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Show foxy sip; r BAMBERGER I ice King I" th 8ummer Co"' Baron I in the Winter, Gives Vent I to Feeling I Simon Bamberger, Domocratlc spell I binder, tco king in the summer time, I Mal baron in the winter time, rail- I road magnate every minute "on the I hour, eiery hour, to tax hour," and with hopes ot landing a Democratic I united Scnatorshlp in the year 1916, I Is a ery Interesting gentleman, and I no matter how hopeless his cause, or I how far fetched his arguments, nev-I nev-I er falls to please. He has for a long time been known In Utah aa "foxy I Simon" and Just' as long at he Is I permitted to Mjjburn with us he will B continue to merit the title. I Mr. Bamberger accompanied "Mr. B James H. Moyle in his recent trip to Cache county and while here too I occasion to tell the people some ot H the ways whereby he attained his I wealth. For instance It la reported I that he became so Illuminating on tne H sugar question that he not only claim H ed it the means of enriching others I but that it the sugar business had I mado him wealthy. And from the fact. H that it Mad done so It ought to be BJ placed on tho free list, so that It BJ couldn't go on enriching others. After BJ hearing this declaration we thought H It Mould at least be Interesting to B know a little about the means wliore-BJ wliore-BJ by Mr. Bamberger becamo a million-Bj million-Bj aire, and low and behold wo learn B that he Is an Ice king In the summer B time no tariff to rob the people on B Ice et Simon has accumulated a lor-B lor-B tune on It, and In the winter time he B assumes the rote ot tho great coal B baron of Salt Lake City no tariff on B coal to rob the people, and nltiiougn B Utah has mountains of coal his free B trade Ideas keep the pried up und B Simon has become a millionaire thru jJthfi operations of his coal mines. im Now then wo will venture tho thought B that "foxy Simon Bamberger" hus B made but a fractional part of his B money on sugar, as compared to wnit B he has mndo on his cnnl, and wa will B further cnturo tho thought that an B Investigation of his books will revenl B the fact that his "free trado Ice" and B his "freo trade coal" havo been sold H to tho consumers at us high a mar- B gin ot profit ns have his 'bags ot B "protected sugar." But of course Bj Mr. Bamberger was not thinking of H Ice and coal while talking to the pcot BBJ plo of Cacho county. His. main " thought wns on tho United' States senntorshlp two enrs hence, and ho 1b using tho sugar route for the ac compllsliment of his purpose. Another thing Mr. llamberger wns sttong for a utility commission. Ana as In tho nbovo enso there "appears n colored man In tho wood pllo." investigation in-vestigation reeals tho fact that Mr. Bamberger own railroads In Salt Lako, Davis and Weber counties and llko all railroad builders feeling tlmt they will not pay, that Is while talking talk-ing to tho people, good democrat that thai he Is ot course a Utt'o bounty on right of way through fields ot wheat and alfalfa owned l widows, and hard working farmers whoso land Is tho whole source ot their Income, In-come, Will be gladly received. It must be forthcoming In order to build the road, which will not pay, and as the venture Is Just tho carrying carry-ing on ot a'llttlo unselfish development develop-ment tor the lear people, all for char liable purposes, the right or way Is forthcoming, tho fields are slaughtered, slaughter-ed, door yards are Invaded, and houses hous-es and barns aro separated by bands ot steel and the road Is built. Later La-ter It Is learned that the people do not ride free no tariff on tho road, however, but that a nice little charge is made. Tho people "pay tho freight" and rldo on tho road. Soon another road Is built paralleling the one that would not pay, and low the faro la reduced from 25 to 40 percent. per-cent. To bo specific In ono caso It is reported from Salt Lake lllty that the Bamberger faro from Salt Lake to one point in Davis county was reduced re-duced from 35 cents to 20 cents under un-der aboo conditions. No wonder SI mon Bamberger wants o. utility commission. com-mission. He evidently feels that four or five men to regulate fares etc., would be easily bandied as compared com-pared to the present s)stem, which would all go towards making more money for his already swelled purse. Ah, foxy Simon ou 'are an artist, but you cannot pull tho wool over the eyes of the. people of Cache county. |