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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
THE TITHING BOOST BAIT,

1t will be remembered that a short
time ago the Deseret News, in an edi.
torial article dealing with the subject
of tithiDg. said: GAS to that. church
members know, by experience, that
blessings follow as a result of faith
full compliance with the law of tith.
ing"
All who have had experience with
this matter know that the utterance
of the News was merely in line with
the old policy of setting out the bait
that catches the tithe. payer. There is
no indication of the nature Of the
blessings" that are TO follow the de-
livery Of hard-earned cash into the
hands Of non-accounting hierarchs
Apostle Reed Smoot was much more
definite than is the News, as will be
seen in n sermon which he delivered
in the Salt Lake tabernacle on Oc-
tober >, 1900, a report Of which appears
in the Deseret News of December s.,
1900, Here is an excerpt from that
sermon:
j DtlleNe LDal the man VINO PAYS MS
honest tthing to God will not only oc
blessed by God himself. but that the
nne-tcnths Will reach further than would
the ten-tcnths If he did not obey that
law.
Now. there's something to that
something to build upon. What Reed
means TO say is that it is better and
more profitable to have nine dollars
than ten; and that the purchasing pow.
er of the lesser amount is greater than
that of the larger.
But we rather think it would be diff
ficult for Reed to convince the good
housewife, for instance, that his finan-
cial deductions would bear the test of
practice.
As to the "blessings' that follow
faithful obedience to the law of tith-
ing, perhaps they are best portrayed in
n sermon preached by Joseph r. Smith
at Kanosh, MiIlard county, May 2S,
1899, wherein he said;
II il generally the DEVILS poor and the
poor devils thai. are ready 10 clamor for
help at the tjthing office, IL they have a
semhlance Of standing in the church.
Certainly; or in other words, the
saints are required TO contribute to
the tithe fund as long as they are self
supporting and capable Of producing
for the enrichment Of the hicrarchs;
and so long as they do that they may
count themselves among "the Lord IS
anointcd;' but the minute they become
feeble and helpless, they become "the
devil e mar ou1 Tho r,nnr 1a,,Ic
Thus it is that "blcssings follow rs
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
HIS PERSISTENT POLYGAMIsM.

The Tribune has heretofore made
some comment upon the sermon deliv-
cred in Logan last month by Presiden,
Joseph Z. Smith; and writer in tho
Logan Republican, who signs himself
"T,' takes umbrage at some Of our
conclusions. He says:
See the black hearted vllainy OF the
act TO select these five lines and add
them 70 something that was said at East
Bountiful in 1S99-ten years ago. We
don't know what WAS said then regard :
ing polygamy. but we do know that Pres
ldent Joseph f. Smith never had such an
Idea In his mind as The Tribune charges
on the above Sunday referred to. We
were there, and know whereof we speak.
In order to accept that conclusion we
should be required to admit that "T''
is Notwithstanding that, upon
second thought. "T" doubtless will not
lay claim to being.
But, in the first place, The Tribune
did not ''add' the East Bountiful re.
marks of President Smith to those that
he later made at Logan. What we did
do was to quote the two and note the
similarity of expression, pointing out
that at East Bountiful Mr.. Smith nm
mistakably referred to tho practice of
polygamy, and demonstrating that at
Logan he was less definite in that re-
spect but no less plain to the minds of
men who still retain the belief that
plural marriage is Il God given institu-
tiou.
Let us remind "T" that in his testi-
mony at Washington, President Smith
said, 81 believe in that principle to.
day as much as / ever believed in it,
and he also declared repeatedly that he
intended to continue his poygamous liv-
ing, in defiance Of the laws of God and
OF man. And this was during the course
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
WHY COMPLAIN, THEN.

