The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-07-19

ANDERSON. S. c..
Utah. One.tenth of all the wealth they
create is annually paid across the coun'
ters of the tithing houses and into the
Church treasury. In other words, such
portion of 100000 people as are able to
work, work arduously and continually
for the Church. They are virtually the
slaves of the Church. The sum of mon
ey annually paid as tithing is enormous
In addition the tithing is double in many
instances. For instance, suppose that a
Mormon farmer, assisted by his wives,
raises 100 tons of hay and 5000 bushels
of course grain. He draws 10 tons Of
hay and 500 bushels ofgrain to the local
tithing house, where it is stacked aud
garnered. The Mormon farmer then
takes stock of the feed he has on hand
and decides that be has sufficient to fat
ten 100 steers. He buys the cattle, OF
goes in debt for them. he feeds them to
fatness. When they are sold the Bishop
and 'one of these intelligent grasping
men lives in every settlement-claims
one tenth of the money received as tith-
ing. and he gets it, too. The money
paid to the Church as tithipg is never
accounted for.
Another source Of profit is the interest
paid by poor immigrants who have been
assisted by the Church. For instance:
A Mormon Missionary laboring, say in
Denmark, finds poor blacksmith who
has large family to support. The
blacksmith is dissatisfied with his LOT.
He envies the comparatively rich farmers
whose land surround, the village in
which he lives. The missionary tells
him that if he becomes a Mormon the
Church will give him better farm than
any that lies in Denmark, aud in addi.
tion will pay his f.re sHd the fares of his
family from Denmark to Utah. He cap.
turs that mechanic. The family arrive 8
at Salt Lake City in due time. The i'm
migrant is sent to come distant outlaying
settlement. A tract of Government land
is entered for him. The Church builds q
house for- him and supplies him with
tools and work animals. He is taught
how to irrigate his land, and bitches are
dug for him. When he is started in his
new life he is required to sign note, the
face of which equals the total amount the
Church has expended on him and his
family. He pays from 10 to Is per cent
per annum for the use of the money, and
he pays in addition one tenth of all he
may raise. He is a profitable invest.
ment.
Another source from which the Church
draws enormous profit is precisely that
from which thoughtless people would say
they derived nothing, and this source is
mines. Utah's mines have been very
productive. They have as whole paid
enormous profits to their owners. So
productive, and cheaply productive, too,
have these mines been that competent
mining experts in Utah estimate that
they have paid 80 per cent net on their
output. That is large profit. Seventy
per cert of the output has been expend.
ed to carry on the mines. The larger
portions of this money has been paid out
for labor, for food, for timber for mine
use, for fuel, and for feed for working
animals. Utah's mines have yielded
about $780, 100000, and about 70,0O0,OO0
have been spent for materials and food
and wages, and at least s50,000,00O of
this great sum has been paid to Mormons
and the Church received its share of the
money. The mining operations which
are carried on in Utah by Gentiles have
lifted the Mormon Church out poverty
and made it rich and powerful.
The Gentle merchant who desires to
emigrate to the West to establish himself
in business need not trouble himself to
enter Utah. The trade of Utah, except.
ing that OF the Gentiles, is controlled by
the Church. Many years ago Brigham
Young created the Ziou's Co operative
Mercantile Institution. This institution
was formed as joint stock company,
and Brigham invited the Mormon mer.
chants to take stock 10 it. When Brig.
ham Young invited Mormon to do q
certain thing that Mormon FASTENED to
comply with the invitation; indeed, he
considered it to be an imperative com.
mand. After all the country shopkeepers
had invested in the stock Brigham
wrecked the concern, and then bought
in the stock for few cents on the dollar
He could have given Jay Gould points
on wreckipg valuable properties. When
he and a few other Mormon leaders owned
all the stock they established branch
stores in every town and at every settle.
ment in the Territory. They nailed to
tho front of every store large sign on
which was painted 8 picture Of the;"All'
seeing Eye" and the words "Holiness
unto the Lord" and the letters q. @. NJ
I. Then the Saints we're counselled to
trade exclusively at these stores. When
the Saints are earnestly counselled to do
a particular thing they do it, and they
one and all traded and still trade at the
co operative stores. And outside of the
mining camps and the cities of Salt Lake
and Ogden Gentle merchant could moi
do sufficient business to justify him in
wearing hat.
The Gentiles who are engaged in selling
Sreals estate 9in:salt Lake City claimithat
the politicals.control Of tbe:city 5will