Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-13
A COOPERATIVE IDEA.
Foreign Capital Means White Slavery,
Says a Correspondent.
lie would solve the Industrial Issues
Of the Day by IN Elaborate Co-
operative system ~ Utah.
LodAs, Cache CO., Utah,
Ami 8, 1850.

] nave long nAl utHlte W 'u't
few suggestions through the columns
Of ID, News, but have been afraid Of
doing It with sufficient intelligence 10
Ne uudsrstood.
The sublrc. I wished 10 ditcus' is
one that has been written about often
90 the NEws, anu alec talked about Ia
public dltuouucs, namely cooperation;
nnd now am afraid most people viii
either lay down the paper In di'gusi VI
turn over 90 something else more 30.
tctssung. hut, slr, ! believe this is Of
more vital importance today to The
Lattsr.day Saints than auy other
subject Of n temporal ubtltc.
Although tho subject of home inuus.
Try bas been written about anu talked
Of 10 much, yet 1 believe nint.tru The
az our people wear Imported clDih'ti
inpprtrd th1es and hate, Uuf biHttfs
nis1 wear imported ClUinIug " uh
Eiudr, while our young men anu
v0urg women arc walking tuu stfuub
-four citips boz enforced iIicuUsr, nuu
ann afraid 80 hns got 10 be preferred
iIIeusss In TOO many CAHes. some vi
our young men, rather than be idle, ~
on among strangers, 20 mining ChmrH,
ar wherever they eau get " "a, ana
on become M great measure "likc
IUrtst ufus." How thun, Mt Editor,
shall the evil BE- fUmcdied anu what
small be- DOM 10 furnish hbuf for al3
By the way tho majority VI the
nrwspa putH difcu1s tho SUBJECT lhty
aprrar to have tuU idea that imported
Ii H.
there not danger, Mr. Editor that 81
We could Induce foreign capital 10 In.
vrst la ma nuiaciurus here that u would
Introduce tuch o. system Of slavery
tuat mentioned ln your paper some
limo ago headed "Whitu slavery
where YOU aay that whole inmiIlo'
have 10 work nj making b0yP clothing
from ra0ruing tiU night and some
um,s far into tho nisht, ~ earn sl,Bl
ID week paclg DO We want, sif, such %
pystem bH THIS introduced amongst the
Isttet.uuy sniutt, OF, would not the
rmHiy be- voice than tue disehsU3
W. ali know that any Imported capital
would cx poet ~ least it, ten Ior cent
trfrtf, and A. muCu more NJ 10 could
rquesE' out.
Ma. other plan, then, can be de-
vtr.2 believe, slr that We have tue
m.Aua lu our own uaudy; u the pto'
DO can only DO induced unilcdly, 10
huI upuu a. remember once seeing
"a article ia the NEWS VI a company
90 ruupl0 starring tutUu the Bullnmy
plnu, but they lhckel one great point
i1 ur luidu ny the spirit OF the Llrd
they urpeudeI on their own ability
and failed. Nuv, ns "A people We have
the bts! organization tuat eau De
fyuud in the word; and, beet oi AL,
wsrts entitled 10 tue spirit u God to
guide ~ In the right way. now what
would DC more tasy than TOT tue peO-
mic of a stake to until viii take for
Instance Cache stake We have,
btiryo, In this STAKE about lT,uOO
ull,.bluitd people, One dollar each
from these people would nuish building
Inc larss wooden factory that hhs beuu
stnudlug hulf nnisneu TOT 10 many
yeafs, MI IL with machinery and fur.
uisn the power " run II, anu thus iut-
ulah employ meut fuf gooily number
~ hands. and IL would belong 10 tue
people; tney could appoint by vote or
,IberNisr, COED, practical honest
mas, who understands the business
tbuFUuybly, TO manage the iactofy,aud
rendering at stated periods a strict
u,rout.t " all business ttausnclel.
"a I. N NNNAlNN WIN AAAN N"NNHN - NAA
Elhrtrd pa The same way, ~ suutcfiD.
Isg.say IA quarter, or hall dollar, u
tailoring UstauUshmeut could DO iusti.
tutsd T. make up into clothing the
cloth made NJ the factory, auu thus
ufuisu labor for quite a number more
bauds. Tue fatmtr could ihon take
his wool to the factory, get his credit
Tor 1, aud exchange II for clothing,
either made % Ofltr, OF ready made,
M suited him best, sud Of a superior
quality and NJ first cost.
In Tue uamb way the sisters could
,st,bllsl nuu operate silk munuiautUfy
iuaIl it, uranuhtF, ny tue voluntary
tutspfipilUus ut the people. II WAS
tested anu proven lat summer ny the
sister ni tie Relief society OF Logan,
and a Jauntv.o brother who asrbto4
them, that as good ELK as could
be made In any part u the
world could DO made hero IN
tacue valley, Aus slsiers could thus
msgp up Into clothing. At least all uut.
aide garments, win rrrhnIs some nice
fine wool 10 mix VITA ~, all the BLK
that would be made la the stake, ut
that would be needed for home wear,
nnd pprhaps some tor export AMI %
ssetis 10 mo that n nice silE dftts
would 10 good enough Tor even Latter
day Biuls 10 wear. Ihlh huriutaa
wuulI uluish labor ior great number
OF PEOPLE, both young aud uld,
In Inc same way other enterprises
could be established, SUCH us shuu
factory aud tanuUry. Tho people
could own their own h0ur mill, their
own saw mill anu building establish
inenu thpy could erect sugar fac
tury aud maze their own raw
tugar, AMI gttit ron ed al the LrhI
fnr.ory-such iuctUfy,l believe, could
he uuilt Tor about t.l,uOl. Almtsi
every y uwlUg D. Guy lot or Fart uI
lDtuIuId TalFc enough sugar boots tu
suppiy their whole family with sugar
Iy exchanging bcolB iur tu81B end
thus every INDUSTRY That In urgernry
Tor ssl.supp. It Of the tOmmuully could
bs estAbiIsutu IN the same way and
keep the money M he country thHi
We. nre now spUulin Tor imported
goods, nd Mt thr tumr time fufnith
rsmunsrauvr lAuOr iur al. IN am T.
uut e.tbblisumruts would oo owned by
the pgorlr, o. d munaHoI by them, IL
order lU make lhc wotHns u the sys'
TEN more mplulc, thiuE u
vouId br necessary iur the poo
no 10 build n large receiving aUu
dlstrlbutlpK dcp {, divided INTO d.urE'
80 60. ,....f nj. ITpalIHI over bE %