The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-23
~THE GOD OF GET"

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BY a special dispensation Of Provi-
dencc the people Of the United States
arc having their eyes opened tds1he fact
that the laws of this country are made
and administered in the interest of the
/ favored few. as against those who bear
the heat and burden Of the day on the
farm. in the factory and workshop, and
all the thousands Of other occupations.
While the tariff is being discussed in
Washington. and those who have in
times past piled up untold millions are
busy with the senator's ana representa-
tives. the price Of wheat and potatoes
and other essential articles of food has
been put up almost out Of reach of even
/ those in moderate circumstances. while
/ the children of the poor are crying for
/ bread
| In the mad rush to set wealth no at
/ tentiOn has been paid to laws, either
/ human or divine. Get money: hon
/ estly if you can. but get money" is the
motto. and the last dollar is being
/ squeezed out OF what one Of the chief
instruments Of the trusts and combina-
tons, Congressman Bouteu of Illinois,
/ is pleased to call the ultimate consumer.
/ All over the country earnest. thought
full men are rising up and denouncing
those responsible for existing condi-
lions. The pulpit and the newspapers
not under control are demanding a
more equitable application of the laws.
and the people are being educated by
empty stomachs. Among the most out
spoken of the ministers of the United
States stands Rev. R. A White of the
Peoples Liberal church Of Chicago, who
recently paid his respects to those who
are responsible for the manipulation at
the national capital
''The God of Get has favored high
priests who serve in the inner sanctu-
airy and stand before the presence of
the God of Get day and night" he said
Their names are known on two CONT
nents and men bend the knee to them.
"Aldrich, Payne, our own famous Joe
c. are Of those who serve the God of
Get and the big worshippers of the God
of Get in our representative halls.
Another high priest of the cult of
those who worship the God Of Get is our
honored and just now much admired
wheat king From one end Of the
country TO the other -four is raised in
price, loaves of bread are smaller and
more costly, thousands of already I'M
derfed people the country over must
eat a bit less. the thousands of under
fed children who attend our Chicago
public schools must go a little more
unfed, children must die and women
must weep and worry that our high
priest of the God Of Get can add two or
three millions to his fortune"
Patten backed his opinion that the
price Of wheat would go up. and added
to his fortune. He is now in Colorado,
and is supposed TO be out of the market
The price of July wheat has tumbled
and, if the words of the secretary Of
agriculture are to be believed, there is
plenty Of grain in the country TO last
until after harvest, Sc there will be no
excuse for famine prices in bread and
-four unless there are others besides
Patten entitled to a share Of the blame
But the wheat question will settle it
self in the course of 6 Jew weeks in
any event. The burdens being placed
upon the backs Of the consumers by
congress. however, will chafe and gall
for years to come. Flurries in the grain
and provisions market are but tempo
raTy, and generally those who try TO
manipulate prices come to grief, but
the work Of the paid agents of the God
Of Get, Aldrich, Payne, Cannon and
the rest. viii endure until those who
bear the brunt Of the exactions rise up
in their might and smite the oppressors
at the ballot box.
/, 1t isn't corner in wheat that ais
the country. It's the high protective
tariff system of the Republican party.
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