Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-02-02
HOHMoNIsM's RECRUITS
How the PoIygamous M,..,....,..
Deceive Immigrants ''''

0.,. "0us Missionaries
Deceive 'mnIarants.
New York star.
S.s since t me G o.a. Of Elder William G.
Stalnes, the agent Of the Mormons in
this city, the Office which he occn ~J -
at No. 8 State street has ocoup'eI
closed, and there has her. te uliIel
agency for the Latter nau Se;n Iai
During the year that ha, eionsoS Sa aInon
the elder died the businss.e ~ Pseu slnce
the Mormons who come from Europe
70 america mas been attended TO al.
most solely by the castie Gardo - al a.,
thorities. Each party that coUOa n "% :.
accompanied by an elder whn 60 -
charge OF the people and ssa a.. 49,
Of them stray from the fold o. c1 ar LII an'
ticed away by the wicked pent lies of Of
| Gotham. ee0 VI
Immediately upon the arrival Of q
party Of Saints at Castle Garden ,Sai .
baggage is placed in a nile n the
rotunda, where it Is carefuliv watched
by guard Of mormons Amounted for
the purpose. These sentipeIs never
leave their posts under anv c;rcnn.
stances Although their duty is TO
watch the baggage, it is said that thew
are charged also to watch the brothers
and sisters and see that their conduct
is sufficiently circumspect
The Mormon emigrants from the
old world, as a class. are verv moor
They have very little money. and the
expenses OF their transportation across
the ocean and to their future homes in
Salt Lake, are betrayed by the Church
ofthe Latter Day Saints. The money.
however, Is regarded as a loan. which
must be repaid after the arrival of the
immigrants in Utah.
why is 1t that the Mormons who
come to America are so destitute finan.
ciallyY is a question that is often
asked. The reason is plain. when II is
remembered that these people were al.
most poverty stricken In Eurone before
they started for America. Had thew
been well-to-do In the old country. they
would not have pulled up stakes to
seek homes in a strange land. They
were disconnected with their lot i'm
life, and the Mormon missionaries
easily induce them to emigrate by rep
resenting Utah as a paradise on earth.
The people are told that Utah is land
flowing with milk and honey; that the
a8riculturist has very little to do, and
that the crops grow almost sponta-
neously. According to the glowing
accounts Of the missionaries, the prin-
cipal labor to be done is in the har-
vesting OF the crops. They do not say
that the corn grows already shelled in
gourds at the top of the stalks, OF that
1t can be emptied in a basket by a man
riding on horseback between the rows :
but they do make representations equal.
ly extravagant. This picture of tenn
poral comforts combined with the So
called spiritual advantages induces the
misguided people to follow their star
OF destiny toward the new world. The
disappointment which they experience
must be bitter indeed.
Are the arrivals Of MOrmons as
numerous this year as in previous
years. was the query put to Supt.
Jackson at Castle Garden by n reporter
for The Star.
THE importations of Latter-Day
Saints are falling off," was the reply,
"but the decrease is not sufficient to
warrant the hope that they will soon
stop coming to our shores. The fall
ing off pertains to the last month OF
two. The number arriving since the
LIST of January last is 1874. That is
an increase over the previous year, for
which the figures were 1885,"
Mr.. Jackson then handed the report
er table giving the number of arriv-
ais for eight years previous TO 1880, as
follows: