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Show i 4- i 4- 4- 4- 'b 4 DID YOU ASK t t WHAT AILS THIS TOWN? I WHY, JOSEPH F. SMITH t r When Joseph P. Smith, 'b prophet, seer and revelator, law- b breaker and doner of the laws of v I God and man, told a committee 4 I- of the United States Senate that b ho was engaged in numerous ;-b ;-b other businesses besides that of b 'b president of the Church of Jesus b Christ of Lattor-day Saints,, ho J- evidently had not boon counseled, J b for his testimony was a practical ' b admission of the commorcializ- v ing of his church, and that b Mammon had becomo its God. Is -b -b not this trueP Has not the b greed for the tithe, the graft, the rake-off of the hlerarch b usurped all else? Joseph F. -b v Smith named the following as v somo of the other businesses in b 'b which ho is engaged. There b may bo others. Hero is his list: ' President Zion's Co-Operatlvo b Morcantile institution. .j. b President State Bank of TJtah. b President Zion's Savings Bank b and Trust company. -b President TJtah Sugar com- -b pony. b President Consolidated Wagon -b b and Machine company. .t. b President and director of the J b Utah Light and Power company. f President and director Salt -b Lake & Los Angeles Railroad J b company. b President Saltair Beach com- I- pany. -b President and director Idaho -: -b Sugar company. .j. b President and director Inland b Crystal Salt company. . President and director Salt -b b Lako Dramatic association. -b n President and director Salt v 4 Lake Knitting company. .;. 4 Director Union Pacific Rail-I Rail-I way company. .;. b Vice-President Bullion, Beck r and Champion Mining company. -b Editor Young Men's Mutual 4-b 4-b Improvement Asscciation, a per- 4 4- iodical; the Improvement Era, -b 4 tho Juvenile Instructor. .j. 4 Since ho testified a lifo insur- 4 4 ance company has been added to 4-4 4-4 the Hat. .j. 4 What ails this town? It, is v 4 easily answered. Joseph P. 4. 4 Smith oils this town, j. 4 ;I: 4 4 4 4r ;b 4- 4 4 4- .4 4 |