The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-31

| ment. but for the purpose OF extending
| the tithing graft to public funds and for
| the purpose OF adding power and prestige
| 10 the Smith trust. The salt Industry
| has been swallowed by the Smith trust.
| the whole Mormon church has been
| swallowed by tho smith trust. and now
the Smith trust Is trying TO lick and
| swallow Salt Lake City.
This polygamuus dynasty, the Smith
| trust, Is at war with Anericanism-it Is
at with sCienCe-it is at war with
| every idea that trespasses upon poyg-
amouS preTogativc or upon the worldly
greed and graft of the polyGamous PRIEST
hood. Worst and most balctUl Of all,
this poySamous dynasty is at war with
every idea and every movement that
tcuds To free mems minds from the
chains OF Intellectual slavery. But We do
not blame the Mormon people for their
plight. VIC blame that avariciouS. wicked,
polySamous dynasty that has KEPT them
IN darkness. We blame that poygamous
crew which teaches young children false
history and trains babies 10 despisc the
government under which they live. and
p"rSccutc the man who speaks the truth.
We blame that enemy OF our country
that enemy OF mankmd-that p0lyEamous
priesthood which murders truth in the
cradle. They shall suffer for their sins.
and these ideas of Amcricanism for them
shall be tho bruisius irons Of Gods
wrath
Polygamous Dynasty.
Little wonder. then. that we arc
abused. cursed and reyilcd by this polyE
amous dynasty for. preaching the idea
that is to destroy it's power
There Is nothing american about the
Mormon priesthood. Their teachings and
ideas concerning obedience Hrc Asiatic,
None ol their ideas or Institutions are
American.
The Roman nuCurs went out of bust
ness wien men began io think and reu
son for themselves You have read about
the Roman nuGurS. Tb0y Wcrc The fake
prophets OF ancient Rome. rhcy pre-
tended to h" able Ia Iurnt"ll events by
examining the cutrais of beasts. Tho
poor dupc who consulted an auEur al
WAYS furnished the lamb or sheep and
paid a registration fec. While these
aueurs wore picking at the cntrails.
thinking up something To say. they
wirRcd at each other. During the period
OF Horace. the Roman poet. times were
pretty hard for augurs hut uotwithstand-
ing illat fact In one Of his poems,
Horace says that two ailyurs could not
laughing. Rut the Roman auGurs were
llLuc different from our Utah auSurs-
some OF them had only one witc.
| have often wondered il these Utah
augurs wink and smile NJ each other
whenever they assemble TO divide up tina [
easy money called tIthing. Perhaps not. !
The tragedies of the hard -wvuug dollars
they handle are too sad, lust think of
il. The widows mite the craitcr'S slice |
and tho hard-carned dollar of the faithful !
dupC all 20 into tho same fund, All who |
die that tund revcl In uXury. Nobody |
outside Of this Smith trust knows what
becomes OF that money No Roman auSur !
CvCr hrd such chance at easy money. |
We deny thai the salvation OF souls Is |
the cli"f purpose of The Smith trust. |
The whole Mormon priesthood is corrupt |
ed bv avarcc, greed and surdid love of |
money and power, Did you ever stop to !
think that tho pri"stly counses to the |
Mormon people touch the dollar ten times |
while they touch the welfare of souls !
once? These same counsels touch poll
ties ten times while they touch moral |
welfare once, These same counSels arc |
all aimed to tho fattenng and upbullding |
OF the Smith trust. The individual counts
for nothing. Counsel is not framed or
given or intended 10 aid the lowiy Nor
mon or any Individual outside OF tho |
Smith trust. Think II over, Mormons,
Examine I'LL the counsels YOU ever re
ceivcd and see II the sum and substance
o. all pricstly counsel TO YOU has not
hcen 10 the effect that you must nay
tithing and boost for the Smith trust.
Slippery Institution.
This Smith trust is slippery instilu-
tion to handle. Like all lawbreakeIs it
salts under several aliases. When 1t Is
tithing il calls itself the church,
When II Is in politics il calls itself tho
people. When giving counsel II calls IT.
sclf the priesthood. But after al. il Is
the same old Smith trust, fattcping on