Show A FABLE CO COME TRUE TItUE f fl You all al 1 he I that old fable t f the th frogs flogs and anti their demand for far or af a n f ti f ruler ruler As th lie tho sith 3 goes oes the frogs were were- f t deh desirous of cC 0 a king anti and Jupiter granted n their request qU I crowning a log IoU t that hatla lay In their pon pond Tho The frogs were 1 very proud for a time lime until they dis discovered covered that tho the log lacked some om of r the ilie elt elements of activity ob observed cr by hy I other othor kings anti and ant then Hm th they tiley began to lo toI demand a n change of rulers the Iho V uton of If t a king who would let lei le them k know ho Iw alive want wanted d lH was VELS They a aking S i king IW who ho could coull Impress people away i. i from homo They wanted ono onn who virn S could lt c command recognition from r other kings and anti m make l e a spread sprent In theS theof the eyes ye of the world word So Jupiter niS al- al S S S ays wIse enough to let Il people have p 5 their way even If they l were vere ro flO frogs J V to took k the Iw crown away from morn the harmIe harm harm- r r Ie Ip s log Jog and placed it I upon a I stork And Amid Al d It dl did not take talo tho the frogs long to J V learn that thai King JIng Stork thought more C 2 of o them than did King ICing Log The latI latter latter lat lat- I ter er had never expressed the tho slightest r I fondness for fur an any of oC them King Ing r Stork Stolk did Ho He H was va a so fOld fond of them 1 V V that he ate ato a n frog for breakfast fast breal er e every morning As his appetite grew grow grew with wih rr V V hat t II it I fed ted upon h he devoured oure two iwo for Cor dinner nn and amid along at the Iho last made male a aI I c supper meal on three of his subjects The They had changed d one king for another an an- V V ther other and the they told lold tolt Jupiter In a burst 5 5 5 V of tearful and prayerful confidence that th they hadn't made anything by V the h change V V V I Two Salt Lake merchants were at atS S luncheon u cheon and the talked u yesterday they V of The Republicans Republican's rather Ing statement that people here ha haIS had haI S V come ome to be afraid of or the Tribune V V That I is true said sid tone lone of them oi drei are f V Wo afraid of of f t I I tont dont think I am getting m my moneys money's worth for forthe V Ui the advertising bills bis I pay and amid I know f l' l I I wont won't let le that paper come Into my V I V house for I dont don't to have han Sj j t care cre my l V V wife wife rIf and children read the things the theS S Trl Tribune une is In the habit of printing printIng- 1 U th t j Indecent things things But I dont don't care careV cre creto V S to to withdraw m my business q and stand the chance of being blasted h by the j paper I dont don't remember ever er e to have han 1 done dono a mean or a discreditable thing S but h jit t I 1 know other men as clean cean of at Vi v record who have been ben simply ruined S b by the attacks of that thai paper V c b r S Y said salt the second merchant P t f l- l but hut bul let me tell tl you youVe We Ve have both bolh C h been In Salt Lake a good man many years rears 5 We e both loth remember that thai the Mormon V people used se to make It II pretty f for r us to lo do business business If I the Tribune L were ere to lo stop Its attack atack on Mormons Mormons- I r rf t- t 1 V d it I f is more hitler bitter biter than It ought to lo loi toL i L V y bu liow bo-liow how do we know kno but the same T old domination would come back lack 7 r V V To o tell tel you ou the truth said the first V merchant I I would rather take m my myS S chances with wih the Mormons at their worst thin than with lh the Tribune ulc Trl at the tile tileS S best Tom Kearns can cnn make It I. I V And there you ou have the case cne In a nutshell V Without doubt in the years gone gono gonoy by y S S' S outnumbered non- non j V when the Ute Mormons ns V Mormons very ver greatly greath- there was a tendency for Cor members of that churchS church S V V to deal tell with wih their own people to lo toV toS S V tailor favor or their own people to the tho exclusion Lt of t others other and there thero wore were nol Jot enol enough h T of th the non Mormon class clasH to lo give gho a aS 4 S very ery big volume of ot business to toJ toi J i business men of or their own peri per por- i r. r v suasion in a community made S 5 U up largely of people of one oneS j S faith It Is likely the tho Influence of men prominent In that thai faith fulth would be for V V t their own people In the tho various granting grant grant- S. S and enforcing of ol ing of privileges privileges- c L f r regulations It p. I is so In other com corn V 4 The Tho small smal minority is at nt ti 1 I disadvantage when hen competing In busl busi- 7 7 t ness with a well weB organized and ant solli 1 community Interest The Jews haveS have t. t S I found foun It so In ever every community and anti th there re is a lesson In the tho manner of kV V S their winning a wa way vay Northern men V h have ve found it I so in iii the south and V S there IWIC Is a n lesson In the manner of S their Ulel gaining a footing In business