are not
"Mormon paper" II rhey were dis
continued "tho circulation OF hard
money and bank notesp would not bc
Increased" a dollar. They do no,
Affect the "proflts OF the Mormon
church, ono cent. with these few
inaccuracies, Il will be- perceived that
the special dispatch ia mot an exceed.
ingly reliable piece OF news.
The "scourge with nettles and
thornsv which the vivid i'm.
aginatlon OF the dispatch hend
has conIuTei up, ought IN
be held, not sin pickle, hut in No.
tual exercise, over the manufacturer
OF this anti. "Mormou" stuff palm-d
upon the public for special Information
by telegraph.
These orders on Y. @. NJ |. are
simply n convenience for thos. WIN
issue and us, them. thew mr.. mn bard.
ship upon anybody; they are n great
benefit to many person.; thew do moi
interfere with the circulation OF
money; they are not liable TO tax;
they do not violate the revenue
laws. and they would not
suggest to anyone the desiTability of
an attack upon them, but for the mis-.
take made that connects them with the
"Mormonn Church and the animus
that somebody feels toward that relief.
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