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Show have been.very much more of a story brought out. Mr, Shields is prominent in the great salt company. He is in a position to tell exactly how things are in regard to the salt business in Utah. ' . , The testimony has a look as though the purpose were to exonerate; the president of the' church and to go no further, j; i ' , .', ; t 1 ',.--.-. . NOT FAR ENOUGH. The testimony of Mr.' Shields yesterday before the Senate committee seems a, little. strange,' "'.In substance it is that Mr. Smurthwaite never met Joseph Jo-seph F.r Smith in relation Jto the salt business, as all the business was' done by him (Mr. Shields) per-sonally. per-sonally. ' t ' , ; . ' ;. . :.-:- .:--::...: r-- ; The ' first question' any one in Utah will ask will be, why was Mr. Smurthwaite turned out of the Mormon church. We have never heard Mr. Smurth-waite's Smurth-waite's veracity questioned. He distinctly stated that his dealing were direct with the president of the church; that President Smith was Very angry and threatened to ruin him in his'' business, and that he was finally dismissed from the church. .It seems to us that Mr! Shields does not cover the case. Again, "In reply to a question, Mr. Shields said the reason they did not consider Mr. Smurth-waite's Smurth-waite's proposition was that there were so many other salt properties that it 'was useless to try to shut off - competition. How many other rival properties are there up along the lake? - How many salt companies have we in Utah? ' It seems to us that in rebuttal there ought to |