Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-09-01
TO THE END OF THE TRAIL.


sincere desire to promote law, order,
good government, the square deal for
all classes and everything that tended
for the uplifting of the people gener-
alphabetically, morally, socially and
reigiously. We have scrupulously adj
hered to this policy through the years
and are still actuated by sincere de-
sire to promote those things that make
for the best good of the greatest num-
Der.
Something more than two years ago
when there was a statewide move
ment for prohibition, initiated and pro.
NOTED by the Mutual Improvement
and other auxiliary organizations of
the Church, we fell in line with the
movement and began "whooping it up"
for them, for we believed it was right
and was in the interests of good NOR
ais, good society and the material
good of the vast majority of the peo-
pie. We were courageous in our con-
duct of this fight and did not hesitate
when occasion seemed to demand it,
to fay local people who were engaged
in the Illicit traffic in strong drink,
against the peace, dignity and good
morals Of the community. In so do
ing we made enemies of some people
who would otherwise have been GUS
toners of the paper, and have been
deprived Of this support. Why? Be-
cause we placed the community good
above and ahead Of our own selfish
interests.
When the legislature met, we never
failed to raise our voice in support Of
the measure for which the sincere and
honest people of the state were work
ing and which they were demanding
at the hands of the men they had
elected to represent them. While we
and other weekly papers were doing
our part the Deseret News was con-
spicuos for its silence. Men who we
had elected upon their solumn assur-
ance that they would do their part
towards the securing of statewide
prohibition after they reached the
capital, became luke-warm-no one
or two of them, but the majority
and began to side-step the issue. Oh,
yes, when the question was forced to
a vote on the floor, they were for the
measure, but in committees and else
where they did all they could to delay
and obstruct the progress of the legis-
lation. AT home we were shocked,
bewildered and chigrinned. We could
not figure it out. We were sure there
was "a niger in the wood-pile," but
who, where was he. The Record with
others began to look for him, and when
we found him, or one Of them, we did
not hesitate to belabor him. 1t made
no difference who he was or what his
standing. This paper is no respector
of persons. Right is right, and any
one who wilfully tries to obstruct the
right is not worthy of consideration.
Well, apparently this met with the
general and hearty approval of our
readers, who seemingly were actuated
by the same high moral ideals that
we were, and We're not inclined to
screen a scamp, no matter who he was
We do not say that all the mig
gers" were found and subjected to
public scrutiny, for it is frequently
intimated that eve may not know it
ALL" that Governor Spry, in assuming
the unparalleled load of responsibility
that he chose TO take upon himself
to defeat the prohibition bill, was
being made Escape goat" for some
one else; and it is even intimated that
he has expressed himself In private
to friends in these terms. But that
someone else" if there was any, has
not yet been brought to light, so we
have been obliged to content ourselves
by melting out punishment in the form
Of public condemnation upon those
who were discovered.
And this is where the fun begins.
Many of those men who were the loud
est at the outset in their condemna-
ton Of the demon drink and all those
in any way shielding and supporting
it, begin to fidget and squirm, and say
"there, you are going too far; back
up; you must not criticise these good |
men, there may be something we do
not know about it,"
Apparently our quest of the traitor
to the people had led us onto some
ones corns.
And now we will drop the curtain
on this interesting little drama, and
will ring it up on another scene Just
as fascinating.
The sharp and precipitous rise in
the price of nearly all kinds of food
stuffs, clothing and other commodities
which enter into the consumption Of
every family, causes one TO sit up and
take notice and try 10 figure where he