The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-12-30
utah and tie No,noons.n

Z lidii A>SOcidllUb OF THIS GtTS, sac
TO look at Utah and the Mormons from
an outside stand point, We find territory
( with an area OF $1,000 square miles, with
every variety Of climate, from the perfect
ual summer of the sugar cane and cotton
blossom to the eternal SHOWS Of the noun
\ tain ranges. Her landscapes arc unexcen
( ed in beauty, varying from the barren
/ wastes of the HUNT oEdt Desert 30 her
natural pastures, fertile fields and gardens,
/ loaded with golden haryests, lucious fruits
/ aud rarest flowers.
/ This l. Utah, and now with her $50, 600
/ inha bitants, with their herds of cattle,
horses and sheep, houses and barns, mills
and factories, fine farms and pleasant roads,
I she is more beautiful than ever.
! The Mormons have $50 600 acres of the
soil under cultivation; Of this l00,00
acres are devoted to cereals 1000 to sugar
cane; 1000 to root crops; 200 to cotton;
I goo TO apples; 900 to peaches; IS to
grapes; 200 to cun ents and the balance to
/ gardens, &c. Wheat is the staple product
In favorable seasons % bushels to the acre
/ is far crop, although 60 and 70 are FIRE
/ quenty obtained, aad sometimes as high
as so bushels have been harvested from a
/ single acre. Oats, barley, rye and corn all
! grow to maturity and produce large har-
vests Vegetables OF all kinds ripen early
grow very large, and Of the best quality.
FIGS indigo, madder and other tropical
products are raised with great success In the
Dixie CT Utah. The Mormons have lS6
school districts, containing 226 schools.
They have - 294 children, of whom II SIC
are in the schools, taught by 396 teachers
who receive for the same S S39 yearly, or
each male about 1913 and each female
Sl58 They have 90 churches, 60 saw al
Touring mills, II cotton and wooden mill,
/ 10 tannelleS, 2 sugar retnereS, 2 carriage
( factoues,6 dlStliierleS manufacturing " al
ley Tan Whisky" | Commercial College |
. University, as well as other manufacturing
interests too numerous to mention. The
value of property in Utah, according to
the Auditor report in 1858 was SO $685.
So, upon which the amount of tax levied
/ for the same year was So, $50. This does
! not include the church prOuerty. The ter
I ritory Is out OF debt, and has ST, 900 IN
! its treasury. "a 900 acres Of her soil cult
waited had to De irrigated, which In 1861
( cost nearly $241 600. OF the inhabitants,
/ 60 900 live IN The valleys rth-of the Pacific
railroad 20 900 between the railroad and
Salt Lake City, which claims % 900, and
/ the balance, % 900, live south OF Salt Lake
Gold aud silver arc found In Brigham
! Canon, on the Sewer river and in the
Iasatah range, In large quantities, which
only need time and capital to develop
them ana thus create a home market for
the products Of the territory. The Union
Iron Co have three furnaces in successful
operation In Iron County. Copper, lead,
iron aud coal are found IN large quantities
in Summit County, also in Echo Canon,
at San Pete and Pharenaghat, but Brig
ham has always forbidden his people TO
wolk these mpes; and on this question is
based the rebellion among the SAINTS, winch
10 night threatens the destruction not only
of the Mormon church, but the downfall
| OF Bingham power.
About one Ia twenty Of the Morm0ns are
p0ygam3sts. According to the BE- st in!or-
( nation | can gain, there are about 1000
men with eight or more wives, 500 with
five wives, 200 with four wives, and ), 900
with mOre than one wife. Total, s. 500 with
more than 80, 900 wives. Anna pIckeusUn
says that there Is one man who has over
TWO hundred wives; but for the truth Of
this statement | cannot vouCh The in
hauitants Of Utah are made ur Of few
| Americans, a large number OF English and
! " eiah Of the poorer classes, spnnkhng
/ Danes, ScandiuavIans, OF the lowest classes,
and one lrIshman, who: by the way, has
nine wives The masses gathered "a hey
have been from the dregS OF society in the
old world, are IN d much better condition
/ financially socially and morally than they
We're there, In fact no situation IN lie could
render them much worse They are indus
! trious, frugal, temperate, honest hearted
/ ~, nd 10 for Ia coll
/ ed tlthing aud the tear that enters every
! household Of the foul aud Shiny embrace OF
! polygamy, they would be d free and happy
! people, devotedly attached to their moun>
| tain homes, and deserving of the aJmlra
| ton Of the civilized world for the mau4es
in which they have cons crtcd the barren
wastes intO fertile fields. Ii left free from
the bandage which Mormonism imposes
upon them in another decade they vOIld
! become people OF great wealth,
( The Tabernacle IN Sail Lake City cost about
/ 500 600 1t seats 0, 900 people on the main
/ floor The gaayies which finished viii seat
/ 5000 more. l. has an organ costing 800,
90 aud the largest sell supporting roof in
this Country The City Hail rost sc, OO0;
Court House $50, 900; City Prison $50, 900
The Theatre seats 200 people, and cost
/ $3.50 900. The Temple covers u ,s5t
square feet and is estimated to cost when
finished ST, 500, 600. 1t is built OF birds,
eye granite found in the mountains so miles
away. Brigham Young, as looked upon
by The mormoms, is the President 81
the Chulch OF Latter Day Saints of Jesu
! Christ in all the world. Prophet Seer,
'Revelator, Trustee 10 Trust for tie
church Lord Of Haren, 'Graud archer Of
the order Of Gods, and Governor Of tht
State and Desert. He is SAID to have II
real and from SO TO rs spiritual wives, anC
IS children Probably no one knows but
himself and that may be question. IL,
is reported to have $40 000 600 in gold de
posted in the bank OF England TO his owi
credit, and his property In Utah, is estima
ed at from 5 to Is millions more As ht
is the church, OF course the church proper.
ty Is his He Is 6S years of age, a man Of
fine statue, pleasant but decided look, OF
a quick and a elastic step, gleat energy o
purpose, decision OF character, an execu
tive talent second TO no man on the Ameri
can continent If indeed in the world IL,
rules his family as he does his people
entirely by love, only when circumstan ces
demand authority, and then it comes colo
n tlr,s-s IL h.