Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-07-07

II toiiipItHcuu Jut H1tT DTlnCIpleS OI SO
ciety, such as equity and justice, ex-
ccept where they are enforce by the
stronS am Of the law.
Mr.. Nibley says: "There is not o
beet sugar company in the United
States that can sell bag Of sugar
cents above the market price. for the
very simple reason that if he tried
TO do il every broker and merchant
would protest, knowing every day ex-
actly what the price OF sugar is in the
| markets abroad, and knows what II
costs to bring II from those markets
east or west TO the point where il is
sold"
But we are not complaining because
the sugar companies do not sell at q
price higher than the New York price.
with freight added from that point TO
our state, but because they charge us
with this freight on commodity that
is manufactured at home and sold at
home, being transported only from the
factories to the warehouses Of the job
bers, and by them distributed to the
merchants throughout the country.
when they ship all the surplus east,
pay the freight on it, and then sell for
great deal lower price than they
charge us for it at home. Thus they
not only get the freight charges from
here to the Missouri river as velvet
hut they add in addition freight from
New York here TO "a commodity pro
duced and sold at home. If that is
not exploiting the home people, then
we should like to know what they call
Il.
Heretofore, we have been told, when
anyone raised an objection to this
method Of procedure, that the con-
troll was owned in New York and that
the local stockholders were powerless
to give any redress. We are pleased
to learn from Mr.. Nibley that the con
troll was bought back two years ago
and is now owned by the people of on,
own state. This places the responsi
bilitv where it belongs, and robs then
If this subterfupe.
II the Utah-Idaho surar companies
we're disposed TO make the same rrict
IN SUGAR as maintains In New York
for local points. the "trust" would no.
make the SLIGHTEST objection. II the-
cared to make the New York pric,
less the existing freight rate between
the two points, we are morally certain
there would be no objection. Should
they, however. attempt to make tn
price here less than the New Yorl
nrice, with freight subtracted, thel
there would be a connection, and tn,
trust ~vald very likely try 70 cut th
| price IN Utah points so low that IN
home companies would have TO go on
Of business. This we are not asldn,
them to do. We are not even askin,
them to make the local price less thal
the New York price. We are willing
at least for the present, to give then
bonus of the fifty cents per ba,
which Mr.. Nibley states is the cost o
placing IL on the Missouri River, on al
sugar consumed at home, just to zen
courage home Industry" but when j
comes to adding to this freight iron
New York back, we object most siren
uously.
Mr.. Nibley devotes a good deal o
space to discussion of the price pai
farmers for the beets, of which W
know but little, and which occurs to us
from the willingness the farmers shoy
to devote their land to beet culture
to be fair and reasonable, and we hav
nothing to say on this side of tn
question, except to call attention t.
the fact that while the price paid tn
farmers for beets has been increase,
this year from $3.50 to $500 per ton
the present extravagant price is bein'
asked for sugar made from beets 70
which last years price Of $3.50 wa
paid. And will ask if il is not possibl,
that the raise in price for beets il
the result of some of the aggitatiot
that Mr., Nibley so profoundly de
plores?
Mr.. Nibley concludes his statement
with the following paragraph:
"Shame upon the man or men, there
fore, who to serve their own selfsi
ends, are endeavoring to stir up pre-
judice against the sugar companies
and are circulating falsehoods about
the church for its connections with
his great industry"
Shame upon the man or men, there
fore, Bishop Nibley, who to serve Their
own selfish ends, are seeking to ex
blot and prey upon their own people
and in some instances use their high
ecclesiastical positions as screen tc
onceal their sorded motives, anG
While they sap the lifeblood, almost, OF
heir humble SUBJECTS, build up huge
monopolies of watered stock and pay
big dividends on the same 10 them
selves. And then by means of sub
idized and constituencies press, seek