S V V an and a Just rating from rote the manhood with which they mingled V But the solution of the problem Is not nol In a policy of or public and perpetual abuse abuse The remedy Is not In seek seek- 4 i r-Ig r g to crush the Mormon church churchS either S either with wih hostile hoste publication or with wih prejudiced legislation No 0 church has ever e been crushed b by force No re reV religious re- re V organization has ever over le been n V suppressed In this country There Is a ar r saying that tile tho blood of or the prophets Is Is tho the seed of the church And nd It VV holds holds good The Huguenots the Pi- Pi S gums grims gims the tho Quakers and even the V church hurch that Dowie Dovie founded hn has fattened fat fat- V V toned on oppression and und abuse S IT J It I would seem that the better solli- solli lon tIon of or the tho problem Is a natural one V Immigration Is Js bringing a change to toV V Utah Uti Every ery year an Increasing V ber l r of or men who ire are re not members member of if ifS VS tho the Mormon church come here The They S I II I bring their ea eastern on 01 UK tho subject fh They TIit y V leave leavo Ito tho I consideration out of ur the question en en- Urel So far n as the Mormons are nrc concerned they thy find them pretty prett much like other oilier IH people with wih no more mor and no Il less human nature than other othe people They rhey dont don't Join that thai church and anti thy they dont don't damn It It fhe They Invest their money and contribute their energies anti and help to make the tho state stale Th They get gel Mormon business and ant o of course coulse they g give e some ome of their business lul- lul busi busi- ness hess to lo Mormons nut But both bolh onus ends o of tho he transactions are ure based not baseil-not not 01 on religion hut but on merit meri on business I If they thy can atm cal not g. g get t a good trade the they dont don't trade ratIo at all I If they can go goa gt get geta a n bargain they thoy dont don't care cnn tinman theman tin the tl man they are trading with wih believes s as asa asa asa a creel creed nor where he ho worships So 0 pronounced Is tills his hi getting away from rota the tH original condition that thai majority of or the business men In Salt Sal Lake are all non The big majority majority majority ma ma- of mining property properly owned Is Ig In Inthe Inthe the hands hanIs of nie men oilier other than members of that church The lug big half of tue volume of capitalization In II commerce and amid manufacture x and amid ald transportation here bore Is conducted by l' ly others I han Mor for tor- iii mons mOis Now tH those men have fOi found their heir labor profitable and coming after affI them are orf certain to 10 find less anti and less of a harmful discrimination q The Tribune should stop Iop the he tide of Immigration That can cali be Iw time the tw only los possible effect of its Is campaign of abuse against the h. h Mormons and every ono one else here bore who does tInes not nut enlist himself In the service of Tom Kearns There Thel can caB be he no other pos possible effect of the tho Tribunes Tribune's policy of making people luau Ihan Ihanto to keep awn away new lie additions n to the thC population anti and all now lle activities In commerce com con merce The Tho positive effect of timi Tribunes Tribune's po policy I C Js JR to restore and In Insure insure In- In sure suro tho the condition It complains of And AL In either oller to do tin so so o It t mak makes s Itself a more rabid lt censor of othor other mens men's conduct than the hierarch ever e cr could possibly b bo b- Il It I makes Itself more open In Its Is dictation as to politics than bait the most fanatical church leader could be It I Oaths finds nothing but hu favor or fn for fOl tho those o oho who ho vote ote as an Tom Toni Kearns desires and It I finds nothing but abuse for or those who vole vote any other othera a way It I assails the character violates the tho home destroys the name ruins the business pursues to the death those who have not nol Joined I Us its political part party and con confessed 11 the tue leadership of Tom rom Kearns and anti corn corn- milled themselves to th the unspeakable mistake of sending him tutu again to lo the Ow senate enat of the tho United States States Has the Mormon church ever er so at- at tempted lo to dictate the politics of the people as the Tribune seeks seek to die die- tate lale Has las It ever er so affected the business business busi busS ne ness of merchants not of Its IL faith Has It ever so R slandered public officials of of- who do not no not subscribe Mcf tp tenets Has Ins It I. I In a word over ever In lii 1 R tho I wildest da days been lel so o dominant so s radical so o merciless mercies ii 1 In its Is attitude to toward toward toward to- to ward non as the Tribune J Is against those thos who do ho not follow the lead leall and ant Indorse Indor e the position of that paper anti and ant of Tom Kearns Have Ha not the tho people In confessing that they are afraid of the lie Tribune found themselves in a position vastly less les desirable than Ihan thant even t n the he worst wort that ever er e preceded It I |