The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-22
The Mormon sTithinS'' System.
The Salt Lake Union VedcNe gives the follow

The Salt Lake Union Vedcuc gives the follow
ing:
When 4 man joins tho Mormon Church, as it OK
q S tEe a o. d Of
all his possessions, no matter what they are or
now extensive they may be. man with Size. 900
give the tithng Office $4,000 of it. This is the
first grand principle Of Utah Mormonism.
# the man, during the year, makes $40 600 by q
must give the tithing Office $4,000 Of the amount
This is the second grand principle of Utah Nor
no an a9d t upon these fwo hs bang al
or other property he is required to give onetenth
OF his labor to the tithing 6hce; titus he labors
nine days for himself and the tenth he gives to the
church in such manner as he may be directed:
In this manner tho caurch claims one-tenth of
every 1aboring mans tine-one-tenth OF every
trade represented in the territory. one-tenth Of a
mans life, talent and industry. # q man engages
in farming and raises wheat cattle, horses sheep,
ETC. he must calculate n what he has one
the tithing Office demands ton bushels of that
grain. Should he be idle thirty days, the tithing
that he may do as. he peases with twenty seven
days. but has no right to idle away three days be-
longing TO the Lord. Il he has one hundred sheep
he mist give away one-tenth Of them; he must
give one-tenth Of tho increase. # he has COW,
and the COW gives ten quarts Of milk I each day, the
inc svaton tes tic most ahect abode Of nov
erty in the Territory, and extracts from it the
one-tenth-if it only amounts to one hens egg.
It is reduced to science. Those who have the
administra ton Of the system manage to live we'll,
own the finest farms, the best stock, and have the
greatest number Of women on their premises. It
grinds down the people by it's very oppressive ma
have the satisfaction Of handling the funds.
Now what becomes Of all this tithing fund !? Do
the people who pay it ever know? Have they been
furnished by the tithing firm with tho balance
sheet Of the same, showing how much has been
expended and how much remains on hand Have
the tax laws of the nation ever reached this land
We assert, with full knowledge Of what we are
writing, that at no time since the Mormon advent
into Utah, has any public sentiment Of the condi-
ton Of the fund been made to the people,
ea- HOW MANY AIoRNoNS ARE THERE 2
The Mormon leaders are inclined to exaggerate
their numbers, and set down the population Of
Salt Lake City as $4,000, and that Of the whole
Territory 125, 900; but she Gsntiles, pointing at
the census Of 1860, which gave but 4O, ,290 in all
Utah, say there cannot be over Is 900 now in the
entire Territory.
A gentleman who has investigated the matter
somewhat fully this season, believes the true pop
ulaton is about 100000 for the Territory, and
$1,000 for the city. Yet because ordinary sized
house. (which at the East would scarcely be oc-
cupied by more than eight or ten people, is here
found to comprise within its four walls from two
to twenty wives each surrounded by large,
interesting and constantly increasing family, it is
matter Of no small difficulty to estimate the num-
Der Of people by their dwellings, Children swarm.
Stout strong gly-but, ruddy faced It must be con-
fessed that 50 far physical deterioration is con-
cerned polygany cannot yet be justly charged
with degenerating the race