The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-26
THE MORMON PEOPLE.
Hon. John T. Caine Describes
~heir Work in Utah.
SUM- VIZ "EFUTED.
How Towne are Established-The So
cLsl Life-Abcut ImmiRra-
ton, Manufactures.

The marvellous results which the Nor G
mons have wrought in retaining arlo
regions in Utah and other western ter =
ritories, makes everything relating to 7
their methods exceedingly interesting.
They appear to Systematically settle IN
localities where the land depends on {
irrigation. They do not make failures
and wherever they settle, prosperity
seems to attend and abide with them.
These general facts'long since attracted
nv attention, and recently nave
at different times sought and obtained
interesting information from the Dele
cate from Utah, Hon. John L. Came
which propose to emhody in this az
ticie.
When the Mormons began their
settlement in Utah after their unparal-
laIad iournev from the banks OF the
Wiss;ssippi, the entire inter-mountain
raoion was deemed an irreciaimaole
desert, The exploration party unoer
Colonel Fremont, reported tnat me
valley of Great Salt Lake was cnln naol'-
able. Captain jim brloger' tne lf ia
Known the valley for years, SAID TO
Rrioham Young, upon meeting tne
n;o6eer party of the Mormons in lo4I,
en6 discovering their destination:
ell eiye 81 600 for the first bushel OF
corn won raise in Salt Lake Valley,
The Mormons had no previous
exnsrience with systems OF lrrlga.
ton. Their lives had been spent
in the east, or in the VaIey VI
the Mississippi. so tar as eau aea,n
not one of them had travelled In coun.
tries where agriculture was dependent
mon artificial irrigation. What the
eene-aI aspect of the inter-mountain
1eoion was when the Mormons nrst
oa2ed upon Salt Lake Valley, The tour
fst To the Pacific can form some mace
mate idea as he views from the car
windows miles upon miles OF unre'
claimed alkali plains in Nevada OF All
iona. hoh,~
aho+1t DO 600. and of this number thu
Wormons are fully 165,eGO. There
are Mormon settlements in the Ter
Titories ~f Idaho, Wyoming, AIlzon'
80 ~ Mexico, and in the State
of Colorado and Nevada. The ex
act humber of these outlying settle
mepts and their respective popuiaClons
have been unable to ascertain OUT VI
aggregate Mormon population IN ~
States and Territories named. lneluoln
tboSe of Utah. is probably about 250
000 As before stated. the settlement
bave heen in localities where lrr1gato
"a the only sure dependence Tor crop
Some seasons, in some tocahtles, VIM
ie called dry farming SUCCEEDS 10 Iln
ited extent. 1t has also been lou1
inst the settlement of any locality, al
the cultivation of the SOIL sllgnt-y
cresses the rainfall. Ii appears lhat
time eIapses this rainfall continues
;ncrease' but not sufficiently TO be q
nonded upon, nor is it probable In
me climate will change in this respe'
so radically as 70 make lrngaIlon
necessary. ..Looo,n+,
hjoh mountain ranges, with oetacn
sn1rs and subsidiary branches, a
intervening valleys, makes Inc sn
fall an all important dacIor' Iueio
few streams OF any magnitude
+hose that are -ound, are chiefly {
Dandent upon melting SHOWS torfeeol
3bem curing the summer months.
rhe Mormon people are not co
,nnists nor have they any dlstiMC
cooperative communities. otatelne
have been made to the effect tnet III
Mormon settlements the real estate
everything elss was practically hei'
common, and that the occupan09
land and the use of water Tor
ca1ion was in fact, controlled by
ehnTcb. that the Bishop reguls
eVervthipg, both temporal and spirit
There never were greater faisene
o;-cnIafed individual Ownership
universal There are greater |
nortion of land owners among the \
mons than any other people III
world cansboast. Inc cpurcn 1o ~ 3
does net seek to control, nor 10 \
community ownership, but does
oonrooe the ACQUISITION of indlvl
holdings. It particularly IN
eVerv individual to become
owner and discourageS its mem
srom narting with their homes.
teaches thrift, economy and endes
80 iusnire every one of its folloWe
ACQUIRE q home and to hold on 10
matter what apparent advantages
may be in selling. ms Is the eAa
set by the leaders IN every seIaene
But the Mormons have syst'
community, cooperation when
bsblv has contributed very large
Their success. It applies not Oh
eansrate settlements. but to CT
extent, embraces all Mormon
,onnities in the western country.
ably fellowship" is the term WIN
its broadcast sense, would pest e
the idea OF IllS CO&uHlAnAIN "
ton. II is not an eccleslas icsi II
lion or a church decree. It's
the practical outgrowths OF a
practical and matter of fact, ever
rtlioion. The pse hive is the Ell
Of tne Mormon social segregatlol
the motto is mo drones."
workers; all are contributors, ane
the poor and the unfortunate Of
settlement and locality are car
and assisted, the unvarying rule
sil must labor. Hence charity Is
teal among them. 1t is the be
duty of individuals and of commit
tn give all who care to work Ell
went, This is inculcated by the
and church revenues are used l
nnrpose, but very discreetly.
T6e direction and supervision
estahl,snment of new settlemer
not ecclesiastical concerns. oil
Mormons have something ike