Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-12

y |haa .HANA 70 nun Ut tAAIANNa auto OF
liviu hgi mot a grrut deal tp DO with
30, aud joe Acknowledge that DC be-
lirvat Do vas the ur,a;tst 900 OIL tue
Gu .u7 ltn4iul 90 The pre-rg. clnIili1u.
Now, ] believe tiucsftly that luc Of
thu principal Ulusgsof tue distress thut
exists fml x us-auj l hg,ieye tue
sauc thing viii apply almost uui.
VERBALLY throughout the inui--.s that
people have = .uu beyond their means.
ihcy have borrowed hugely, mort
gFrui iheir homes, thuir nrmp, aui
nearly everything they possess, 10 keep
pace with their neighbour, competing
one with nn0tlor M putilns nu apppnf-
nucos and IN carrying pu their uusl.
ness un the credit basis that j. 81 much
ia vogue in the world. President
Taylor told the peoHlriudng his preli.
dr. Cy over the Church, wusu times
were prosperous, money easy, ami
there was uu abundance ~ cir.
cuihtl0n, that then w1s the
time Tor them TO pay or their
dcuis aud get tbumselvus nyu tom
obligations, anu when they mai once
freed themselves rom debt, live there
after within their mrgus. This was
onu OF the ticmos that was dweIt upon
very largely by President Taylor o.
c0uno, ho dil uot originate 20. Tor IL
was also theme % Pendent brigham
Young. President Young was ono
OF those men who constantly hell out
20 the PEOPLE economy iu living, aud
home industries, by which they could
bu EEL sustaining aud Independent,
uud provide employment tos the pgO.
PIE, that there might be- none amongst
tuum Idle.
Let mu ask you, nay brethren ami
sin;cfr, % We had more carefully cAr-
red out this counsel, do you not thiuk
w would today bU iu much better
financial condition than We aro2
think We would. Now We are being
taught Lesson. Many VI us that
have borrowed means 10 buy stOuSa, 10
huy iarmiug implements, 70 build inu
houses, O. buy horses aud carriages,
that We might put ON an appearance
at least equal 10 that OF cur neighb1r,
" W. had not done 10, but had lived
within our means, anu IN addition had
laid little aside for rsiuy day, today
We would DO the most independent
people upon this continent. 1 No not
know but We Hrc M IL Is. But not
wiihs,nuiing this may be NO, II u only
to- true that too many 81 your homes
anu your farms arc mUrtyagUd, Tor
implements, aud bulldiugs ani for
living. So far as / hm concerned, I
would Ike 10 sec this syB.Cm OF credit
abolished, aud that whenever We buy
q dollars worth Of goods We either
pny q dollar for lt or something that
Represents IA dollar, and that We do It
without Gripping Ourselves nj home or
placing mortgage upon ".
aud upon our chill iten. Every
man that lives 10y credit is plac.
lug ahucklgs upon himself and
upon his family. Too sySlem Of bond
log cities, aud building up cities by
credit, may be considered the wisest
policy -nnd suppose II IN considered
~ by tbs world today, for IL Is believed
by the present generation that we
should build for future generations,
ana that they should puy fer that
which We build for them; but did you
ever sco amy DOdy who went In uebt
nnd m0rigagcd anu bonded that which
thcy possessed, "a free, as independent,
bH happy AS tho man who paid for
what he had as he went nl0ngP We
th5uld live according TO our meanH,
aud lay a foundation upon which we
can build, aud upon which our children
eau build after M, without paying
Interest on bonded dobts Incurred by
~. l nm aware that am not preach.
ing the iinauC al gospel of tho world.
] suppose l am lay lag myself omen 10
the charge OF being called u mossback,
and no on. Al these
CpIthets are hurled at tho men thai
dare 20 tell the Iu1plo 10 1.-Two within
their means, 10 trust not In tue future
except Ia the mufcits Of God. Some.
times We are put m a position where Ii
IL necessary 90 20 into debt. When ID
IL necessary, No may Il tc. Ifyou can
show TO me that 10 Is necessary, have
no objection; | like 90 be as pIOgrps.
siyc Ms any man In that direction when
am convinced that Il IL all right. But
l have never yet been convinced that
IL was essential for the welfare Of the
present or future generation that INV
children should be- brought ia bondage
by my acts. How BhOulJ 1 have Lsit
d my father had lot Tor me nu over.
whtlming debt that l was la honor
bound e. meet, that wUuil keen NV
noe 10 the grlndslono while liveiY
Thank God, 1 have no such reflections
upon my father. lie paii M ne went
along, anu when he died was free
from debt; ana not only 70,
he had property which his widow loft
10 the mob when we were driven out
from our homo aud country. But the
Lord blessed us, and We arc better oil
lOiay now than We were tuun.
My brethren aud sisters, we were
taught here this morning, the Scrlp.
lures being quoted, thAttrlublUus times
Will come upon the children ot men,
hat their hearts viii iail them for fear
lf the difficulties aud sJrfows that
threaten them, anu II Is needful Tor
his people TO prepare themselves Tor |
.hsse events, that they may be ~ |
Joseph In the land VI Egypt, when |
anime shall come, aul when pestt. |
encO shall stalk abroad Ia the eirtb, |
when temptslB aud storms shall sweeb |
titles, and when devastating fire snail |
all before u, that there may |
20 found "cJru IN Egypt" and the |
people shall say, "COme, let Us 10 up |
ID the mountain Of the LORDS hOuse.6
The world toIay Will laugh at you II
you talk about n famine IN this land,
Why, they say, such thing IL nbs1.
utely i'm possible. We are so con.
loctej anu bound together with the
ron rails aud by navigation that II IL
Utterly impossible Tor any section Of
he country to be lvlI destitute, because
hofe will be abunduu cu OF food some.
ghere, aud the railroads can
prodily take from the lands tina. tee M
with plenty 20 the lands that are
But Notwithstanding
HE, We hear very frequently OF famine
u the lnud. Only few years ago ia
russia, people liul by the thOusanls