The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-06
TO REAL ESTATE BOOSTERS.

| some rev OF your nunDer ueslIe 10
have the fight against the hierarchy
closed out in Utah. For what! tn
order that You may sell real estate.
And to whom? To the people who are
here under existing conditions? Or to
those who may come here under bet
ter conditiousl
Let us have fair talk as to what
you would say if the present Ameri
can contest were brought to an end,
| and if Joseph f. Smith and his kind
were in complete and unrestricted con
| troll of Salt Lake City, rs we'll as
| the rest of the commonwealth of
| Utah Surely you would not wish to
| misreprescnt in order to sell real
estate: and if YOU desire to be truthful
let us see how this kind of an
argument would sound. 1t was sug.
gested 70 The Tribune by large owner
of property here who believes that
the way to progress is 20 overcome the
tyranny of the hierarchs, but who
heard this kind of sentiment expressed
by men who believe the fight is right,
but who want it stopped because it is
inexpedient for their purposes:
"Most of the Gentle owners who
-
simply desrous of obtaining getaway
money. We are tired of the mixture
of church and State. We have pro-
cured period Of quietude long enough
for us TO unload our holdings upon
unsuspectiug strangers. We cannot sell
to old-timers here because Mormons
will not buy real estate from Gcntiles,
and because all other resident Gen.
tiles, like ourselves, are desirous of
getting the good mazuma in lieu Of
the lands in a locality where they do
not care TO live.
'These folks have a peculiar religion
here One man is the whole works.
He takes two million dollars a year
and he spends it just as he pleases,
without ever accounting TO the con
tributors He has as many wives as he
likes He controls the laws and execu-
tive Of the community. This is no
place for an American citizen under the
rule of this hiersrch; and, being Ameri-
can citizens, we want 10 get away
Happily that is not rhe proposition
as ii stands today; for, because of the
conflict of American citizcns against
n-American conditions and an alien
church. this is now one OF the most
attractive cities in the world People
who desire an en,erprising business
situation; people who wish 10 estab
lish themselves in the midst of glorious
surroundings Of nature; people who in
sist upon a community life IN ac-
cord with American sentimentaljties
may come to Salt Lake now. and
they do come by hundreds. in the full
assurance that Americansm prevails
in this city, and will prevail throughout
the entire commonwealth. But if the
expediency of men who want the fight
to pause, and who desire TO have peace
on terms which would be satisfactory
20 the Mormon hierarchs could have
its way, such conditions would be estab-
lished as to make the foregoing
a truthful statement. There is ample
proof; for, under the former regime of
The Tribune real estate committee
waited upon its proprietors and asked
them 10 stop ''the eternal wranglingn
the fight against the Mormon hic-
rarchy. Two Of the committee frank
" confessed 10 the controllers Of
The Tribune that their sole purpose in
procuring the period Of quietude was
so that they couId sell out and get
away; and they stated that, after
they should be gone, they would be
willing to have the fight renewed. The
management of Tire Tribune in those
days refused to cooperate with the
purpose; they maintained the fight;
they won the battle; the hierarchs re-
treated and pleaded for mercy; and
Statehood came 10 Utah.
a similar ISSUE is now presented;
and a conflict is on, because Of re-
newal of the tyrannies and law
breaking on the part Of the hierarchs
of the church, and because of their
brutal violation Of their own promise
to this country.
The controversy will continue, and
it will reach the same end that it
reached under the old regime-;he
hierarchs Will retreat
Mr.. Real Estate Man, Just answer TO
yourself these questions;
Have the Mormon leaders broken