Show WHY KEARNS GRIEVES the pueblo colo chieftain la in its report of 0 senator kearns speech in the ascribes to our tom the following woeful utterance this monarchy takes practically all of the surplus product of the tail of its subjects for its own purpose f etc if 11 the lite chieftain lias has correctly quoted the kearns a new explanation of some logical merit is to bu found for the vitriolic attack of the former necip lent of church ia favor or upon the pres present nt hierarchical regime toms manuscript must have hae been swim cring cl in briny team cars when he read this to the attentive gal lery as he be contemplated that in the beautiful isle ss if alaska as well as lu in the far oaf state of boston the surplus product monopoly was vas not so rapacious that he be had bad found bause to complain tace the senator ex roust must be looked after better n this respect ct and be given a square deal in the matters wha b have produced hs his grief the standard oil oon pany has as de declared dec lareo a dirl divi dendon bend of 15 per percent cent for the current quarter from 1601 to IC 1695 95 this company paid 1 12 per cent a year its dividends increased acro ased to 14 per cent in 1903 and they were 30 pr per cent in aco L the dividend for the current quarter would indicate a present earn ing equal to GOon on every share shim of the stock or a total of on the capitalization of f ile denver N news ewa swinks those these enor nor profits on their face prove that the oil trust is LS A dually monopolizing all the profits of the oil ansine s which equitably should be distributed to the fee owner the operator the refiner and the dealer and also alpo incidentally it is er evident ident that a considerable portion of this enormous profit is 15 made up of e prices to the consumer the deseret news through its editors rH hd columns and its washington correspondent would have its readers believe belleve that it was smoot sm oot and howell that had carbon county included in the new united states land jund district utah we may way be a jo lot 16 of immis in many respects but are ara not just yet ahls down tad |