Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-02-06
SUGAR BEET BABY
Information About the Most Subtle
Graft on Record.
Turner Oliver Pinching the Precoeious
Infantto Awaken Sym
pathy.

Cnurcn, or First National bank OF La
Grande, are merely here as on-lookers
for the upbuilding OF Union county
aud the state at large. Now we pro-
pose to look into this graft" which
Mr.. Oliver terms an "infant" and see
u It's parents are not the best
tinanciers and schemers Ia the state
of Oregon. In the first place this
Infant" was patched by rich firm
OF Utah Mormons," To whom the state
OF Oregon has been lavish 10 enabling
them 10 help themselves to the timber
and government resources OF the stale
without money and without price.
They own railroads, ice houses and
saw mills that produce immense in
comes. In fact, In the guise OF bene.
factor OF The people they are actually
sapplng the resources OF the state at
this day, having secured a 'clnch" on
the timber OF Eastern Oregon, they
have now desire to still further their
benefactlons to the estate of Oregon"
and have produced an innocent, strug.
CLING Infant in the shape OF a "sugar
factory" and propose, wish the help
uf Turner Oliver, j. M. Church g. Co.,
TO palm the sugar baby off on the
4 state, land The child is here crying
through Nurse oliver Ia plalntlye
tones for the state to be It's papa TO
the tune OF S50,0O0 per year. Mr.. Oliver
states that Union county produces
the "best beets for sugar" in the
United States and also states the
farmers lost last year $4,000 on the
crop OF 5000 tons aud that the CAPT
tallsts had TO go down 10 their pockets
for interest, Now we belleye the
factory did not cost great deal more
than the people actually gave as a
"0Onus" TO build IL, and this wall
OF "the infant" is for effect. Now
comes la the poor farmer. The
rse Ia the value Of land
compar red with value before "The
Sugar Baby" came amongst them has
Increased from IS to 20 per cent, leav-
ing a fair margin OF profit after all
losses are paid by beet culture, for
these few farmers TO quit the bushes
wiUhout loss aud money Ia pockeU.
One dealer last week In Unlon, sold
l4S5 acres at an average OF nearly SIS
per acre. In view OF this and the fact
thai the promoters OF the "Sugar
Baby" have purchased large tracts OF
land In the vicinity, coupled with the
fact thaG the promoters are the
shrewdest financial operators In the
state and that no bounty exists, IL
gives the whole scheme 1.-THE lie eth
the throat" and makes us think that
Nurse Oliver sis pincbing the "Baby"
TO obtain state sympathy" aud that
the idnoce0t amusement OF l. M.
Church and Nurse Oliver, at the leg
islature means more than a desire 10
assist The poor beet raiser and bu Id
up the country. And we would re-
mind NHrse Oliver that out OF $50, 900
bounty 10 the farmers, IL will more
than likely take $4,000 TO see II safely
given TO the "poor farmer" Can any
one suppose this factory was built for
philanthroplc purposes And since
when did rich ex-county clerks and
bank presidents start out with The
collection box for any purpose, with
out goodly rake of =?
Will the price OF sugar come down ?
viii TINS factory or the people get
rich that pull weeds for from rs cents
to 81 per day ? History speaks plainly
no, aud can we think that these as.
tute Mormons had not carefully
weighed the conditions for success
without state aid ? That is etfectu-
ally answered by the fact that they,
themselves, have bought large tracts
OF land ia the vicinity without state
aid. and now Nurse Oliver" declares
that "the Struggling infant" will die
II the state does not aid 10, Not a. all
dear Oliver, The Mormpns are adopts
with infants OF this nature and will
see that IL lives Moreover, just as
soon as the Infant Is on its feet IL will
join the other struggling infants aud
mad mother In the shape OF "A sugar
.ust, who has 500, 900 TO supp.rt
it wlth,an what law will prevent the
promoters from selling. furthermore,
there is a high wall, called tariff, that
will effectually keep the baby from
harm. The whole scheme Is a"graft"
pure and simple and the most bald
face graft ever seen ia Oregon. We
have u from reliable people in Union
county that vote OF the whole peo-
pie would he decidedly againstit
This "peeling" infant,iflt Is not re-
buked right nov, will show an appe
tite for bounty that will astOnish the
taxpayers,and IL will mature quickly,
once eiyelt leave 10 own the state for
its papa" once let the ''sugar baby"
get It's tenticle on The state treasury,
and II will swell worse than embalmed
beef TO the taxpayers. Let the legis-
laLure do It's duty, strangle this
"Sugar Baty." Make 90 mistake
under the guise OF this wailing cry.
There Is a deep scheme 10 plunder the
taxpayers for the benefit OF the Nor
mon capitalists, aud the people who
are so anxious to palm this baby on
the state. Let "Nurse Oliver" know
that j. N. Church Il Co haye DO ''di-