Show not enough cash the provo wolen mills were very much in evidence again friday in the state senate A letter from alio methodist minister also created attention he saw fit to liken conditions here to those eliat existed in england forty years ago when truck was paid employed emp loyes and a few mada money at the expense of the laborers again we repeat that new earners do not knew the situation of affairs in utah our friend alie minister may alcan well enough in this dabbling in secular affairs but he has not been in provo long enough to be an authority worth quoting the stockholders of the factory were ready to close it down three or four years ag but for the sake of the employed emp loyes who were willing to work for scrip it was kept open since the discontinuing of cash payments we have not heard of any cash dividends what little interest the owners of the factory do get on their investment is in scrip just a employed emp loye are paid of course if the mills were making aneney then the payment of cloth and produce scrip to employed emp loyes would be wrong and the enquirer would be ono of the first to denounce it but we believe the employment given a couple of hundred persons under the present is better than no employment at all the factory hands beem to live quite comfortably now and are not complaining whereas many of them would be mere haupers paupers with the mills shut down the peaola came hare as pioneers without capital and commenced creating wealth from the natural resources with they were A system f barter naturally grew into existence and it may linger with the people longer than necessary but at present everybody knows there is not money enough here ta do business strict lym a cash basis the country is generally afflicted with the same complaint and it is our belief that free coinage of silver is our only remedy but until wo do get coin enough for the common requirements of trade it ia folly to try to make such laws as that proposed by mr elmer B joness bill saying employed emp loyes only be paid in cash it pleases us that the senate took our advice and killed the measure |