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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
THURSDAY. MAR. II. 1910.

WE have never seen it stated
exactly where the report of the
Senate Committee was wrong.
but if The Mathews Journal says
il is. we gladly take the Journals
word for it.-Times Dispatch.
HAD the Dispatch taken the
trouble to look up the records in
the auditors Office or call upon its
city editor for the statement
furnished him by Hon. ]. Boyd
Sears. it is barely possible that
'sNe ought to have found out where
the mistake was. We are duly
grateful for the large generosity
which prompts the Dispatch to
say, We gladly take the jour
NAILS word for it," This we have
received in placeof the ack-
-n0wledgement of error and cor
lection of the same which in all
tness we asked for. I Truly no
ouk;a Better express our
e could
nr,,,,ri-
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the members Of
Alegatesl saw fit to
regard for Major
presenting him with a
d cane. Regardless OF
FOR abuse. he stands
very occasion to fight
servation of the inter
ewater. He deserves
nd appreciates beyond
good feeling that
in the present in
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24

Mr.. s. w. Ingram was in Nor
folk few days last week attend.
ing bl siness.
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Supreme Court held such tax to be
invalid; and there seems to he no
escape from this conclusion.
1t looks very much as if the Supreme
Court would be obliged, if it upholds
the present corporation tax, to uphold
also the power of Congress TO levy an
income tax upon individuals. The qucs.
tion is squarely raised and il would
seem as though the court must neces'
sarily decide this question, which is
surely main point in the whole con
troVersy, If the Supreme Court should
now reverse the decision of the court
in 1905 declaring the income tax in
valid and now affirm the validity of
such a tax, then il would be clear sail.
ing, save that Congress would have to
make the tax uniform on individuals
and corporations alike, and there would
be no need to press the pending consti-
tutional amendment authorizing Con
gress to impose such tax.
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WHY TRIFLE WITH IT2

1t is evident, from the way in which
the Saltair people are shifting their
ground, and presenting proposition after
proposition, that they are merely trifling
with the Council, and making mock
of that body. They show no gen
uinc evidence of good faith. In no
part of their programme docs any re-
gard for the public or advantage to the
city appear, 1t is all studied drive
to get advantage for Saltair, without
regard for the city or the people. And
in most that they propose there is de"
cided disadvantage to the public, with
no proposition for recompense. Saltair
would in every case get the snipc, and
the city still would be left holding the
sack.
1t is a dangerous thing to trifle with.
Any sort Of favorable action would be
accepted, with hope of some time
later on getting amendments that
would free the Saltair outfit from any
obligation or restriction that might now
90 with the franchise, Right there is
the peril of yielding anything at all.
If the Council gives, it gives for good,
and the conditions of the gift which
the Saltair people might find irksome
could be removed. That would surely
be the hope.
Therefore, we urge upon the Council
the danger Of giving any sort Of
franchise to these people, They would
accept the conditions that please them,
and ignore those that displeased. Their
shifty course thus far entities every
citizen Of Salt Lake to look upon their
schemes with the utmost distrust. And
ii would be bad mistake to give these
people any sort of an opening whereby
they could trample upon the rights Of
the people, as they would be sure to
do if they had the least chance. Turn
them down cold. That is the only safe
course the only way to make sure of
protecting the people IS and the city's
rights.
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SILVER AND IMPORT TAX.

We print this morning, on cur min
ing page. letter from Mr.. Moreton
Frewen, written to the Wall Street
Summary, on the action Of the Govern
ment of India in increasing the import
tax on silver from FIVE per cent as
hitherto, to sixteen per cent. Mr. trew-
en- thinks this action timely, and that
it will not for long decrease the imports
of silver by India. He makes it clear,
also, that it is protective measure for
the stimulation of the price of the ma
tive rupee, so that the Government may
obtain better rates for its exchanges IN
remittances to the home Government,
Mr., Frewcn does not fail TO emphasize
the vast economic and industrial ad-
vantage which China derives from this
beating down of the price of silver.
This stimulates Chinese manufactures
and exports, and keeps down imports.
A situation is thus created which is a
menace to the civilized nations. 1T is
menace which these natious have ere
ated, and now the great task is to undo
tho evil work.
The reports and opinions of London
silver brokers In this same connection
show a good deal Of confidence in sup"
port Of Mr.. Frewen IS position as to the
effect of the raise in import tax in In
dia, on the price and the supply Of the
white metal. The stocks are compare
lively small and the prevailing opinion
is that the imports Of India will not
diminish. One of the brokerage firms
draws some comfort even from the eff
feet of the great fall in the price of
silver on the Chinese industries and eX-
port trade It says that even if the
general effect is as stated. that i'll it.
self Will cause larger purchases of sill.
yer by China, and that China can take
large quantities Of silver at prices even
over 26 pence. Thus an automatic &C
tion Will be set in motion which will
create a correspondingly heavy demand
for silver in China as the Chinese in
1ustries and export trade expand, Even
should this attain vast dimensions, how.
ever, it would not compensate for the
Of the workshops of the world
10 China, as a British statesman re"
Gently declared would be the result of
.he beating down of silver, if this beat
ng down went much further, and were
successful as in the past.
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HOW 1T 'sPRINTS THE NEWS. -

