The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1896-12-29
FROM OLDHAM.
Elder Broadbent sends us a letter
from that English town.
Editor Lehi BANNER :


readers, knowing there are goodly
number OF people in Lehi who lcok
dack 70 Oldham as the place of their
birth. / have been laboring here some
s months and have found the people at
a rule, sociable and as good natured
people as any | ever met. l have made
many friends and have endeavored, in
my humble way, 10 lay the principles
of the Gospel OF our Lord and Master
before all met. oldham has n popu-
lation of 200, 900 md is the greatest cot
ton spinning town OF its size in the
world, there.being something like 800
factories engaged in cotton spinning
besides one Of the greatest machine or
iron works in the world. One shop cal
led Plats Shop emplo, IA, 000m every
day except Sunday. 1t is great sight
to see the employees OF this shop turn
out after their days work is done.
Nearly all Of them wear wooden clogs
and the streets being paved it sounds
like the distant roar of thunder. had
the pleasure OF going through tho West
End Spinning Co. cotton mills the other
day through the courteous invitation OF
Mr.. Mile, the. head engineer. This
was a great sight to see hundreds OF
young ladies working in all parts Of the
mill They spin $4,000 pounds OF cot
ton per week The girls make from
shillings to lbs and I'd per week work
ing o hours each day and the men from
10 to 80 shilllngs per week. Some time
ago had an invitation to visit the Corn
Exchange in Manchester. This place
is where all the commercial business or
this part of England is done As en-
tered the building to my surprise saw
something like from 800 to 1900 con-
mercial drummers with their samples
spread out on tables, representing all
the jobbers and Wholesale houses. |
spent some or 5 hours in learning the
prices OF the principal commodities and
comparing them with the prices at
home. / will just give one or two.
Canned fruits that are packed in Cali
fornia sell by the case at 1925 doz
The same costs our Lehi merchants 50
Lemon peel, by the hundred pounds,
costs So and at home about $40. Cur
rants and ralsins are about the same
price. ! looked at 20 grades of white
sugar ranging in price for Be to &c. The
granulated, same as the factory there
makes, sold at 4c, They had ii grades
of -four ranging from 21Sc to 22Sc
pound. The Novelty wood wringer
which sell there for 81 %, sells here for
4.40. 1t il made in Chicago. Common
candies are 31sc. | find some things
sell for less here than at home while
the most are higher. Shoes are higher,
dress goods are about he same excepting
silks and pushes which are so per cent
cheaper.
In my labors as n missionary | have
had much cause to rejoice My labors
consist OF visiting from house 10 house
delivering tracts, conversing with peo-
pie whenever possible and trying to re-
move that mountain OF predjudice
which we find here At present there
is great change in Oldham in behalf
OF our people. We have more invita-
tions TO go and converse with people
than we can fill. We also have good
number investigating the Gospel and
that very earnestly. Then there are
some who will not even accept tract
and shut the door ia our face saying
as one did the other day, 81 want no
thing to do with YOU and make threats
what they will do ii we do not get out
of it, but this we take no notice OF.
Three or four months ago we could not
get more than one or two strangers to
attend our meetings along with the 10
or 20 Saints but we have hired nice
hall and since then we have had from
10 to 100 strangers attend our Sunday
night meetings. This encourages us
very much ms il is better and much
easier TO preach to people than empty
benches. In the near future we expect
to see good results from the seed sown
but as we read in Cor. 3, where Paul
planted, Apollas watered but God Civ
eth the increase. We are sent out TO
warn the inhabitants of the earth OF