Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-21

which We use, in order to supply or
necessity. Five million pounds, Brother
Morris the president OF the company.
informs me, were produced last year.
And this is one Of several great facts
that are drawing the attention Of our
neighbors toward us. They see this
people use intelligence and wisdom In
the direction Of their labors and in the
development OF the resources OF the
country for their own sustenance, and
they admire Us Tor it. And so will all
the right thinking people Of the world
admire us, the more we are able 10
take care Of ourselves and provide Tor
Our necessities.
We have little wooden factory down
IN Provo; We have another in Salt Lake
City, there Is another little factory in
Beaver, | understand, and still another
on the northern borders Of the Terri.
tory, called the North Star mills; also
another m Washington, Kane county
and another In Brigham City, Box Elder
county, and one IN Ogden, aud another
In Spfingyille. Some OF them are
small, you can depend upon that-so
small that we have passed through the
country great many times and never
seen them; and, IN fact, there are some
OF them have never heard OF myself
liil Just now. ! avn glad to hear there
are SO many; but We have never heard
a great deal about them, for the reason,
! suppose, that we are importing so
much Of the materials that can be pro-
duced by them that they are not thought
o. ! want to tell you that and
Brother Heber Grant, and Brother Ly.
man and Brother Richards and many
more oil my brethren are clothed In
home made goods, made from Utah
sheep, by Utah workmcn, In Utah
factory, and | am not ashamed OF my
apparel My shoes that I wear are
made at 4. c. NJ, l., or at Solomon
Brothers, or by somebody that Is stfug-
CLING for an existence and laboring Tor
the support OF his family. / do not 10
abroad to get my shoes. | would to
God that this people would do the
same. Here is poor Brother Smyth
starving to death almost trying TO make
hats Tor the people, and he makes de.
cent, good, seTviceable hats; but the
people will not patfouize him as long
as they can get something marked with
'Stetson" IN the lining Of Il. They want
the foreign made article. We ought
TO sustain this industry. tell you II Is
the word aud wisdom OF the Lord that
we should sustain these industries at
home. IL Is wisdom-it Is the true
policy OF the Church-the doctrine of
the people, and has been the doctrine OF
the people from the beginning Of our
settlement here. Babylon is TO fall
some day, and the merchants are TO
weep and wall because no man can buy
her merchandise any more. They will
not be able TO buy u, for Babylon Is to
fall and rise no more, so saws the Scrip
lures. can tell you, whether Babylon
falls or not, SO far as the principle is
concerned, Il makes no difference; the
people that can supply their own neces-
sites, meet their own wants, ard pro.
vide Tor themselves, are always better
people, more intelligent people, happier
people, more independent people, than
any other people upon the face OF the
earth that do not these things. Ii
stands TO reason; It is common sense:
It is good judgment; II is Gospel truth,
that all this people ought to under.
stand and live up to. Now. II you want
blankets, all wool and two yards and
halt long, and two yards and a quar-
ter wide, large enough to cover your
bed. 20 to the North Star mills and get
them, or 80 down to Provo and get
them. Order them Il they do not n a &c
them that large, aud don't you buy any
that are less than that-unless you
sleep alone. (Laughier)
Then again, | want TO name another
little factory that Is very important
one In this country. II is a little factory
at Logan, run by Brother ]. w. Hend-
rickson, wherein all kinds OF under
wear and stockings are knitted. |
have been wearing mis- union suits for a
long time, and | can tell you that
shall never patroniEe shirts and drawers
any more. want them all woven in
Utah, by some Of my own brethren that
are labohng to supply living for them.
selves and their families. want TO
help them to live; and inasmuch as /
cannot manufacture these things my.
sell, and may produce something else
that he needs, can exchange with him
or turn what ! raise or produce into
money. and thereby be able to give to
him the money that obtain from the
product OF my labor for the product OF
his, and thus give him a clance TO live
as well as myself.
This is the temporal Gospei. NV
time is up; may the Lord bless YOU, Is
my prayer in the name OF Jesus. Amen.