Our Utah county contemporary, the
Provo Herald, has the following edi-
torial paragraph:
The Tribune seems TO he extremely
veNed these days about the Mormon church
| 1.-THE system. Sundays paper contained
number of articles which ought TO
| member In the entire church. Articles
| OF the style published on this subject in
| The Tribune do not harm the church.
on church members personal rights Is
| II any of The Tribunc's business II some
| people pay a tenth OF their income to the
Mormon church?
Well, if The Tribune s comment on
the Mormon church tithe system
''ought TO mako tithe payers out of
every good member in the entire
church, and if the articles edo not
harm the church, - then there ought to
no objection on the part of church lead
ers or members to their publication. And
if they "ought to make tithe.payers
out Of all the members of the church.
then, the church leaders ought not only
TO approve those articles, but they
should thank The Tribune for publish
ing them.
1t is to be noted however, that the
editor Of our Provo contemporary has
not even an elementary knowledge of
economics or he would not ask the final
question, whether it is any Of The Trib.
une's business if some people pay a
tenth of their income to the Mormon
church. The Mormon church is receiv
ing from these tithes to the amount of
about 100000 per year. It is with
drawing a large portion of that money
from the industries and business of our
State, TO establish colonies and paying
institutions for the church leaders in
Mexico, Canada, and elsewhere. Some
of these investments are In other
States and Territories. in the United
States, and some are in foreign coun-
tries. Joseph F. Smith was poor man
until he came to the leadership Of the
Mormon church; he is now rated n mil
lionaire in Mexico and Canada. and a
multi millionaire in the United States.
Where did he get the money! Evi-
IDENTIFY out Of the earnings Of the whole
people. and it is the concern Of every
one, The Tribune included, when such
enormous drafts as this are made upon
the community wealth. 1t is not mat
ter of giving dollar or two here and
there, but it is matter OF the absorp.
tion Of immense sums of money from
the community for the benefit of
favored few, who toll not, neither do
they spin. although they are arrayed
in! purple and fine linen, and fare
sumptuously every day.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
ELDER TAYLOR SHOULD RESPOND

Whether or not it is advisable to fire
off all the ammunition one may have
at one shot depends entirely upon cir
cumstanees.
This remark is inspired by reason of
the recent action Of Elder Joseph e.
TAYLOR. The public has not forgotten
that once upon time, and a very
short time since, Mr.. Taylor exposed
the fact that he was a constant reader
Of The Tribune. 1t was this way: This
paper had taken occasion to print lists
of names of men who had entered into
new polygamy since the issuance of the
Woodruff manifesto in 1890. 1t seems
that our repeated charges in
this respect aroused the ire of
Elder Taylor, at the same time
bringing out the fact that he had faith.
fully followed these presentations in
these columns. In one of his burst.
ing moods, Elder Taylor indited let
ter to this paper, in which he offered
us reward of one thousand dollars
for each and every case Of new polyga-
my which we could satisfactorily estab.
lish
After that first spasm of indigna-
ton, however, Mr.. Taylor found it ex-
pedient to remain silent We do not
blame the man altogether for this, be-
canse he may have been gagged by his
ecclesiastical and polygamous su-
periors, lest in the righteous indigna-
ton Of his soul he commit other blum
ders. But the thing we want to know
is whether or not Mr.. Taylor's offer
was made in good faith, or whether it
was merely bluff for effect. We
have named one case, at least, in which
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
THE COTTONWOOD LAKES.

We trust that the city will take steps
to fully protect it's interests in the lakes
that were bought not long ago in the
mountains up Big Cottonwood canyon.
IT is understood that the Government,
having obtained the idea somewhere
that this city cares nothing about lis
claim in these lakes, is disposed TO can.
eel the filings upon which the city s
claim to the surplus waters or other
waters which it may store in those
lakes, rests. But it. is not in the least
likely that the Government would wish
to do this if the city would press its
claim, and protest against such vaca-
tion.
The city bought the rights which 1t
holds in those lakes in good faith. The
water is as pure as possible, being held
in huge granite basin which is capable
of being immensely enlarged and deep
cned and so being made extremely scrv-
iccablc as n reservoir Of excellent wa
ter. 1t would be something approach
ing The nature of Il calamity for the city
to lose the rights which it possesses in
those lakes.
Whatever view may be takon now rs
TO the sullicicncy OF water for the city
as provided in the Big Cottonwood
reservoir addition to the water supply,
it remains true that there is liable to
be n year now and then when the ut
most resources of the water supply must
be drawn upon in order to afford the
citizens here the water which they need.
It must be remembered. also that this
is a rapidly growing city, and that the
time is liable TO come in the near future
when the utmost water resources posi-,
bic to obtain, will he in actual need
and on daily call. Such n resource as
is available from the lakes referred 10
must always be Of Importance to a city
like this in this region. Salt Lake can.
not afford TO lose the water rights
which il has obtained in those lakes.
1t has the money set aside to make
such improvements as are necessary
by way of deepening the lakes and add
ug immensely to their capacity as reser-
yoirs for the supply of the city.
We urge the Council and the admin
istration, therefore, in the strongest
terms that we may use that every step
necessary be taken to preserve the
city's rights and claims to the water
in those lakes. The time set for ac-
ton by the government, as we under
stand it, is the 9th day of the present
month. In the meantime, the city must
make its protest and showing; and
there ought not TO be the least doubt
or hesitation in making that protest
and showing as emphatic as pcssible;
and the city should lose no time next
season in proceeding to enlarge the
capacity of those lakes, to the
end that VIC may have supply, re.
assuring at present, absolutely neccs-
'ary on occasion, and later on abso.
utely imperative as the city grows in
population and consequent need of in
creased water supplies
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Elder Taylor should feel himself bound
to keep the faith under his offer
provided rs we reserve, that offer were
made in any faith Mt all That case
was the marriage of the late Apostle
Abraham II. Cannon to Il polygamous
wife n half-do2cn years after the
manifesto That one is not disputed
in the church or ont Of il. We think
The Tribune has earned at least enc
thousand dollars of that reward money
that Elder Taylor promised should be
paid over to mako us wealthy, in case
Of success. Is it not about time for
him to "say somelhing'l
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Mt F. E. Fem is about to publish
a book giving gossipy details in thirty
thousand divorce cases. There IS a missed
guess if that doesn't prove to be the
topliner of the Hsix best scllers,''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

