The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-14
success there sure, and yet they are
ungrateful enough to say unkind things
about him,
THE CHIEF KNoCKER.

The chief industry OF Utah is min
ing; the chief knocker at mining is
John G. Cutler.
John G. Cutlcr-nominally The an
nouncement is made in order that all
people may be advised of the fact; 80
many persons having forgotten it in
the consciousness that some one else
exercised the real authority Of the
office
Governor Cutler has gone out Of his
way to attack the mining industry of
this State. II is folly for him to say that
he only reprehended Wildcats All
people reprehend wild-catting in bust
ness, except the wild-catters; but if
one were to say that it was foolish
to invest in watered and, therefore,
Wildcat sugar companies, all the
Cutters of the State would rise in q
fit Of indignation al the attack on
sugar stocks. In This same way,
speaking without any discrimination
"a well as without any knowledge of
his subject, Governor Cutler has made
of Utah He cites as his excuse that
not long since some men offered q half
interest in mining property for
$4,000 which was to be capitalized at
s1,o00,000, with 100000 of the stock
TO be sold to the public. The weak
ness of the Governor case is that he
does not state at what price; the stock
might have been intended to be Of
fered to the public at a cent share
such stock has been 30 offered. And
greater weakness of the Governor s
case is that he tells nothing about the
value Of the property Many mining
property in Utah has been sold for
$4,000 which is worth today more mil
lions than all Governor Cutters sugar
stocks, bank stocks, and tailor shops
put together.
The Tribune does not approve Of
prise bears the evidence of impropriety
it cannot gain access TO the columns
Of this paper-either in the form of
paid advertisement or news notice. The
supporters of the mining industry
themselves are always on guard against
wild-catting; knowing that such things
are injurious intelligently on
guard, and not with any wholesale
denunciation such as Governor Cutler
in his ignorance, if not malice, utters
against the chief resource of this
State.
Governor Cutler is reputed TO be
rich man; his chief gain having been,
according to repute, from sugar stocks
which have been watered and re-
watered, and part of which have
been sold at exorbitant figures TO the
trust, leaving the dear public and the
farmer to carry the burden of the
multiplied capitalization.
But what would sugar enterprises
and others be in Utah without the
mining industryf 1t is the chief Of all,
Before mining became thoroughly sue
cessful here Z. G. NJ I. stock was far
below par; it now hovers around the
two hundred-dollar mark, In this the
Hon. John c. Cutler has been a great
gamer, Deseret National Bank stock
and others have grown in value be-
cause Of the success OF the mining in
dustry.
Take away mining from Utah today,
and in thirty days the commonwealth
would be in collapse.
Utah aspires to be the chief of the
mining States. She is attracting men
and money from everywhere. John G.
Cutler, her Governor, is the first man
to strike blow at mining.
Is this part Of general ecclcsi-
astical plan to keep away population
from Utah7 1t looks that way.