The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-01


monstrous manner i'm which this mon
arch invades all the provinces of HUI
man life and endeavors to secure his
rapacious ends.
I'm all this there is no thought on my
part of opposition to voluntary gifts by
individuals for religious purposes o.
matters connected legitimately with re-
iigion. My comment ana criticism are
against the tyranny which miSuseS a
sacred name to extract from individuals
the moneys which they ought not to
spare from family needs, and which
they do not wish to spare; my comment
and criticism relate to"the power of q
monarch, whose tyranny is so effective
as that not even the moneys paid by
government are considered the proper
ty of the governments servant until
after this monarch shall have seized
his arbitrary tribute. with or without
the willing assent of the victim, so that
the monarch may engage the more eX-
tenSively in commercial affairs which
are not part of either religion or char
ity.
Utah's Burden.
with an income of 5 per cent upon
one-Qudrter of the entire assessed val
uation of the state of Utah today, how
long will 1t take this monarch, with his
constantly increasing demands for rev.
enue, TO so absorb the productive power
mat he shall be receiving an income
or per cent upon one-half the prop
erty. and then upon all the property OF
the state? This is worse than the
farming of taxes under the old French
kings. VIII congress allow this awful
calamity to continue?
The view, which the people of the
United States entertained on this sub
Ject forty years ago was shown by the
act of congress of 1862, i'm which a pro-
vision, directed particularly against the
Mormon church. declared that no
church in territory of the United
states should have in excess of $50 600
OF wealth, outside of the property used
for purposes of worship. 1t is evident
that as early as that time the per-
niclous effects of a system which used
the name of God and the authority of
religion TO dominate in commerce and
finance were fully recognized
Gentle Pays His Share.
This immense tithing fund is gath
ered directly from McrmonS, but the
burden falls in some degree upon Cen
tiles also Gentiles are in business and
su1er by competition with the 1.-THE
supported business enterprises. Gen
tiles are large employers of Mormon
labor and as that labor must pay one
tenth of its earnings to support com
petltiVe concerns the Gentle employer
must pay, indirectly at least the 1.-THE
and even ruin, him in his business
And in return il should be noted
that Mormon institutions do not en-
ploy Gentiles. except in rare cases of
necessity The reason is obvious: Cen
tiles do not take as kindly to the tith-
ing system as do Mormons.
The Mormon citizen of Utah has
additional disadvantages. After pay
ing one-tenth of all his earnings as q
1.-THE Offering, he is called upon to erect
and maintain the meeting houses and
other edifices of the church,; he is
called upon to donate to the poor fund
in his ward, through his local bishop;
he is called upon to sustain the WO-
mems Relief society, whose purpose is
to care for the poor and to minister to
the sick; he is called upon to pay his
share of the expense for the $500 mis-
sionaries of the church who are con-
stantly kept Ia the field without draw
ing upon the general funds of the
church. When all this is done it is
found that in defiance Of the old and
deserved boast Of the predecessors of
the present president, there are some
Mormons in the poor houses of Utah.
and these are sustained by the public
taxes derived from Gentiles and Nor
mons alike.
Broadly speaking the Gentiles com
pose IS per cent of the population and
pay One-half of the taxes of Utah. In
the long run they carry their share of
all these great charges
1.-The almost unbearabIe community
burden which is thus inflicted must be
visible to your minds without argu-
ment from me.
All Made to Contribute.
Let it be sufficient on this point for
me to say that all the property of
Utah is made to contribute to the
grandeur of the president of the
church, and that at his instance any
industry, any institution within the
state. could be destroyed, except the
mining and smelling industry. Even
this industry his personal and church
organ has attacked with a threat Of
determination by the courts or by ad-
ditional legislation. if the shelters do
not meet the views expressed by the
church organ in the following editorial:
The News Article.
The people of Salt Lake City are
waking uD to the realization of the
trouble of which our cousins out in tbe
country are complaining. The s,IJnbnroms
Tunes which have been tasted nv rnsnv
Ioiks here; particularly late al night. are
no. only nose OF a partisan nature, ema-
IdtlnS from the smokestacks of the SLAM
derers and maliZneTs. but are treats
bestowed upon our citizens by the sme4t-
ers. and are samples of the goods or
rather evils, which farmers and bo,fil
culturtsts have been burdencd with So
long Complaints have come TO from
different faiths and parties, that the air
has been laden with sulphurous fumes
that cannot only be felt in the throat
but tasted in the mouth, ana they rest
upon the city at night, appearing like
a thin fog.
- The fact is, this smelter smoke will
have TO 90; there is no mistake about
that If the shelters cannot constI1ne
II they Will have to close up. This far
county must not be devastated and this
city must not be rendered unhealthy by
any S=eh a nuisance as that which has
been borne with now for q long time
The evasive policy that has been pur-
sued, the tantalizing treatment iowa rd
the farmers who have Vainly sought for
redress, the destruction that has come
upon vegetation and upon livestock and
now the choking fumes that reach this
city. all demand some practical remedy
in place of the shiIly-shallyC of the past
The Deseret News has counselad
peace, consideration for the smelter peo-
pie in the difficulties that they have TO
meet. favor towards a valuable indus
try that should be encouraged on proper
lines. and arbitration instead of Iitfga-
ton But IT really seems now as though
an aggressive policy win have to be pur-
sued. or ruin Will come TO the argicuI-
tural pursuits OF Salt Lake county. while
the city will not escape from the raw
ages Of the s:nelter fiend. II the com
parics that control those works Will not
or cannot dispose of the poisonous metal
stacks, the fires will have TO be banked
and the nuisance suppressed We do not
believe the latter is the necessary al
formative VIC are of o0fni0n Thot 4ta