, 1870-06-17
BRIGHAM YoUNGs WEALTH
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From tke Denrer tCol) Regitter, Mdy e..

TFpH' Ae Ot7steJ ALo% 1af9ss3e9s NOS zt-
The prodigtous wealth of the Salt Like au-
the face Of the world for ten year,, ~ an oA-
set to his mulnfarlous crimes against cisiliz-
alton a1l humanity. Ho has been held NJ, to
view as one OF the ablest executive minds in
tho nation \ man capable Of vast achiese-
nents; ruler who moved the one hundred
Ike autumAtous, ind made Ill things within
the radius Of his power more to his bidding,
We have been told that he was tho second
largest ,dePoaito1 In tho Bank of England, had
millions In London real estate, and costly
buildings without number held the balance
Of money power in Now York and other cities,
tho lowest figure Of his enormous gtins being
placed It seventy millions.
Tho Corinno Reporter tells how it was done,
by whom and fot what purposo- 1tpcnetratcs
to the core Of this fruitful story, and gives
sLne intcreRting details, which we take the lib
e1ty to reproduce II. a condensed FORM Tho
falsehood OF the Prophets wealth was sent
abIoadin aquict why, bv and through the horde
Ut proselyting agents scattered throughout
tie United States and Europe, and for this
pu1pose: When il was decided by tho church
o establish gigantic cooperative institution,
city, and to every settlement Of the Empire,
agents we're sent to Chicago, New York, Dos-
ton and rhilzdelpAiA, to purchase stocks for
the multitude Of stores proposed to be opened.
The seventy millions romance had preceded
them, and dealers We'd with eaeh other As to
Who should sell the most goods on credit to
the Chief Of Zion's Cooperative Establish
nent. Merchandise OF every description flow
I'd into tho Territory in an endless stream, and
the thonssnd stores were stocked. Holiness
10 tho Lord" furnished the trade mark, by
| which I'LL Mormons were ordered to buy. E1-
| communication from tho church, which is viz
tual outlawIy, WAS visited upon al who dared
70 violate the edict by trading with q Gentle.
| The institution hIa thus far made no dfvi,
dcuds, and the Eastern merchants who cold
it goods were cold in return Whom they
sought the whereAbouts Of the gli.tesing eov.
enty millions, no part OF it could bo found.
| Tie next scheme cot On foot By the mighty
Brigham was to build a few hundred miles o,
tie Union Pacific Railroad. He took large
contracts, and it WAS reported that tie had rea
kzea immensely from Them. His profits mss
have been large, but he claims to have re-
greater part Of the proceeds going into mater
ial for the Utah Central, from Ogden to Sail
Lake. When built, Brigham hadn't the mean
to equip it, DOE has lie paid the men who dit
tho work OF construction. What was don,
with the funde acquired from tho Union Pacif
Union Pacific Railroad Company still owe him
largp balance on The work.
Twenty-Five years ago, Brigham Young. viii
few hundred moneylcss but bigoted follow
| ers, entered the Salt 14ako valley. Their frs
years were full Of toll and suffering. The
continued poor up to tho arrival Of JohnBon'i
army, cent there by Floyd and Buchanan
This expedition put money into their purses
and revived . Thousand paying enterprises
lLen came the war of rebellion, which wa
quickly followed By the gold hunters Of Non
lana and Idaho. For the frat time since thci
lG<lgment in the valley, the Mormons began +
prosper, and Brigham 10 grow rich under thes
promising combinations. Thus 1t ia seen tha
lie must hayo made his seventy millions, G
Tie major part Of it, il at II. since 1859. On
Of the funds thus acquired, ho has been CON
PEELED to kcep, a number OF missionaries in til
field, at home and abroad, and pay out larg
sGnA for the expense ofgetting foreign shoe
into the fold. His fittings cannot bo over
hundred and fifty thousand per annum, m
we doubt il they are that much. His foreig
deFoElt cannot be large, possibly million Q
two, but he has tight grasp on Ill the estatet
goods and effects OF his subjects, which ma
amount to thirty OF forty millions-ccrtAinl
not more. Salt Lake City, to-day, thoug
Tour times az large, il not SO e1peusively hui
AZ Denver. The buildings arc all adobe, An
most OF them are of the cheaper kind. fe
on Temple street, the main thoroughfar,
present m imposing appearance, but they Al
lJ1ilt OF concrete or adobe and succeed OF mi
square b1ocks to represent cut stoue,
Take away tho forest OF shade trees, and tt
town would have no attractions whatever. i
With these facts in view, tho world can figuH
out wharc Digham's seventy millions can
from, it must find sharp mathematieians, a.
get deeper into tho srchivcs Of Mormonda
than'ue have been able 10 do.