The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-18

when told they are abettinE afch con
the farmers of Utah OF the just fruits oil
| their toll
When Havemeyer. the late sugar king.
wanted co-conspirators in Utah to per-
petuate his sugar frauds or the nation
he was forced to go high up FOR reh-
able men to force his methods unsus-
pected onto the people in the states
| west OF Colorado
| In Colorado the necessary prelinlnaries
for selling Lonemont sugar 1000 10 1900
| miles distant al 800 to Slo0 per hun
dred than it was sold for In the town
Of Longmont was arranged through cor
| poration lawyers who make II business
| To lobby Legislatures and aid corporations
in evadng just laws.
In Utah it was cheaper 10 have this
sort OF work done in the department OF
| holiness 10 the Lord"
Joseph Smith and David Eccles were
both aspirants 10 the position OF chief.
| 1t created split In the sugar promoting
industry in Utah. dividing the interests
Grande Lewiston. Logan and Ogden fac
tories, and the Smith combination, the
or minority Of the stock. about 40 per
cent OF the total stock issued:
| The Havemeyers chose Eccles as their
active business representative, after pay
| ing the combine in cash for 81 per cent
of the capital stock OF the combined
companies. sum equal 10 the entire
cost OF the plants To satisfy the Smith
appetite for power and lucre. Eceles; IN
one year, paid into the tithing fund of
the Mormon church approximately $50
| 200. This fund betrayed the expenses
| of several missionaries to foreign lands
to continue the work OF proselytins work
| ers in the beet fields.
Eccles. on being chided about his lib
erality. remarked. that 1T would bring
him luck.
| He soon after began negotiations in
| Montana for large tracts OF government
land on which to locate sugar reiineries,
| He had colouized Oregon in one instance
| In the sugar, and without knowing II CD
urla wfuIly seized several hundred thou
| sand acres of government timber land in
communities In that state, while Mon
| tana was not found desirable TO invest In.
| There is no sane man in Utah familiar
with the Smith Eccles martial relations
that don't know the two men are work
| ing the church organiza ton for their
personal ends. Ecces can undertake the
building sugar factories. railroads or col
| onizing state. He is backed up by
Smith. with the church organization Of
money and men, but note that In no In,
stance does the title of lands acquired
appear as church property. All the mis-
slonaries have TO do is TO drum up the
| converts Smith locates them. Eccles
| does the financing and the converts do
the work for the vague promise or re-
| wards hereafter.
Now if these conditions were not true,
been written. The writer is not under
pay from anybody 10 assail Joseph Smith
| or David Eccles. but he has an inherent
| intelligence that two arcn conspirators
called religion, defrauding and robbing
the people OF sovereign states OF this.
| union ~ their lands and the fruits OF
| their toll.
Why Don't They Speak?
There are many worthy Mormon busi-
ness men of extraordinary intelligence
who know what | said here 10 be true.
Is it their church fanaticism that keeps
them from Speaking out in meeting
| counts between Joseph Smith ct al, in
account with such corporations as the
Oregon Short Line railway. the Anal
| gamated Sugar company, the Inland Salt
| company and other corporations too nu-
| nerouS 10 meDtionp
| Did Jesus Christ or any OF bis disci-
pies ever accumulate individually, multi
millions Has history any record of
where such things could be done with
impunity and when asked for an ac-
counting Of the worldly gains the re-
10 the Lord. and at the same time their
individual fortunes growing yearly,
counted by the millions?
were acquiring dominlons and wealth 1t
was done With the sword and javelin-
the general had what We would call in
our day secretary OF the treasury.
whose business II was 10 divide the spoils
and account TO the people for their gains
| in conflict
Under the latter day dispense ton Of
the Lalter-day Saints no treasurer Is
needed, nor do the ageressors, who 90
out 10 despoil the people, use javelins,
brcadswords. arrows or any. other lnstru-
ments Of war 10 bring home or make
| their triumphs.
They have one weapon religious fana-
| ticism, 10 conquer with, and the sur
| prlsing part OF II all is there are anti
Mol1nons OF large affairs in Utah aid
ins and abettine them.
| This element Of "Gentlles" have sur
| rendered their colorS, which is the en-
blanl OF the national Republican party TO
ened citizenship TO prosecute their ne
| farious swindling schemes under.
Would il not be good citizenship TO
| take from these abettors OF crime and
base dcceivers the cloakings under which
| they are deceivins non suspectins peo-
| pie? Drive them. uncovered into the
open: where an unbiased civilization can
behold them IN their corruption?
| That The Gentle" element Of the
| Church Republican party may better see
whence thew came. first look your stand
| official Mormon or Gentle in an eNecu-
| tive capacity in this state that was not
first sounded before his election as TO
what his attitude would be towards the
dominating churchs interests?
No honest Mormon will answer this
except il be in the affirmative,
| If his position was not friendy TO the
church's interests. what was the re-
suit?
| 4 whispering WAS passed around. 1--WE
| don't want so and so" No reasons given,
no fight in the primaries, no open cam
paisning was necessary
| Is there a Church Republican in Utah
| acquainted with the institutions OF this
| state so duh unfair as TO deny
| this?
When the party elected Smoot and
| Sutherland to the senate, will either ri
| these gentlemen stand up before a body
| OF intelligent. honest citizens and deny
| that they did not secure their elect ions
| by agreeing not TO antagoniZe the church
| interests? Is there another federal Of
| tce holder in this state whose duty II
| Is 10 prosecute bring to Justice tho
| polygamists. The offenders against the
| sherman antitrust laws. or combins
| tlons in trade or transportation COM
| panies that is not vilfvng every decent
| or beneficial law OH the statute books