With the evident double purpose OF
endeavoring to make excuse for itself
and to again deceive its readers. the
Deseret News on Saturday evening
said that "Anyone interested in that
subject can turn to our columns for
confederation of this statement The
statement was that the church organ
had not failed to "print any fact of
public interest that has come to us from
reliable sources, regarding infractions
of tho church rule
The Tribune is interested, and there
We find that when action was taken
in the cases Of FORMER Apostles John
w. Taylor and Matthias +. Cowley the
church organ merely recited what 1T
had received from "reliable sources "
which was to the effect that these two
men had "resigned' from the apos-
tolate because they simply entertained
views upon the polygamy question and
the Woodruff manifesto that were not
Gin harmony with those held by
they were new polygamous lawbreakers,
as it knew them to be. That is how
the News treated series of polyga-
nous crimes, under the information that
it had received from s'reliable
sources" Then, in a more recent case,
IT published a couple of hundred words
telling how an elder had been excom-
municated because Of adultery; when
the man did no more than the others
had done, and had simply Flivcd his
religion as he unhesitatingly an
nounced to the public at the time. In
the case of the notorious Alpha J.
Higgs, who unlawfully married and
ran away with Bessie Badger. the News
made the announcement that came
from the bishop to whom Higgs was
counselor; that he had been removed
from office, but that be could not be
tried for his fellowship because he was
Qot here for service of summons in such
an action. 1t did not say that Higgs
Is now in Canada, cnsconced In all COM
fort and safety in the Mormon polyga-
"'vho luclc, lOpcIueT Win HIS
Illicit conjugal partner. 1t did not
say that the "Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints throughout all the
world has such complete jurisdiction
over the man Higgs that it could bring
him back here for trial as to his fell
lowship by a mere crook of President
Smiths little finger. II did not say
that for this purpose no extradition
proceedings at law would be necessary
1t did not say that no such action has
been taken, for the reason that the
church does not desire to prosecute
him. 1t did not say that in the case
of adultery" before mentioned the
ecclesiasts were obliged to take action
In order to save their own credit, and
that the man was simply sacrificed to
protect the hierarchical hide; that
wherein the matter could be suppressed
in all other equally notorious cases. the
church has exercised that suppression.
Nor has it ever brought out the truth
III any of these matters, 1t has simply
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21
AN OLD CONDITION.

Elsewhere in this issue of The Trib.
une we print an extended editorial arti-
Gle from the Philadelphia Saturday
Evening Post of Saturday, October 4,
1916. 1t is under the heading, "The
Mormon War" 1t deals with the trou-
bles that then existed in and around
Nauvoo, Illinois, as affecting the Nor
mon people and their neighbors.
At this time The Tribune will make
no comment upon the article except to
draw attention to the pitiful story that
it tells of the fearful results of prac-
ticed fanaticism, and as showing what
woe and misery were brought upon the
Mormon people bv the criminal and
aggressively immoral acts Of their lead
ers. We merely ask that the reader
ponder the article well, and in all seri-
BUSINESS, that the things therein set
forth may be thoroughly understood
The matter is of too much Importance
to be lightly skinned over. It must
be carefully inspected with a view to
understanding, and with the object in
mind of giving to our future comment
proper meaning. The Tribune is for the
truth, first, last and all the time. as
nearly as this paper is able to get at
it; and in dealing with this particular
thing it shall be our faithful endeavor
to bring forth truthful accounts of the
causes which led up to the fearful
scenes described by the old Saturday
Evening Post, the old Plttsburg Ga.
zette and the old st. Louis Republican.
The story is especially interesting to
the Mormon people. as we hope our
comment shall be, 1t is our hope to
point to them a lesson by which they
may profit. To the non. Mormon read. |
er, these recitals ought to be of value,
because it is a necessary thing to un.
derstand upon whom the responsibility
rests for the perpetual antagonsm and
unrest that has followed the Mormon
church from its very beginning to the
present time.
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ARGUING CORPORATION TAX.