According to his Mouth Apostle
Senator Smoot has been invited to visit
Panama during the holiday recess. There
arc some men of his party here who
aver that Reed would get himself in
vited to go anywhere else than to como
home.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Ned Cloud, the old Sioux Indian chief,
ls dead. During his lifetime he caused
the whites n lot of trouble, but there
ID no one who will say that he is not
q good Indian now.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

In a local divorce case the husband
and wife arc fighting for their chill.
dren; but the great trouble is that they
are not fighting for them in harmony,
as they should do.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Apostle Heber ]. Grant, though, must
not become exalted to the third heaven
when he hears Of his performance that
"singing is no name for it.''
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

A forger may plead that he can z
even write his own name; but that ism q
what he is charged with-it's the othc,
fellow IS name that he is accused Of writ
inc
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

If never before there was a skeleton
in the Gould Brokaw closet, they should
be able to construct rather tidy one
out of the present divorce proceedings.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

and that of 1920 will be as that be
tween the OK cart and the automobile
Meaning, perhaps, that the OK cart is
tho saf
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

1t ism L the hookworm at all accord.
ing to noted French physician. He
says IT'S fugue dromomaniaque. "
That ism It so short, but it looks sight
ugIier.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

"Why then is this people of Jeru-
salem slidden back by a perpetual back
sliding2 They hold fast deceit, they
refuse 10 return Jeremiah, viii, ..
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Looking at the report of the Comp.
troller Of the Currency, one is tempted
to abandon figures altogether and think
In carloads
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

zelaya declares that all Latin Amer.
lea is against Uncle Sam; but as vet
we have not noticed our Uncle making
any frantic scramble for the tall tim.
berg
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Also, if Doctor Cook succeeds in
finally establishing his claims, there will
be some others who will feel like dis
appearing for time.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Sometimes the dear girl who assumes
the role OF Helen of Troy at the mask
ball looks rather more like, for instance,
Maggie Of Avoirdupois.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Money is to lead the Democrats; which
ought TO insure that there shall be none
who Will refuse to follow.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

And 1t looks as if the National sys-
tenn Of immigration inspection should
be revised outward.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Straphanging ladies on a crowded troll
ley car do not regard the seated men
as OF the rising generation.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Men boast that they do not talk scan
dal, but women assert that they fur.
nish the material for plenty of it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

II one doesn't want to be forcibly
fumigated, one had better observe the
city health regulations.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

President Zelaya, however, is expect
ed to make practical use of his retiring
disposition.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Premier Asquith appears to be fall
ing away from the belief that the
rights of the Lords are divine.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

So far, however, our war with Mic
aragua is bloodless.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12
Sunday, December ~, 1909.

