The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-21

Ism parading about the streets An the
mud despatched garments vof ecrlcSl-
asficisin II Is fhe lripol pl,tites dc
handing blood immunity nav from all
those who come under its churchly
shadow. II Is the holdup call OF the
/ highwayman, demanding that the
stages passengers empty their pocket
books al its nltnrs, II was conceived
| with the idea Of financial graft, de
| veopedi'with the idea % graft, and il Is
| paTetuated with the idea of graft
The members of the hierarchy are no
more phlanthropists than the bucca
heers Of Old We're ph1lanthroplsts or
thar Captain Kidd was a plillanthropist
when. be raised his Mack dag over the
Adventnrer on the Madagascar coast
in the latter part of the seventeenth
century,
Brigham Young did hot elect himself
as head OF the Mormon church for the
benefit OF his followers any more than
Boss Tweed ruled New York for the
benefit Of its people, He was finan.
ciah robber pure and simple He Mt
once commenced TO levy his laxcs. This
tithing system grew and grow until ont
OF the Ubiquitous system Brigham Young
became one of the wealthiest men In
America. The world marvels al The
few hundreds of thousands OF dollars
which memoers of the iniquitous 20
ltlcal rings of New York and Philade- |
phia were able to steal Why. these
men were only babes In the ART of finnn- |
cial graft compared Is this monstrous
adrenturer. Some years ago, with the |
governor Of what was then Utah terri. /
tory | was driven about Salt Lake /
city. Almost everywhere / could see I
the results of Brigham Young's fnan-
cfal depredations. Two wears after his |
death the Salt Lake Tribune declared
that Young bad secured from the tlth.
ing system of Utah over st3.Oe0oO0
Nine million dollars OF this he sauan-
dcrcd on his family: 100000 he left
to be fought over by his heirs, have
been told that at his death he owned
one-te4ath Of all the wealth of Utah
Can any man read an account of such
financial dealings and not declare that
he was the king OF graftersS
King of Grafters.
What The Mormon church stood FOR
in It's financial dealings fifty years ago
il stands for today BY lts tithlng svs
lem the Mormon church has now an In
come of at least 100000 Where Is
Il going TO? For what means Is all
his vast amount Of money being usedq
For the spread of the Mormon GnsDaIr
Oh. YES Some of it is spent in that
way, JUST as some Of the money OF the
Infamous Louisiana lottery was used
Or advertising the lottery tickets all
'ver the world: but. wthout doubt. n
'ast percentage of that income goes
MO The pockets Of the Mormon leaders.
But" says some. one, +you should
lot condemn the Mormon leaders like
hat. They DO not compel the mepa-
'erS Of the church TO stand ana do.
leer. as. O highwayrlan grIely orders
Is victims to do. These church mem ,
,erG do not have TO surrender their
lthes any more than tie members OF
'our church have to give into the col
cotton plates unless they wish to do
o. II the Mormon people give to 10 ,
eph p. Smith they give OF their own !,
rec viii" Ah. my friends. that is one :
L tho biggest doluslous over sent
over this land The Mormon
.ictms do dot give willingly. They
re compelled TO give. whether they are
Wiling or nor, by the thumbscrews of
he boycott and financial ostracism. II ;.
on want proof Of what I say read TO !
~ the marvellous Investigations of :.
Mormonism Unveiled" by Irving Say :
ord. already quoted. Not only does he
ito facts seen with hts own eyes. but :
e corroborates with names and dates :
bis one faet-that Mormon exeom- !,
uHicai ion means financal persecution u