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Show SMOOT 'S DISCOURTEOUS DODGE. Apobtlo Smoot, on arriving at Kiel)-field Kiel)-field on Tuesday in his campaign of sneak politics, was received with tumultous tu-multous enthusiasm. Ho was escorted es-corted from the." train to the hotel by the Richfield baud. After the mooting was over he was escorted to the hotel, where an elaborate banquet was served iu his honor. Tho people there did ovorything they could lo diow their appreciation of the visit! of a high ec-desiast ec-desiast of tho Mormon church, and would have been glad if he had treated thorn with the courtcjy that they treated him. But, sad to relate, Smoot exhibited tho utmost, discourtesy annd scorn toward to-ward tho peoplo of Richfield. They were anxious to have him throw somo lirrhf. noon the sucrar nuestiou. and to this end (hey had formulated a question ques-tion which they hoped and espootcd that ho would answer. This question was as follows: Very many citizens bavins read Ihc article, "The Secret of tho Kugar Trust's Power." In tho May number of Hampton's Hamp-ton's Miigaalnc. a statement ns to the truth or falsity of ihc main churges In that article would he of much Interest to your audience this evening. It appears that tho audience wcro fully informed as lo tho handing of this question to Mr. Smoot. They sat iu .breathless interest, awaiting the answer to it. Tho audience was largo, but interest in tle answer io tho question ques-tion prcveulcd any enthusiasm for tho I platitudes that Smoot was uttering. In I the words of our correspondent, "But from the amount of applause they wore apparently very liuih disappointed." That is, they did not enthuse over Apostle Smoot 's meaningless twaddle to any extent. They wcro there to hoar tho answer to tho question which had been formulated b' the people of Jvich-field, Jvich-field, and to which they desired and expected ex-pected un answer. Evidently, in spito of their disappointment, at this mooting, they still thought that Smoot, in his banquet speech, might yet givo the ayswer, .because their interest in him kept up even after tho meeting was over. In this, however, the met a fresh disappointment. There was nothing noth-ing from Smoot, cither at the mooting or at the banquet, in answer to tho question in which the people of Jiicb-ficld Jiicb-ficld took so much interest- The reason the people of Richfield took such interest in this question is that tho local sugar trust is putting in a sugar factory in Sevier county, of which Richfield is tho county seat. The farmers very uaturally want to know whether they arc to be skinned by this local sugar trust, or whether they are to receive . fair, treatments They remember re-member that in tho carty days of tho successful beet sugar making in Utah farmers got .-I.50 per to'n for their beets. In rolurn they could buy a hundred weight of sugar for .fl.GO. Now they f:ct $-1.50 per ton .for their beds, but lave to pay fcb'.UO for their hundred weight, of sugar, a clear loss to them of twen '-five per cent on tho transaction, transac-tion, as compare, -with formor prices. Unquestionably this state of affairs was brought about by the alliance of tho local sugar trust with tho Havemoyor sugar trust, whereby the control of the local sugar market is left in the hands of ' ' locul sugar trust, of which Joseph Jo-seph F. Smith of the Mormon church is president. Their sugar trust has been skinning the farmers unmorcifull' in )hi nrii-n if Vippts. :irwl Prpirlonf. Joseph F. Smith, in tho interest of his presidency of the local beet sugar trust, uses his power as president of tho Mormon Mor-mon church to counsel, and in fact command, com-mand, the f armors to keep on raising beets at the terms dictated by the trust. It is a double-act ion skinning, whereby the church, in leaguo with tho trust, skins tho farmer and reaps the profit of the market .cont rolled-By President Smith's sugar trust, and skins the whole community in tho inflated price of sugar. It was the most natural thing in the world for the people of Richfield lo wait with" bated breath the answer lo tho question which they had propounded. pro-pounded. It was distinct discourtesy on tho part of Apostle Smoot when he refused to answer that question. The natural result, would bo that in Sevier county the vindication of tho gospel of the sugar trust by Smoot would be by ! no i :aus helpful to the Smoot ticket. |