The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-03-02
7 Mormon Tithing', system

The Salt Lake Union VIdefte gives the follow
ing:
When a man joins the Mormon Church. as j,
exists In Utah, he l. required. - 4 proof Of his
sincerity, 70 donate 70 the tIthing office one-tenth
Of all his pJs>es>iJns-uo matter what they are
or how extensive they may be- \ man with
100000 in money must. upon lis entry into
fellowship, give the titniug Office $4,000 Of il.
This Is tine first grand principle Of Utah Mormon
I'm.
If the man during the year makes $4,000 by
u l~GiicIJUs Investment IF his remaining $50 coo,
he must give the tithing Office $1,000 of the
amount. This i the second grand principle Of
Utah NJrmonIsm anu upon these TWO princi-
pies hang all the law and the profits. If a man
has M money or other property, lie Is required
T. give Une-JenJh Of lis labor u the tithiug Of
fee thus he laboTs nine days f5r himself. and
the teath he gives 10 the Church in such manner
a. be may b. directed.
In this manner the Church Claims one-tenth Of
every labyEinZ mans ime-Oue-tenth OF every
trade represented in The Terri,ory-yne-tenth OF
. mans life. talent and Industry. If a man en-
cages in farming and raising wheat, cattle, horses.
sheep. &c. he must calculate what he has raised.
s4y 100 bushels Of wheat II twenty days labor
the tithing Office demands ten bushels of that
grain. Should he be idle thirty days, tie tiihing
Office claims three days from him on tie ground
that he may do As lie p.sases with twenty-seven
days, but has no right . idle away three days
belonging TO the Lord. Ii he has one hundred
sheep he must give away o~ne-tenth of them he
must give one-tenth Of the increase. Ii he has
4 COW, and the COW gives ten quarts OF milk each
day, the Church claims 0ne-tenth. In fact. the
Church .ithing system penetrates the most abject
abode e poverty in the Territory, and extracts
from it the one tenth-if it only amounts TO one
hens egg.
The tithing system is q source Of large revenue.
IL i reduced to d science. Those who have the
administration OF the system manage TO live well,
own the finest farms. tie bsst stock. and have
the greatest number OF women on their premises.
1t grints down the people by its very oppressive
nature, and serves u build up the favored few
who have the satisfaction OF LaDiling the funds.
Now what becomes Of all this titLinE fund?
Do the people who pay IL ever know? Have
they been furnished by the tithing firm with the
balance sheet Of the sane. showing how much
has been expended and how much remains on
hand? Have the Tax Laws Of the nation ever
reached this fund? We assert, with 4 full know
ledge of what we are writing, that 1T no time
since the Mormon advent into Utah, has any
public statement Of tine condition Of tic fund
been made TO the people.
How NANT HORYoSS ARR THERE?
The Mormon leaders are inclined to exagger-
ate their numbers. and set down the population
OF salt Lake City as 5.0OG, and tina; Of tie
whole Territory a. l2j ,0UO; but the Gentiles,
pointing 10 the census Of 1850, which gave but
1925 in all Utah, say there cannot be over 10
coo now in the entire Territory.
\ gentleman who has Investigated the matter
somewhat fully this season. believes the true
population Is about 100, 900 OF l6. 900 for the
rs. Yet because an ordinary siz-i house.
(which at the Fast would scarc-ly BE occupied
by more than eight OF ten people, l. here found
u comprise within It's four walls from two 10
twenty = wives each surrounded by 4 large.
interesting and constantly increasin. family, II i
a matter Of no small difficulty to estimate tile
number Of people By their dwellings Children
fairly swarm. Stout. strongly built, ruddy-faceI,
il must be confessed that 50 far as physical de-
teri1ratiJn Il concerned, pylygamy cannot yet BE-
justly charged with degenerating the race.