Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-16

to- De economical. and as far as possible |
self sustaining. five have not followed !
this counsel aud are suilefIug from tie
Cunst uuDngc5 OF disobedieucc TO 10, !
trust that we will now profit by The
lesson ana 100 thc future seek more
faithfully to carry out this wise counsel
than we have done IN the past
We heard from Brother Merrill his
opinion with regard to going into debt
Tie believes d 90 be am uuWisc thing for
individuals 20 run % debt, having 10 pay
large sums OF interest. which must come
out Of their labor, or the product OF their
soil. ur from their flcEs or herds, ur
from th business; for the money which
they receive is not ihlt which no itself
produces the interest which they
have 90 pay. hot Il is from the proceeds
oil their business " toll that they must
get the means with which to pay interest
ON the borrowed money unless per-
chance. they can borrow money at a
low rate OF interest and then loan % to q
less fortunate brother for q higher pcr'
cculagu. Then kf has 10 earn Il some
where. lt has 90 be produced from
some source. Money itself will not pro
ducc its INCREASE; it will always remain
the same. II does not sprout aud grow
Il does not produce seed or fruits but
remains the anne. lithcy cannot cone
! vert d into some other property that
! will be productive. it Is q dangerous
thing Tor them TO borrow and unlEait
themselves TO pay interest To- my
Younger DAYS followed the example Of
President Woodruff. ! have heard him
say that in former years he had never
borrowed doilat-hc had studuusly
, avoided signing notes, and had never
run in dcbt, but Of late years he has had
. TO sign great many pieces Of papcr
1 he commenced few years ago, when
! the Government Of the United States
seized our property, aud d became
/ niece slry for us 10 pay over money 10
lieu OF real estate and other property
which bad been disposed Of, the pro.
cecds Of which had been used in the
/ regular business oithe Church. Either
we had TO borrow money TO pay for that
or the courts would commence pro-
/ ccedmgs 10 disturb the titles Of properly
that had been sold and passed into the
/ hands OF so.callcd 'inrocent parties
! We had TO raise several hundred thou
/ sand dollar, at that time, aud then Il
| was that President Woodruff began To
signuotes And from that day 20 this
We have had 10 keep borrowing more or
less, iu order that we might meet our
/ obligations, pay interest, help to Gem
/ plcte the Temple. and do what other
| things were uccdlul. The Presidency
Of Church have had 10 do this. %,
course. the Church has been behind
them. because il IS the Church that gives
to them the influence they have. We
do not ignore this; we cannot ignore IT,
| The influence they may have among the
people ls due to your faith In them aud
to the position they occupy IN the
! Church. Therefore, they receive what
OF credit. influence aud honor they may
| have from God and from this people.
We started the sugar works here q
few years ago. Why Because when
we came TO reflect about II We saw that
we had reached point In our history
| where there was not single enterprise
Of public character that was calculated
to give employment TO our people. The
} railroads had gone into the hands OF