The arguments before the u. S. Su-
preme Court against the validity Of the
corporation tax are very ingenious and
strong; they cover every point, and
would seem to be impossible of refu-
tation. Mr.. Evarts In his argument
made the point that it is an infringe
ment on the rights and privileges of
the States, and 1T is very strong point,
too; not only is this legislation an in.
fringement upon the rights and priv.
ileges of the States, but it is an an
tagonism upon the legislation of the
States, whose law-making is local and
not national, and with which the
nation has no business to inter
fere. The tax bears also the
curious relation to the States that the
State may at any time, by dissolving a
corporation, destroy the power of the
United States to tax, or if business
should be organized in some other form
than now, as for instance, the holding
in trust and management by an indi,
vidual Of what is now the corporation
property and business, the attempt to
tax would revert back to the personal
income tax, which under the latest rul-
ing of the Supreme Court would be
invalid 1t seems impossible that our
great high court could affirm the vail
dity of tax which is subject to such
viclssitudes as this. The whole idea
of taxing corporation created by a
State is loose, unsubstantial, and frail,
Mr.. Foraker in his argument contend
ed that the tax was clearly and dis
tlnctly an income tax, which the Su-
preme Court has already proclaimed to
be invalid; but il such tax is invalid
as TO individuals, it must necessarily
be invalid as to corporations Recall
ing the fact that under the income tax
during and succeeding the war, the
validity of which was undoubted then,
corporations and individuals were
treated alike, no distinction being made |
between the artificial person created by
the act of incorporation, and tho nat |
ural person known to the law, each be-
ing required to make returns on identi. |
cal blanks. 1t would seem that Mr.. |
Foraker's contention is we'll founded |
in law, and we'll rooted in precedent.
Mr., Lindsbury Of New York argued |
that the tax must necessarily be a |
franchise tax or an income |
tax. If a franchise tax, it is direct |
attack upon the rights of the State to-
grant franchises: if il is nm income far
it is subject to the same objections as
the former income tax, which came
under the ban of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Lindsbury held that the Govern
ment's brief wipes away the .founda-
tion of the income tax case. where the
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allowed to dribble out TO the public
such guarded and deceptively falsifcd
statements as il has received from "re-
liable sources meaning the Mormon
hierarchy which seeks TO protect and
perpetuate polygamy In the Higgs
case il even had the scandalons eiTront
cry to suggest that it was a simple
ease Of immortality on the part OF the
woman.
The sole object of the church is to
keep the practice alive ''until the due
time of the LORD" " by shielding the
criminals where possible, and by at
tempting to discredit all facts that are
not authorized by the "reliablc
sources which pursue a course TO sup
press them. In this movement the
News has Joined most heartily.
But the situation of today reminds
us. of that which prevailed in Nauvoo,
when the Mormon leaders denied po-
lygamy "nntil they were black in the
face, so to speak, And how did
it turn out, after all? The Nauvoo
denials are now denied by the success
PUN VI iNluS u'uIcls III y udu- IL" d''
nicrs of Nauvoo were no worse than the
deniers OF Utah. and the liars of Utah
are no better than the liars of Nau-
VOC. And polygamy is rampant in de-
nying Utah now, Just as II was in de-
rying Nauvoo formerly. That is the
truth in the matter-and another fact
that the Deseret News will refuse to
print, although it knows it to be the
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our House of Representatives as soon
as he shall have lost his crown.
SEEKING CREDIT NOT DUE.

The SmooJ paper yesterday morning
had fearful appeal TO the people Of
Utah to see and admire what the Utah
delegation in Congress had done by way
Of preserving the duty on lead. 1t ig-
nores the fact that the duty on lead
! has not at any time been in peril, save
as the Republican members of Con-
gress put il in jeopardy. And we have
before MS a telegram from Washington
after the victory for lead had been
won. which says, under date OF July
%. 1903: 81 find on investigation
that Smoot is entitled to no credit
whatever for restoring the one.eighth
of cent duty on pig lead. - The Idaho
delegation did it, joined by the efforts
of the lead interests of that State and
OF the lead mining regions in various
parts of the country. The proposed
duty on lead was cut by the committee
one-elghth of cent pound. Smoot
consented to this cut. To pretend now
that he was the hero of the lead fight
for the miners is reversal of the fact,
and an insult to the public intelligence.
In the days before Statehood, there
was never any trouble in keeping the
duty of cent and half pound
on lead. Neither was there any diff.
Guilty about 1T when the Dinpley law
was passed. But those were times when
kepublrcanlsm meant Republicanism,
and when party faith was kept. 1t is
different now. when the leaders of the
party go back on its principles. and
pretend TO be carrying out the party IS
pledges, while in fact all, the time thcy
are betraying their party to advance
private or corporate greed, md laying
their party open TO the lust charge of
perhdy and dlshonor, as President Taft
stated in more diplomatic words, but
with the same meaning, in his speech
last Friday night at Rochester.
In Republican Congress in the Ter
ritorial days, there was never any diff
hcnlty in getting the tariff on lead re.
tanned at the Sl.50 rate per hundred,
The miners did not in the least depend
upon tho Delegate in Congress from
Utah; but at least he never. so far as
- N"H'"' SphecutCu 10 UnG betrayal OF |
their interests, as did Smoot last year. |
But the miners depended, first, on the
Justice of their cause, from the protec-
Zionist standpoint and in this there |
could be no gainsaying of their POSI- |
ion; and second, on their personal eff |
forts and influence with members of |
congress from the several States. And |
hey never failed.
10 raise a cackle about a success
achieved III this duty on lead last year,
s transparent humbug. And to raise
t on behalf of man pardon! Per.
APPS we should say "an Apostle') who
distinctly betrayed the cause of lead
~ consenting TO the Republican COM
nittee cut of one-eighth of a cent, and
Who could not. therefore. help TO re-
tore 1t, is such rascally attempt to
impose upon the public that every one
f intelligence must reject it with scorn
nd contempt.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21
TODAY IN HISTORY

