The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-12

gets the money, invests one-halT Of Il
IN the project and the other half the
! AH-Wisc One himself only knows where
! 1t went Qsughtcr) and when, IN order
. to keep down dividends on its sugar stock
! 10 It's normal it is constantly pouring
III d stream or water. and when in or
/ der to exact further tribute from the, pco
/ pie, 1t places its salt works, and Its sugar
factories IN the trusts then / see only
! some of the examples OF high finance and
/ an utter lack of those principles of Chris
lianity which We might expect from such
| an institution. 80. = :
IN order for community TO grow, ex.
I Icnd, and reach its highest development
morally and intellectually II is essential
tual INC masses Of the people be free
from priestcraft politically. that they be
rree commercially and that the lahore,
may Know that mis-, employment Is moi
| dependent upon his religious convictions
and that the large industrial employers
% laoorers be broad and he liberal that
taeY place no conditions of religious prc.
ployment.
The Mormon church has as its funda-
niieh[al aiahm principle tenets that It's members
ines az i"S teh1h III -ol their entire earn
ddItss AS uthlng They therefore. have a
direct p"cuniary interest in the earnings
oi its members and in order that they
may make that eXaCtion. all church-con-
tiolled corporations employ practically no
Gcntiics. Thus they are sure of their
ntninS, and If the Gentle institutions OF
erations and the. same. discrimination
towards the Mormons that the Mormon
institutions are towards the Gentle I
say that they would have some lust
cause to accuse MS of unchristian!ike con-
Duct. But Gentiles can compete with the
Mormon institutions but Mormons can
because part OF their earnings 90 as
utnins; which goes TO support the Nor
m@n fho ~ d,:ss institutions hi;a And The Mormons
that II IS necessary Ia enlist the church
~ me ald ot defeating the large CONNER
ciai enterprises They look upon the
qiHerences of this community. and the
history of civilization shows that when
ever any religious institution acts as an
air6iter of the commercial or political !
differences of a community that stagna- !
ton, most inevita bic. is the result
M Many ,i say; and believe with some JUS
road institutions have been a dominant |
factor guiding and controlling the lcgis- |
lature, nationally and in the state. BY |
nIrtms OF thelr. gHeat Veal Gald ytheir
poH9"qooHa to 81 SfBafdIS3S HBa &AE
potent The Mormon church realizes the |
oreaniza tions politically. and they hang |
onto that commercial power. not only |
cause OF the political power which il \
gives them. And ] say that they will not |!
yield: they never yield unless they are I
compelled by the overwhelming convic-
ton Of Il Mormon community to go back |
and loose their hold. And. thank Cod. |
that Salt Lake City and Utah is growing !
and IL is growing Independent of that |
power SO we may shortly look forward |.
10 the time when there will be in Salt !
Lake and in Utah that overwhelming !
conviction which may say 10 the Mormon
church, Let loose OF commercialism and
let this community be free commercially |
and politically ana relgiously."
II is necessary that every person or. in
stitution which is engaged in commercial
enterprises shall he active in politics. 1t /
Is necessary for them TO enter into poll