Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-17
THE FOUNDER.

THE FOUNDER.
"What kind Of 4 man was Brig
ham IOuug:'' / asked.
.'He was q great man, - replied
Delegate Caine. ''lhe work Of
Moses leading the children Of Israel
through the wilderness was nothing
10 his taking that band Of AIormDns
over the untrJdden wilderness Of
[ the great American desert and Of
settling them in the heart OF it.
I Moses only Travelled a few hundred
miles. BriEhlm's band traverssd
thousands. lttOOk Brigham Young
! less than n year 10 find his land Of
/ Canaan, while Moses wandered
around for fully forty. Brigham
l Young will have q great place in
! history. and the day will come
when all Americans viii he proud
Of him.
"Give me a description OF his
character" said /.
bingham YDaug," replied Dele
! gate Caiuc, "was an all-arauud
great man. lie had an evenly bal
auced mind and wonderful execu-
tive ability. He was able 10 decide
upon anything that came up the
moment it was presented to him,
aud he always grasped things in
their details as well a a whole. He
had q wonderful amount 81 praCti
! cal knowledge, and he built the
Temple in salt Lake City that cost
a million dollars and more. He was
very industrious man, and he
went to bel early, rose at daybreak,
ate plainly ami dressed simply. Hi
soul was wrapped up in the Nor
mon Church, aud he cared more fol
its interests than he did for hi,
own
''Stul, he died rich, . said 1.
s'Ees. His wives were all pro.
vided for out Of his fortune. and tn,
estate was left in the hands d
trustees, So that all were fairly
treated. lie made the mos
Of his fortune out Of In,
Union Pacific Railroad. He bull
100 miles Of this road anu one o
his sons was one Of the masters o
construction for the Union Pacific
[ don't think that Brigham TOunl
cared anything for money as money
D He valued itonly as il enabled hin
, 20 carry out his plans. lie was :
very valuable adviser to the Church
and il is largely due 10 him that on
people are in 50 prosperous con
, ditiOu a they are today
40 CHURCH PROPERTY.
ssDoes the Mormon Church owl
much property2'' ! asked.
"NO." replied Delegate Game, ri
does nOt.'' The United States Con
gress Passed an act taking our prop
J ertv from US, OF rather stealing il
I II was nothing more than n steal
/ and there are other churches in Utai
, 1 today which own more prOpert,
4, than the NOrm0us. When Speake
! Reed was in Utah a year or 50 ag
ne said to ME in that drawing ton
of his: sThe Gentiles complain tina
C YOU N0rmous won't sell any Of you
proUprtv.' / showed him that a larg
proportion Of Salt Lake City va
owned 10y the Gentiles, the Hebrews
and others and asked him how thi
could bc il the Mormons would NJ
sell"
( ssDo your people hold their title i
n fee simple or does the greater par, {
: the property in the Territory b
I long directly or Indirectly TO tn
! Church?'
:, "In fee simple, Of COURSE" reptile
Mr.. Game. THE Church M
J., nothing to say as to what l sha
: do with my house or my farm an
n more than the Presbyterian q
Methodist has - say regarding ii
property OF its members. suppos
there is no part Of the United State
=. where 50 many people own the
own homes IS in Utah. Nineteenth
: Of the MOrmOns own their Og
homesteads, and the census Ofmor
: cages will show a smaller numb'
o among them than among any oih'
7 class Of people in the United State
It When Brigham Young began
!, build up the Territory he urged Il
newcomers not TO rent houses, an
y advised them to buy or enter pie
u Of land and put up a house on II.
Il "sIf you can't put up a house
.e said he, put up a shanty. If yc
can't put up a shauty, build a dui
"a ont, and in the meantime live in
tent The people followed his a
? vice, and the result is they are We
s. 10 DO. As 10 selling their propert,
It the Alormons are good business me