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


that they will have to be appealed 10 for
injunctions against the continuance of
the cause of the trouble. We think there
IS law enough now To proceed Under
But III that is not the case then logsisIa-
lion snust be had TO fully cover the
ground. Litigation will have to come
flrst- legislation afterward. HoWeVe
that may be. temoorizIng with the evil
will cot do. Patience has ceased TO be
a Write IN this matter rhe convic-
ton is fastening itself upon tho public
mind that TO active steps are Intended
by the responsible parties. but simply a
policy of delay. They must be Iaught
and that the injured people will not be
fooled in that way. The smelter smoke
must 60 And 1t must not 30 in the old
The proposition to put the matter in
the hands of experts chosen by the COM
plalnants is not TO be seriously -ohsid-
cred The onuS is upon the smeltsr men /;
they are the offenders. and they n.Cst
take the steps necessary to remove the
those who have been injured. We do not
ask anything unreasonable. We join with
those o. our citizens who intend Tat
TINS beautiful part of our lovely stete
ShaA not be laid waste. even Il the
oniy care Is the suppression 80 the
destroying cause. This may as VII be
understood first as last. Unless DfacH-
cal measures are adopted 10 abate the
evil active proceedings viii have &c he
taken ana pushed TO the utmost, to re-
move entirely the root md braa2h ard
trunk and body Of this tree of deStruc-
uOn The people affected are deeply in
earnest and they certainly mean 1Ust-
ness
I must not burden you with too
many details. but in order for you to
see how complete is the business power
or this man / will cite you TO one case
Inc Great Salt Lake is estimated to
contain fourteen billion tons of salt
salt no q Oh on
the shores of this lake than anywhere
else IN the world. Nearly all its shore
line is adaptable for salt gardens. The
president OF the church is interested in
large salt monopoly which has gath
cred in the various smaller enter
pflSeS. He is president of a railroad
which runs from the salt gardens to
Salt Lake City. connecting there with
trunk lines. 1t costs to manufacture
the salt and place il on board the
cars. 10 cents per ton. He receives for
IL IS and Sc per ton. His company and
its subsidiary corporations are prob
ably capitalized at three-quarters of
a million dollars, and upon this large
sum he is able to pay dividends of or
10 per cent
Venture OF Two Citizens.
Not long since. two men who for
many years had been tithepayerS and
loyal members of the church, under
took to establish a salt garden along
the line of trunk railway. One of
them was a large dealer in salt, and
proposed to extend his trade by max
ing the salt and reaching territory
prohibited to him by the church price
OF salt. The other was the owner of
the land upon which it was proposed to
establish the salt garden. These men
formed corporation, put in pumping
stations and fumes; and the corpora
ton became indebted to one of the
financial Institutions over which the
church exercised considerable influence.
Then the president of the church sent
for them. There is scarcely an instance
on record where message of this kind
failed of it's purpose. These men went
to meet the prophet, seer and revelator
OF God. as they supposed; but he had
laid aside his robes of Sanctity for the
adorned, aggressive; if not an able,
business man. He first denounced them
for interfering with a business which
he had made peculiarly his own; and
when they protested that they had no
intention to interfere with his trade,
but were seeking new markets, he de-
clared in a voice of thunderous pas
sion that If they did not cease with
their projected enterprise, he would
crush them. They escaped from his
presence feeling like courtiers re-
pulsed from the foot OF a kings
throne, and then surveyed their enter
prise: If they stopped they would lose
all the money invested and their enter
prise would possibly be sold out by
their creditor: if they went or and in
vested more money. the president had
the power, as he had threatened, to
crush them. Not only could he ruin
their enterprise, but he could ostracize
them socially and could make of them
marked and Stunned men in the COM
munity where they had always been
respected
Menace in the System.
rs there menace in this system? To
me it seems like a great danger TO all
the people who are now affected. and
therefore of great danger to the people
of the United States, because the
power of this monarchy within the re-
public is constantly extending. If it
be and evil, every apostle is in part
responsible for it, since he and every
other apostle supports this tyrannical
course. He helped to elect the presi-
dent; he does that presidents bidding
and shares in the advantages of that
tyranny.
II did not call the social system a
violation Of the pledges to the country.
but / do affirm that the business
tyranny Of Mormon leaders is an ex-
press violation of the covenant made.
for they do not leave their followers
free in secular affairs. They tyrannize
over them, and their tyranny spreads
even to the Gentiles. In all this I
charge that every apostle is a party to
the wrong and to the violation. Al
though / speak of the president of the
church as the leader, the monarch in
fact, every apostle is one of his mini
listers. one of his creators. and also
one of his creatures, and possibly his
successor; and the whole system de-
ponds upon the manner in which the
apostles and the other leaders shall
support the chief leader. AS no
apostle has ever protested against
this system, but has, by every means
in his power. encouraged il, he can
not escape his share of the response
biIity for it. 1t is an evil; they aid it.
It is a violation of the pledge upon
which statehood was granted; they
profit by it.
The Political Autocracy.
ct pass now to the political aspect of
this hierarchy. as some call il. but
this monarchy, as L choose to term
it. 1 have previously called your at
tention to the social and business pow
ers, monopolies, autocracies. exercised
by the leaders. Through these cham
ne1s of social and business relations.
they can spread the knowledge of t. cir
POLITICAL desires without appearing OBJ
trusively in politics. When the end of
their desire is accomplished they af-
feet TO wash their hands of all respon-