Show i. i c Not Afraid of the Public You didn't hear the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company making any announcement an- an an- an that it had cut its prices when the quotation on sugar in the l Eat East ast took a very material drop I The local sugar trust doesn't have to bow to trade conditions It sentiment fear Lear public It has public sentiment controlled d. d One would think that the sugar companies could afford to whack up lip a little bit with the public when one ono considers how great are the p profits fits now nov Here is an an J V From New York the other day came the following dispatch ff The Cuban-American Cuban Sugar company direct directors rs today declared declared J JM j M extra dividend of ten per cent in cash and forty per cent in stock t the common stock in addition to the regular quarterly dividend of and one-half one per cent on that issue r W People of Utah have become so accustomed to obeying the whip 3 taking their punishment in silence that they seem to have lost all powers of protest A lamb ready for the slaughter laughter is not more docile l the Utah public when the BIG THINGS that own Utah are in inh h the saddle Some day there may come about a psychological change inder inde- inde r of thought and action may mar make enough progress in this state estate tate to make it uncomfortable for fur the BIG THINGS that own Utah tD continue this extortion 1 But for the present you can rest assured that sugar prices will drop tj everywhere else before the consumers in Utah feel any lessening id the burden they have been fored to carry |