Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1916-09-01

10 BOlHk W lAHu, WnttHeT I'D bnt pour
house or in jail He begins to cast
about to find something that he can
subsist upon ard which will come
within II -"anty supply of cash. 1t
seems that there is no escape--they
have us on every turn, both going and
coming and we can discover no re-
lief. The great bulk Of the commodi-
ties that we use are manufactured out
of the state and have to be shipped in
at an extra cost to us for freight. But
there are few things which are not,
and at once our mind reverts to sug-
ar. Here, at least, is one thing that
we do not have TO stand the freight
on, in addition to the price paid for
it by the people in other parts of the
country. Here is where we get back
at those fasteners, and say in tri-
umph and exutation, "There, gal dern
you, here is where we get little of
the pudding and you pay the
freight. How do YOU" But then
we stop, scratch our head, stroke
our chin whiskers and say, "Let me
see. Are we right sure about that.
OF course we make the sugar, all
right, and we ship dollup of it to
the Eastern or at least the Middle
states. But do we get any edge on
them are fellers'." Come to investi-
gate we find that instead Of the east
erner paying the freight on the sugar
he eats, we are actually paying the
freight to the Missouri River and back
on the sugar we eat and produce in
the state, Notwithstanding IL has never
left the state.
Then we grow mad and red in the
face. We roll up our sleeves, and we
say: at is the damned trust! that's
what it is. Show me the trust and
won't do thing to it. Show me "that
are bloomin' trust!"
Here certainly is an undertaking
worthy Of the high ideals Of any pa
per, having the interests Of the COM
mon people at heart, in which every
good and loyal citizen will gladly con-
cur We will do service to our read
ers and the public--we will make it so
warm and uncomfortable for the sug-
ar trust that it will be glad to give us
an equitable adjustment of prices out
here in this part Of the country.
Well, we start lambasting the sug-
ar trust and those persons who are
responsible for holding the people up
in this high-handed and discriminate
fashion. Little by little facts leak out
and we follow the scent until it takes
us to practically the same hole at
which we stopped in the liquor ques-
ton. One of the principal manipula-
tors Of this high-handed high finance
protrudes his head, and we proceed to
administer little wholesome publicity
when from our elbow comes chorus
of voices, "Stop! stop! you mustn't.
That is q big mana good man. We
deprecate such conduct. You should
build up, not tear down."
Very well, gentlemen, II that is the
way you feel, and you are In the ma
jority, which, however, we are not yet
willing to concede, we will let II go at
that. But remember that it was not
we who few the white feather, and
called quits.
And take notice further that before
The Record joins you in any more
moral, religious or social spasms and
incurs enemies in so doing, it will be
distinctly agreed that we will go to
the end of the trail, no matter where
it leads, and if we find any person or
thing obstructing the path of right
and justice it shall be laid bare, no
matter who or what it Is.
We are something more than a mere
puppet to be sicked on and called off
at your pleasure.
You have our profound sympathy.