M MONDAY, MARCH 2t.

One OF the most picturesque figures
IN IN Scottish history is Robert Bruce. who
followed William Wallace as the leader
OF the people. Today IL the day he
aseended the throne of Scotland as Rob-
err L.. and wherever you find a Scotch
man mar his heart beats for the love of
while reconnttns his services TO his
=, Robert was the eldest OF the twelve
children OF the Earl OF Carrck. He
was born July II, 1874. During his
early years he lived at the court Of
sd sking Edward J., and 1t is said that
which that king led Into Scotland 10
hight the brave Wallace
But soon after the shameful death
OF OF that chief Bruce began TO think
that he would put himself at the head
OF the Scots In order TO rescue his
country from the harsh rule OF the
d1& Engnshi and obtain the crown for him
design. because he was still I'm the
power OF the English king. But he told
friend whom he trusted all that was
name was Comyn. after pretending that
he quite agreed with Bruce in his plan.
SS!n;amei9liy went and betrayed him to
nediately, and he was warned by the
Earl OF Gloucester. who sent him, by
servant, purse OF money and a pair
This was rather a puzzlIng present,
but Bruce was quick enough To com
prehend, and he took the hint inme-
aiately shoeing his horse, we are told.
VINO pursued him might think he had
gone In an opposite direction. He
reached Scotland in few days. and
under their new leader the Scots took
fresh heart, and in a very short time
drove the English into their own coun-
This so angercd the English king that
he sent large army against Bruce
irouted him, and even followed him In
his flight with hounds, until he found
refuge on a small island on the Irish
conquered and in a few months again
took the field. and for three years he
and his brave followers fought the Eng
lisn with varying success.
At one period he was on the point
oil abandoning the struggle, but at that
very moment, raising his head he saw
spider try!ng again and again 10 flx
taled the thirteenth attempt was sue
cessful; and it at once struck the de-
spondent monarch, that If an insect
despair. With renewed spirit he set
himself to his great task. and at the
of Scotland recognized him as king,
1906
Five years later 1913. the glorious
battle OF Bannockburn, In which a hun
dred thousand English under Edward H.
were defeated by the Scots, established
Bruce in his kingdom, and freed Scot
land from foreign masters. Robert Bruce
dled at the age of 54 In the year 1929
after a reign of twenty-five years.
On March 81 1855 Archbishop Gran
ner was burned ut the stake at Oxford
II is the birthday of John Sebastian
Bach, the eminent composer Q6S5): of
Henry Kirke White. the poet 17S5);
OF joseph Vance, the Revolutionary SOL
dier t!S6); of Fitzcdward Hall the
the artist (1S59); and the date on which
died Baron La Motte-Fouquc the French
poet and novelist tlS43), Robert Southey,
the English poet-laureate GS43). and
Rev. W, Soresby, the Arctic voyager.
in 1897
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21

1t is said that Mr.. Rockefeller has
been much disturbed over criticism of
his foundation plans. He WASH e so
sensitive to criticism, though while ac.
cumulating the great wealth that he now
seeks to distribute.
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and broken down
condition Of the
system. L read so
much whatLydia
L. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
had done for other
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felt sure it would
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21

Judge Alton B. Parker announces that
he is still in the political game, but not
necessarily as a candidate. However,
being upon the political stage, he natur.
ally should have Hshow.D
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21

Local summer resorts will omen this
year earlier than usual. The summer
girl will now rummage around for
couple of yards of thread from which
TO construct bathing suit.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21

Dispatches say that Seattle consum.
ers are hit hard by the packers. But
we desire to inform Seattle consumers
that they have no monopoly on the hard
b;fc