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Show OBSTRUCTIVE CHURCH TACTICS. Apostle Smoot 's vandal attack upon the interests of lead producers in the West is a reminder of the constant opposition op-position which has been sol up against the mining industrv of Utah by the men whom he represents politically, and with whom he is. closely associated ecclesiastically. ec-clesiastically. ' .lust now a great concern is erecting erect-ing a big smeltor one of tho very largest, in tho entire country out at the mouth of Pine canyon, near Tooele city. In connection with Ihe establishment estab-lishment of this immense plant a portion por-tion oT the outskirts of the town of Tooele has been platted for tlio purpose pur-pose of furnishing homes lo ,lhc large number of men who are o be employed upon the works, and to supply their families with necessities through business busi-ness concerns located upon (his ground. Prior to the advent of (his progressive element. Tooele City had grubbed along in slow fashion for more than half a century. The inhabitants there had been contented lo take life as easy as possiblo, satisfied with n fairly comfortable com-fortable rural existence devoid of anything any-thing but sluggish growth, and permit-ling permit-ling many natural resources and industrial in-dustrial possibilities lo lie idlo in untouched un-touched wastefulness. But progressive Americans were quick to grnsp the undeveloped un-developed situation, and nt once they set (heir brains, their hear(s. (heir har.d3 and (heir money to the tnsk of establishing revenue-producing activities ac-tivities upon successful footing. They are going ahead with the work rapidly, and as a consequence (here has been an enormous amount of new development develop-ment within (ho past few months, with assurance of continunnce to a aucccss-ful aucccss-ful issue. Now, all of this progrcssivencss has been of benefit to the inhabitants of the old town of Tooele: yet there has nlready been expressed opposition to the plans sot in movement. The serenity se-renity and quietude of the place have been somewhat disturbed, it is true; but this Js more than compensated for in tho now life projected into tho community, and in the increased value given to the property owned by Iho very, men who arc opposed to Iho progress. They have not forgotten, it seems, the old hierarchical teaching that mining was an invention of the devil and miners the f-ervauls of Beelzebub. Beel-zebub. Mossb.-.i lusm appears (o have I permeated their whole being to such an extent that (hev arc unable to sec good even in that which ndds to their own well being and multiplies their cronturo comforts. Tho local paper pooh-poohed the enterprise; the brethren breth-ren declared tho whole affair lo be nothing but n schemo to sell real estate es-tate on tho now townsito nt extrnva-gant extrnva-gant figures and to the unjust profit of tho schemers and consequent injur' of the purchasers. This crusade is entirely without just causo for existence. If all Uic available avail-able real estate that could be in any way utilized in the vicinity of Tooele City worn to be sold nt tho fanciest of fancy prices, tho total of cash r.c ceived therefor would not begin to covor the amount of money already expended ex-pended upon tho big smelter site. The exhibition of spitofulucss made by many of- the old-timers thero is merely mere-ly the outcropping of iho malice toward ovorything of a mining nature lhat haa always been exhibited in this commonwealth, common-wealth, on tho - part of the dominant ecclcsiasts, ever fdncc the days of Brighnm Young, when men who dnTcd to mine were ostracized and ecclesiastically ecclesias-tically disciplined or excommunicated. But all this opposition will provo to bo of no avail ihe American spirit, has taken root, and American capital is already al-ready transforming industrial . conditions condi-tions out there. No amount of attempted attempt-ed hindrnnco can subduo tho American spirit; in fact, it will merely stimulate the onward movement. Our advice lo all tho pooplc of Tooele inhabitants of Iho old town and tho new is to pull together and boost for tho new enterprise. enter-prise. It is lo be a -winner, and it behooves be-hooves all to climb onto the progress baud wagon without delay. |