Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-03


/ countries, smoked the workers ont Of The
/ hive and carried the honey 10 tho dfoneg.
/ 10 would have nllDl Utah with rUv-
| Criy and degradation from tho early
/ years Of IT, settlement hy should
| such an element ~ destruction Doc de-
sircd3 A monoylo.s PEG 10 have turned
/ q desert into Garden OF EIeui iuo
advent 81 money in Utah like thr Ger.
/ pent ~ old will turn that Garden or
/ Eden into q desert of want and woe.
Yes, modern civilization viii yet learn
/ something about finance, not, huWovor,
| from the ancient and OK iuCi Nophiios,
/ but rom tho modern frs settlers OF
/ Utah, but i0Ar tho lesson will have 20
como through dca1locks, poverty and
/ Suffering
Though stale and tirosomo. hope you
Will continue this theme iu tno NEWS.
a.. %. nEBEuSAHuf
The foregoing Is accompanied BY
several copies Of the publication Of
which Mr.. DO Bernardo IL editor, aud
Judging from their contents, he Ia On.
gaged In advocating co-operali We
organization whose aim 10 TO dispe nse
with money entirely, aui effect eH'
changes between producer and con.
sumer without 1t, BY a system Of tokens
Of value, 10 be- agreed upon, and Issued
and accepted by, tho members.
In publishing the article from which
our oouo,p,ndsut qu1tes, u was not
the Intention VI tue NEWS 10 enter
upon discussion Of the intrioaolos
anu metaphysics u the money quss.
lion. rhis paper takes tue position
that tho existing fiscal system, ptac.
lice, ana Institutions Of m ,nkiud are
all wrong ffom tho root. They are
uujuii, oppressive aud unnatural.
they clash inoessautlg, and at every
turn, with true ant elementary prin.
olples They make OF every man u Zoe
10, Instead Of q irieni Of, his iellowmeu.
They add immeasurably 10 tho dIiil.
Guilty VI procuring the necessarios,
comforts aud luxuries Of lie. Most Of
the strife aud crime Of tho world are
ifacrablu to them, directly or Indirect.
", aud relief from their evils would
produce state akin to redemption
from the effect, OF tbs iall VI Adam.
but this paper docs not lend itself 10
the advocacy Of any Of the plans o.
nscal OF monetary reform, whion are
beiug Promulgated by yariou. writers,
thinkers, classes aud organic tons Ia
this aud other couutri,s. IL does not
place confidence IN the merits nor ultl.
mate success Of auy OF them. As all
Of the religious teachers anu bodies Of
the age were In error, AMI to greater
OF less extent destitute OF tue true plan
Of salvation, until that knowledge was
restored through the ministry OF an
a. gel to the great modern Prophet,
Joseph smith,so also afe all tue would.
be financial tsIotmefs of tho world at
sea without compass; and revelation
iton God Is the only means by which
man eau be redeemed from the fiscal
evils under which he labors aud SUI.
fefs.
While proper legislation and the
right kind Of organizations among the
working classes may result Ia mitigat.
ing thosc evils somewhat, complete
redemption from them can ba accom-.
plished only by the same means that
must be adopted 10 relieve the race Of
other consequences OF the fall Of man,
VIA, obedience TO the will NJ the Gre.
ator as revealed through His Prophets
In ancient and modern times.
To the LAttur-day Saints has boeu
communicated, by revelation from
God, at least a partial knowledge OF the
plan and principles, by the carrying
out Of which the race will DO redeemed
from its present miserable condition
In respect 10 money, and that which
money procutos. Hut time aud the 90.
operating ptovidenUes o. the Almighty
will be- required to put IN practical
operation a system based upon that
plan and those principles. In the
interim tho NEWS advocates oo.oporA.
lion IN every form under which man
seeks, by intelligent effort, to benefit
himsoli and his lellow-man, anu make
It easier TO live comfortably and
happily upon the earth.
This paper has always been especial.
~ earnest In advocating the manu-.
iaolure, within the community, OF all
the commodities that the community
consumes, ~ lar Ms possible, anu the
consumption by the people VI tho nrli.
Giles produced IA their midst rather than
those which are Imported. These two
propositions srelargely inlet-dependont,
auJ thOy aro natural truths which
must be- put In practice and adhered to
uy any people that would become truly
aud permanently wealthy and iuue.
pendent. Ia connection with them it
may ue said that the principal
use OF money Ia carry ing
them out IL to facilitate az
exchange between producer and con.
sumeb aud that any substitute tor
money thr. will DO this ~ vol, IL, to
this ,Kleut Mt least Just ns good Us
money.
In many towns In Utah, the people
have established cooperative orgaui.
cations, aud Tor thcl, own convenience
nave Issued scrip, which has circulated
Ua money. While thvrc generally nave
be Nrauvautuges connected with the
-orp system la tui- region, ils belef
ave n 10 than tlset them when Il