It's always the open season for house
hunting.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

Winthrop e. Scaritt says that the diff.
ference between the aeroplane of today
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-12

result of faithful compliance with
the law Of tithing.'
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-12

on the county road south of the camp,
practising formations. firings, etc
The signal corps is running a 1buzzer
< line up Parley's canyo There VIII oe p,
10 stations on the line, and mounted
S1inemen are out with the reel cart lay.
ing the wire The platoon is in charge
of Master Sesnal Electrician Flower. 8sS55
Tonight at the Y. NJ. G. a. camp
John Fletcher Spence of the executive 't
staff Of the G. a. r. will address the
regiment after Retreat parade. :.
" TO Lieut.. Walthal has been assigned
the duty Of illstructing the guard IN
}fantiy officers In saber. drill and II.
giving commands.
Sergt. Bradley of p company, FIT
3teenth infantry. has been detailed as
Instructor OF the non-commisisoned Of
flcers OF the guard regiment. and nom
CONS of the regulars generally nave
been assigned to each company for
purposes of Instruction.
Majors General Thomas, commanding
the department of the Colorado, WITH
headquarters at Denver, Is looked for.
4 to make the inspection Of the camp re-
Equired under the provisions of the Dick:
bill. On account of the amount OF
hard work being done, it Is not pro bable
that any special social attempt at enter
jtainment will be made. OF course he
will be received with all military non
ors. and his visit will be highly appre-
ciated, without being marked, however,
by any elaborate social ceremonies.
Preliminary ball games in comp I'll
ton for the cup trophy will be played
this afternoon, and the final game VIII
probably be played tomorrow.
Tomorrow being Governors day, it Is
expected that the full official family
will accompany the commands crime hief
in his visit to and inspection OF the
camp. The party will be received with
the customary honors and will also be
the recipients of some social attention.
Il Everything Is running smoothly and
the encannpment even thus early IS
proving To be decidedly successful and
beneficial, especially to the infantry or
CARNATIONS, owing to the excellent In
atructlon impaired by the officers and
enlisted men of the Fifteenth. There
are three drills a day. besides which.
there is today a thorough Frightening
up of clothing and equipment, and a.
general clearing up of the camp In
preparation for tomorrow.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-12
CELEBRATING . .|l|I | / ] S /!
told TO MARCH HOME N
out Of Sixteen Hilarious Drunls Eight
Are Allowed to Go Free
( This Morning. ~

There were 16 ioyer-enthusiasttc cele-
orators of the big q. A. r. day yester-
day. Fourteen CT them admitted that
they had taken a little too much stirn-
ulant to excite their enthusiasm, six OF
them paying q forfeit of SIS and eight
appearing so penitent that they were
let off after their night in Jail. Two
had not recovered from tehir enthusi-
asm this morning sufficient to appear in
court. a$i,
Those who did appear In court were
all working men, mostly from the adj
Joining towns, who had spent the holl-
day In Salt Lake, and the holiday night
in Jail They were all advised to re-
turn to their work by tomorrow morn
ling. "a ..
The court this morning believed the
story of W.. r. Mitchell, an operator.
that he had been the innocent partici-
pant In the attempted theft of a type
writer, or, at least, believed It to the
extent Of giving Mitchell q Today
chance to demonstrate that he is will
ing to and will work at his trade
Mitchell was arrested two days ago
while attempting to pawn a Remington.
typewriter that had been Glen from
the Offices of the Bell TELEPHONE COM,
pany. The machine was recovered and
Mitchell first pleaded not guilty this
morning to petty larceny When ne
remain in jail until Aug. % awaiting
trial, he changed his plea, and In ex-s
9tenuation explained to the court that
while he had attempted to pawn the
typewriter, 1T had been given to him by
another man whose name he did not
know. but with whom he had mad a
few drinks On Mitchell eXplanat-Sii
ton and statement that he could go 70
work immedintelyin Salt Lake. Judge!
Bowman continued the case 10 days to;
give Mitchell a chance to prove his good
Because Charles Hansen Of Butte.
srent four days In Salt Lake without
working he was given an invitation
that couldn't be refused to continue
his stay 80 days. Hansen pleaded guilty.
to being vagrant and beggar but
told the court he had ben unable to
work at,8llis trade of carpentry on
account of&an injury to his leg recetv-5
ed by falling Off two story house.
After Hansen said he had been IN
Salt Lake four days. Prosecutor Rog-
3ers recommends a sentence Of 50
DAYS. suggesting that evidently Han
sen had been attracted here by the
crowds.
Charles Hood and William A. Love
we're both willing to admit to being
Migrants provided they could be per-
n1itted to leave the city. II ood at first
was reluctant until the time OF his
hearing was set for Aug. 25.5 Then he
concluded he, too would rather leave
the city by tomorrow morning