The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-20
AMERICANS HOLD
ROUS|NG MEETING
City Attorney Dininny Points
Out That Americans Have
Not Raised Taxes.
INTERPRETING SEWER
STARTED UNDER NORRIS
Tithe-Paying System Detrimcnt,
Says Dalton, and Hurts
Working Man.

The Americans held an enthusiastic
rally in the club rooms mt the Yelling
ton hotel Tuesday evening. Music was
furnished by tho drum corps and the
speakers were City Attorney II. j. Din
innv and W. s. Dalton. \. J. Weber
presided at tho meeting.
CITY Attorney DiuinEy discussed the
matter of taxation and showed con
clusivcly that the cry of the church
organ and IIcmorrbnge, TO the effect
that the Americans had increased lax
alton. was absolutely false. Mr.. Dm-
iuny pointed out that the county com
lniSSioncrs had increased the levy ono
mill and that the board Of education had
made an increase Of two ,tcnthS OF q
mill. So far as the board Of education
was concerned il was not claimed that
1he raise was not justified, but as 10
the commissioners, 1t was pointed ont
that tho present TO The Hcmorrhage
last year on the printing Of thc tax list,
together with cXtraVagauces on road
work, was responsible for the increase
there.
No Increase BY Americans.
II was then pointed out that tho
Americans had not increased tho levy
in this city one mill, or any part of n
spccting the increase in tho cost Of
sewers and water mains. MIR, Dininny
called attention to the act OF tho late
legislature, which changed methods en-
tircly and simply put the city up
against H. AS 10 the increased cost
of the interccptIng sewer, attention was
called to the fact that tho contract for
ihc sewer was lot by the Morris admin
istration and that that administration
was responsible for thc trouble that en-
sued. Mr.. Diniuny also said that taxes
had been increased through raise
upon assessments uf property, hut IL was
shown that the increased levy was
made by the county administration and
that the Americans had nothing what
ever 10 DO with IL.
In conclusion. Mr.. Dininuv said that
all of the county and city Offices were
open 10 the public al oil times and that
every statement made by him could he
easily verified by an interview with the
proper city and county officials.
Tithing System Detriment.
w. S. Dalton made characteristics
speech. in which he showed that the
Mormon church system OF tithc-paying
was q detrimcnt to the laboring man
and fayed the union of church and
state as being an un-American and an
tagon,stic TO Republican form Of gov
'u'hthN. y F'H WIS pOihN ~ Ssllh III
part:
''Thc wage worker has a double in.
tcrcst in opposing the political and com
mcrc3l hosSiSm Of the Mormon priests.
AS an American citizen ne wants TO
see equality before the law. and history
and experience show that the control
OF the politics of a state by tho church
always results in placing these holy fax
rrs above the law.
Narrower the tIfhiru SNStprl lny
which the poor dupcs are grated for
oue-tcnth of their wages, inevitably
tends 10 keep wages down III those occu-
patiOns and industries, where tithe.pay-
ers and Gentle workmen compete.
Thar the church leaders hate and
oppose labor organization is well known.
in churcb-controlled Industries, sugar
beet growing. shoe factory. etc, labor
GnioDs arc unknown.
The American party entered this
fight 70 put an end to clerical despotism
in politics and business; it celebrated
its first victory by voluntarily advanc-
ing the wages of laborers employed bv
the city. I need not tell YOU that evv.
cry raise of that kind rs bound to have
l;s effect IN forcing the other employ
crs 10 raise wages The American party
made no boast of this sensible action
aud when the Mormon and Jack. Nor
mon papers howled and denounced the
raise as extravaganza the newly
elected Americans simply laughed at
them.