Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-14
AS VIEWED ELSEWHERE,
A Denver Mining Publication Com
ments on "Sinoke" Cases.

meDtS on "sinOke fuses.
we are not surprised 10 read in Salt
Lake papers OF recent date that the
business and farming communities,
which have for several years 90 son
stantly harrassed the valley ssseatsrs
| and have lately secured an injunction
whereby successful smelling operations
are well-nigh prohibitiye. are now fear
full on account of the possible early re-
moval OF the plants, says the Denver
Mining Reporter.
At last, and maybe too late, even
majority of the farmers realize the I'M
portance of the smelling industry III
their midst. With the accomplishment
of their aim there has come reaiiza-
ton of what their curtailed operations
and possible shutdown means 10 them
financially, industrially and socially
So long rs the smelling companies
could be made to pay for real or al
legged damages attributed TO smoke and
fumes, the farmers and their business
adherents seemed satisfied, but now
that the smelling companies have be-
come weary of the constant annoyance
and litigation and are looking for new
| fields where they may carry on their
business unmolested. 1t is different
with the farmers.
BY the removal of the several plants
| at Murray Bingham Junction and san
| dy. the departure of 10000 employees and
| their dependents Is foregone conclu-
eion and the doom of the business IN
| terests In their respective settlements
| Is sounded The farmers, too, appreei-
| ate now what the discontinuance OF
| smelling operations In the valley means
| to them--viz lossi of "a nearby and
| hish-prlced MARKET for their farm pro-
! ducts, and of a place of profitable en-
| ployment during tho winter months,
! The question Of maintaining the county
| institutions, without the taxes paid by
! the smelling companies, is also regard
! ed as serious.
The realization OF these losses II now
| paramount consideration with all the
valley settlers. Petitions signed by
| many business men and farmers.
whose names appear In the original PEI
| tltions for the granted injunction, are
| now being circulated throughout the
! valley The petitions pray the feder-
al court for an amelioration Of the OPP
! eratiYe injunction. From the petition
| originating with tho merchants OF Muir
ray we excerpt the following para
| graph'
That VIC did not when we became
! parties IN said suit contemplate, eX-
| pect or desire nor do we now desire.
that the right of Injunction should be
used with such effect as to require an
. approximately llllHenlhNH ohhATNpNll VI
this important udutry, and thus dis
rupt business operations and unsettle
and make all development Improve
nent and investment enterprises I'M
certain aud even hazardous. jeopardIg-
ing large property interests Of salt
Lake county and creating a business
stagnation.'
other paragraphs are 10 the effect
that many of the original signers OF
the Injunction petition ioincd as par
Ties 10 said suit with the impression
and understanding that the principal
object was TO require the emelters "a
take care of their smoke and believing
that such u thing was possible II II
stated that all OF the business. and
more than three-fourths of tho farm
ing interests win be represented in the
several petitions and It Is anNiously
hoped that. AS a result the injunction
may be IN fact dissolved by the court
and that some thing IN the nature Of
an arbitration committee representing
smelling. business and farming inter,
ests may be ESTABLISHED with power q
amicably adjudicate all differences n
the future.