Show C II I FOOLISH AS USUAL I If y6u want to entrap the average j I editor outside of Utah into writing him i self down an ass all you hava to do 1 4 ii i is to induce him to write an article about 1 I I the Mormons If he does not succeed in II j displaying woeful ignorance of the subject J sub-ject it will be because he bunders into h 1 writingsomething he didnt intend to j BUY aayHera i Hera comes along the usually wellin t formed St Louis GlobeDemocrat with a f ry column editorial on the wonderful i y Ii j things the EdmundsTucker bill is going f J fi to perform in the way of revolutionizing 1 and reforming this Territory It fr begias by saying The enactment of 1 the antipolygamy law will undoubtedly mark the dawn of a bright future fort for-t Utah The Mormon incubus has tii hitherto acted as a dead weight on the 11 t nrogress of the Territory and paralyzed 51 I every attempt to adequately develop the resources of that region and concludes con-cludes with the announcement that the hy law will make it certain also that immigration im-migration and capital which will flow thither now that the grip of the Mormon hierarchy has been broken + 1 t will impel Utah onward in material t fi 1 greatness in the next few years to an extent never approached in any equal period of its previous history The remainder of the article is devoted to a I showing of our agricultural and 1 mineral resources property valuation 1 F etc in which it is stated that Utahs i greatest element of material wealth Is its minerals those being set down as j gold silver iron coal building stone coke copper lead salt and slate 1 t j The statement of the Territorys I resources is correct enough but in i f what manner the new law eisto affect J L 1 them or bring greater prosperity to J Ii H Utah the GlobeDemocrat fails to remark i J re-mark It is evident the editor has no tread I tl read the previous congressional laws applicable to this Territory or has not + read the one recently passed which 1 a inspires in him so much hope and + 0 i i leads him into making such wild predictions t f pre-dictions If he had read the laws he < 1 1 rtl would have learned that the Edmunds f j i j Tucker act is devoted almost entirely 1 j J j to reenacting the provisions of the t it Iii t 1 J I Edmunds act of 1882 to annulling void I j rf J i and long since obsolete laws of the OJ 1 t I f Territory of Utah and to unimportant I II matters which will in no manner affect I i i j 1 matters here for better or worse Probably I I Prob-ably the editor had in his mind the 1 i j t I Tucker bill but fortunately that infam J ii it I 1 1 ous measure was strangled and a comparatively ft4 l l com-paratively insignificant bill substituted fl t I But suppose the power of the Mor 1 I f I mon Church were broken and the t I minority were to assume control will t I f1 I the Glob Dcmocrat say how or why I < that should mark the dawn of a bright t future for Utah or why Utah would t I I i be impelled onward in material greatness + great-ness No amount of legislation ty I I I Congress will increase the material resources f I f re-sources of the Territory and the crushing I crush-ing the Mormon Church out of exist Lc c i I 1 i ence and blotting it from memory will H i I ° I 14 not broadenthe mineral veins Recognizing r I I Recog-nizing the factjthat a large element of I j wealth lies in the minerals the control i t i j 1 ing power the Mormons have dealt I I I tl mare generously with that industry 1 than any other State or Territory in the t I Union If during the past fifteen years I 1 t i any mineowner or millowner has felt 1 n I II i himself hampered or oppressed in hit s Jl hi-t t f II business by the laws of this Territory or t i I their administration he has failed tot to-t i I I 1 state his complaint Instead of tha j I i I al j i f Harmon predominance being an l I j i i 1 j element of danger to the mining f t j industry we have reason to believe both I I from written evidence in ln our possession t 1 J I and the frank statements of managers II 1E 1 1 superintendents and foremen of mines i 1 II that the Mormons f j f are regarded as a r JI J protection to the i industry and an + I element of strength and good order J III In Will anybody mention when and where t a dollar of capital was turned away t i from this Territory on account of the Mormon domination Capital has been j I ii I kept out but not by fear L I il j Ifl I i of the Mormons because there E iJ i i I has existed no such fear T t tf I Ask any of the intelligent Gentiles t whose possessions hero represent thous I 1 ands and even millions 1 t of dollars if Ii I tbejfeelany alarm for their investment t i s i Ill I by reason of the presence of Mormons f t All will say that they have found the t t i Mormons honest faithful industrious e and givan t3 minding their own business i1 J busi-ness All will tell you that they have II 1 no trouble wilL ifonnpas and are never J f I I disturbed alarmed by their presence 13c In such numbers I I When people talk about the Mor r i 1 I I DQ J uJjifaroihg t development t and j tPI f i I 0 progress of Utah and checking prosperity pros-perity in this Territory they simply talk like fools and simpletons As there are five Mormons to one nonMormon in Utah material development and prosperity will do the Mormons five times the good that it does the Gentiles Gen-tiles It is ridiculous to say that five Mormons will deliberately punish themselves by unnecessary deprivations depriva-tions for the sake of making a Gentile to suffer as they suffer The Mormons appreciate and enjoy prosperity quite as much as other people peo-ple and strive harder than most folks to bring it about They understand that everything which helps Utah everything which utilizes any of them the-m terial resources and brings money is a greater material advantage to them as a community than to anybody else It is not likely they will clo anything that will prevent the happening of what they are so desirous should happen The GlobeDemocrat editor would do well to read the EdmundsTucker law before again asserting that the act contains con-tains any provision likely to revolutionize revolution-ize affairs in this Territory and at the same time it would be well enough for him to inquire of himself why the Mormons should not desire prosperity and encourage it |