Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-13

are pained win hearing 1t so often, as |
you have heard 1t in past years especial. |
ly, because before the railroad was com
pleted It seemed very necessary thing |
that we should have some wheat stored |
up. Since the railroad has been com
pleted, however, we have not felt that |
necessity TO such an extent, and be- |
lieve many have grown very careless on
this point, thinking we could get supplies |
from the east or the west If they were
needed. But there will be famine. It
Is only year or two ago since all |
through western Nebraska and western
Kansas there was famine fox food, and
many hundreds of people abandoned
their homes and went OF. The drou,h
had caused their places to become value.
less. Since then they have been paying
some little attention to irrigation in that
region, i'll order to save their farms.
But we are liable any time, even in this
great country OF ours, SO fertile and so
rich with all that is necessary Tor life,
| this choice land, as II is called in the
| Book OF Mormon, above all other lands,
we are liable 10 have iamines, andit
would be no injury, at least,if we should
provide against II, even II the famine
does not come. II we do not find need
for 1t, 1t certainly is not an unwise thing
nor costly thing, 10 save our grain.
Every family ought 10 have two or
| three years supply of grain ahead
| III all Our settlements, as pre-
cauiionary measure; aud we can
change our grain when it grows old and
| there is danger Of weevil, and put hew
III But that which ought TO be done Is
| this: every settlement should have one
| or more elevators in 1t. won Ter my
| self, say, for instance, in a county like
| this, with numbers Of shrewd business
men as you have, why You do not COM
bine together and build granary Tor
| yourselves. | keep some 1900 bushels
OF grain ON hand ior myself, but would
| like to have about 1000 bushels of grain
put up for my own use; and il my son
| Abraham had lived, suppose this fall
we should have had granary. There
| ought to be public granaries. They
would be OF great advantage to all the
| farmers. Then ii you wanted 10 borrow
which hope none OF YOU want to-
| but il you should on pinch want 10
| borrow, il you had granary certificate
| certifying that you had SO much grain on
| hand, you would find il would be OF
great convenience to you in this direc
ton as well as an excellent way to pre-
serve the grain. There is great deal
OF grain wasted in our country through
vermin and poor granaries. The grain
is not properly cared for. We ought to
try and take care OF our grain. aud have
gram on hand all through the country.
1t would be no harm, but might prove a
very great blessing TO everybody.I would
therefore suggest to you business men
that you combine together. Lumber is
cheap now labor Is cheap, and every.
thing that is needed 10 construct grana.
ries is conveniently obtained, and you
would find IL OF great service to you il 1t
were done. II seems TO me that II
were the President OF the Stake here
would appoint committee OF practical
men TO do this-that is, to effect an
organization that would accomplish this,
and all TO contribute a little, SO as to
have stock in it; those that had not much
10 contribute, could put in according TO
their means, and everyone take an in
terest in it, and put their grain in where
1t could be moved by elevators and
changed SO as to keep it in good con.
dilion, and be sold from time to time
and replaced with new gram.
My brethren and sisters, have
talked on these everyday topics, and
hope they will be OF pront 10 you We
want to make the Latter.day Saints the
| bGSt anu tilS uiOSt pctlcIt pGUplS Oh the
face OF the earth, and | want to say to
you here today-to repeat something
that was said yesterday: God has chosen
this people with the express purpose OF
making them great people. We shall
be, IT we fulfill the destiny that is as
signed to us. We shall be the saviors of
our nation, and we shall save the nation
| through the Priesthood that God has es-
| iablshed in His Church. This may
come i'll contact with some Of your
.Jcas. You may think ii will be done
thorough party conventions, through poll
tics, or through political leaders. II will
never be done in that way. 1t will be
done through the power OF God, through
the revelations OF Jesus Christ II will
be done through the medium OF that
authority He has placed on the earth,
and which he recognizes as His That
will be the way in which this will be
brought about. 1t will be brought about
in Gods own time and Gods own way,
and these Latter-day Saints-you who
are here today, with other Latter-day
Saints throughout these valleys-will be
the people that will accomplish this,
under the direction OF the Almighty. |
heard one oil the leading men of this
nation few weeks ago talk to the First
| Presidency concerning the position we
occupy in the minds of leading men. We
sat and listened to him with the greatest
interest. II he had been familiar with the
predictions-which he was not-made by
the Prophet Joseph and by the Prophet
| Brigham and by other leading men
among us, concerning the future OF this
people and the destiny that was in store
Tor them, he could not have described
in more forcible language than he used
the position we occupied and the light
in which we were viewed by the leading
men OF this country. have letters also
in my possession, written by leading
meu in the East, describing the position
that we occupy and the influence we
have. Their words are in direct fulfill
ment, as far as we have gone, OF the
words OF the prophets concerning this
people and our influence; aud know
| say that which | understand when say
that il this people would only listen to
and be governed by the wisdom that
| God has given, by the intelligence that
He has bestowed, by the revelations
that He has given, we could begin now
to do that, in small degree at least,
| which has been predicted concerning us;
for it is admitted now that with our
union-ot which we have got very little
now-but with the union that we have
/ hHau CF.ftfa1 ,uIfh hau NTH he in,