The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-18
REPUBLICANS STAND
BY SHELTER TRUST
Resolution Calling For Enforce
ment of Law.
KILLED IN THE HOUSE
INCIDENTS OF LAST DAY OF THE
SESSION.

The house Republicans yesterday
voted down a resolution offered by Rep
resentative Holzheimer demanding that
the secretary of state prosecute the
smelter trust. Earlier in the session
Mr.. Holzheimer introduced a resolution
providing for the issuance of bonds TO
build a state smelter and state sugar
factory. This was adversely reported
and lost" Not disconnected, Mr..
Holzheimer yesterday offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
House resolution No. 3. by Holz-
heimer:
Whereas, 1t is a we'll known fact
that a smeIter trust exists in this state,
contrary TO law, and is a standing
menace to the mining industry of the
state of Utah, threatening the ultimate
destruction. of the small mine-owner
and prospectOr; and
whereas, There is a law on the
statute books of the state of Utah to
prevent unlawful combinations of cap
ital in the restraint of trade and min
ing, and
Whereas. 1t is the duty of the secre-
tary of state to institute proceedings
and prosecute. ali such unlawful COM
binations commonly known as trusts;
therefore, be it
Resolved. That the secretary OF
state. by virtue of the power and au-'
thoritv vested in him, be requested to
at once investigate and prosecute all
such unlawful combinations of capital,
and to especially prosecute the octopus
known as the smelter trust in Utah
What is an octopus asked Ben
ner Smith. scoffingly, when the reading
of the resolution had been completed.
Mr. Holzheimer explained to the mem
Der who thirsted so for information:
He then went on to speak in favor OF
the resolution
Denounced Trust Evils.
''There is not a member of this house
who does not know that trusts are to
day becoming a menace to the peO-
ple' he said. 1.-The American Smelling
& Refining company is reaching out
TO control the entire mineral product
of the state. The smelling charges
have been raised within a few years
from "a to $12. This trust has become
the absolute monarch of the mining
industry. A man With a low-grade
proposition is unable TO work it.
There never has been move made
by the secretary of state or any other
officer to prosecute this trust. The
mining industry is the mainstay of the
state of Utah. Are you going to stand
by it2 Then support this resolution
isn't it a fact that silver and lead
are selling higher than they did before
the trust began?" asked MI Smith
mo, SIR was the reply. Lead may
be higher. but silver is lower"
Mr. Smith denied this
II have it from the best authority"
said Mr.. Holzheimer, that the trust is
making 100 to 500 per cent
IF the trust controls the market, "
said Mr.. Smith, land you have q, state
smelter. you would have no market,
would you?''
/ Mr. Holzheimer denied this. He de-
1 clared the trust was q menace to lib
! erty.
j Mosiah Evans moved that the reso-
/ luton be laid on the table This was
done by a vote of IL to u, the Repub-
licans voting in the affirmative and the
Democrats in the negative. By dis
posing of the resolution in this way,
the Republicans strangled it without a
rollcall. when they would have to put
( themselves on record individually. The
I Democrats later made two attempts
to get the resolution considered, but
the Republicans were too many for
them each time