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Show NEPHI L. SLOPS OVER. Tho chief difference between President Presi-dent Ncphi L. Morris nnd Apostle lie-bcr lie-bcr J. Grant in their desiro for uproar and public notoriety is that Morris speaks and does not sing while Ilcbcr is very apt to burst into song unless somobody chokes him off. On Sunday last in the Tabornaclc Prcsidont Morris, giving full faith and credit to an article that ho found in Tho Tribune, deplored tho ovidonccs of delinquencies among the bo3's and girls that, were shown through tho procedure of tho Juvenile Court, and then he proceeded to arraign tho Nation for its corruption, in the good ojd Mormon way. Everybody is bad and corrupt but "us.,J Tho big corporations and concerns of the country rob the Government; Gov-ernment; but none have robbed the Government in quilo such a barefaced manner as did Salt Lake and tho church officials when they ran distilleries here and throughout the (then) Territory, swindling tho Government out of tho whisky tax. Morris also took a swipe at the Sugar Su-gar Trust, apparently forgetful that the church bosses are the chief sponsors for and leaders in the local sugar trust, which is so closely affiliated with tho great sugar trust of tho East. In thus arraigning his superior eeclesinsts for their connection with tho sugar trust, surclj' he could not have been speaking from inspiration. It was some imp from the nether world that put those words into his mouth, lie did not get them, surely, from the fountain of light to which PrcsidonL Joseph F. Smith, who is also president of the local sugar su-gar trust and such a determined monopolist mo-nopolist and trust builder, turns for inspiration. "When we consider how this local sugar trust swindles the farmers, farm-ers, keeping down the price of beets and raising tho prico of sugar, breaking break-ing its word to Gunnison after definitely defi-nitely and positively promising tho sugar su-gar factor for that place, how it waters its slock and oppresses tho people peo-ple generally, demanding six cents a pound for sugar hero but quite willing to transport its surplus to Chicago, p.ying tho freight on it and selling it for four and one-half cents a pound there when we consider all these things, it is no wonder that President Morris assails the sugar trust. But 8iirel3' in assailing it he has put himself him-self in a position to be called down for Icaninr towards aposlas3' and linearis-tianlikc linearis-tianlikc conduct. Surel3' it docs not become him to assail his superiors in tho gospel 'in such a vicious waj' as ho did on Sunday, even though ho may not have had them specificalb' in mind when he indulged in his scold. It is sufficient that his incaution led him to tread ver3' heavily on their Iocs; nnd the chances are that he will be stcml3' reproved and severe' admonished not to repeat his offonse. |