The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-06
6RGES WAR OR ALLIANCE
WITH THE LABOR UNIONS
APOSTLE Woodruff Says Church Must Fight These
Organizations or Unite With Them.
racsss Railroads For Attitude Toward Mormons Employees
Smuut on Young Csss-0thsr Conference Proceedings

( Then he touched upon the inclination
/ OF some Mormons to run into debt He
! said those who were in debt should
make it a business 10 get out as soon
as possible, and those who were out
should stay out,
According 10 his views. failures do
not Bally occur in hard times, as
/ their foundations are laid in days when
I there is plenty in the land, that people
aspire 70 make money too rapidly, and
4 do not look ahead; that when hard
times approach they are not in a posi-
q ton 20 retrench in a business way and
are forced TO the wall He advised
wives not 10 mortgage their homes or
property unless the exigencies OF the
situation reflect upon the honor OF
! their husbands. In that case, he said,
/ they are excusahle for making the sac
/ rifice.
] President Anthony w. WINS, who has
/ just returned from a mission in Mex
leo, told Of his progress there. Elder
/ Samuel Z. WOOlley. who has been in
/ the Sandwich islands for seven years,
/ told Of the progress of the church in
| the new possessions OF Uncle Sam.
President Allen Of Alberta stake di-
/ by the MormOns In Canada.
( President William H. Smart OF He
I Der City. the head OF Wasatch stake.
regretted that the young men in his
4 jurisdiction saw lt to dig IN the hills
and mountains after gold and silver
and other precious metals instead OF
filling the soil and raising crops. The
men and women of Utah. he said.
/ while they are advancing physically,
4 are deteriorating spiritually. which he
/ regretted to see. He said that was due.
I TO a certain extent, 10 the lack Of tn
/ terest in church work through the
/ lethargy of the higher authorities.
Elder c. f. Middleton then pro-
nounced the benedietion and a recess
was taken until = o'clock.
Clawson on Tithing.
The afternoon session Of the con-
! ference opened with an anthem by the
ohoir-"The Mountain of the Lords
/ House" II was followed by a prayer
by =. G. Gowans of Tooele. The choir
then rendered Praise Ye the Lord.
All Ye Nations"
Apostle Rudger Clawson OF Salt Lake
City was the first speaker. Tithing
was the theme of his discourse. He
said he regretted to be forced 10 make
the statement that the members OF
the church are not paying their tFib-
utes as provided for in the Book of
Mormon While some utterly ignore
the Law, there are some who contrib
ute less than One-tenth of their in
come for the maintenance OF the
church,
He then dwelt upon the fact that
not more than half OF the members
OF the priesthood attend the quorums,
adding that unless they uphold and
magnify the priesthood they cannot
expect 10 pass the angels and enter
the kingdom of heaven. Apostle Clawson
said that not all the inscriptions on
the holy tables have been revealed:
that those who want TO learn of the
great revelations 10 come must lit
! themselves by living more closely to
the doctrines OF the church.
"Oh, Ny Father" was then sung by
Charles Kent OF ogden.
President Andrew Kimball of the St.
Joseph stake told of the progress Of
the Mormons in Arizona. He recount
ed Of the raising of a sweet potato
+, Weighing thrty-seVen and one-half
pounds. and told how the desert in
/ that section of the country. through
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so fertile that the members of the
same ground.
The progress Of the Cassia stake in
/ idaho which is fourishing, was des-
! cribed by President William T. Jack.
/ He said the people were happy and
/ contented.
! President Samuel Bennion of the
/ Uintah stake had nothing but good to
say of the progress OF his flOek. The
] progress Of the Granite stake was ex-
/ tolled by President Frank Y. Taylor.
/ He strongly advocated the training of
/ boys. at "A tender age. for the priest
+ hood telling what he Is accomplish
/ ing In that way among his flock. He
said that If one tenth of the money
/ spent by the church In foreign mis-
siOns was expended at home TO save
/ the young men In Utah who were daily
( going astray. that the church would
be stronger today than il is.
Cowley on Settling Disputes.
APOSTLE Matthias F. Cowley was the
last speaker of the afternoon. The
theme OF his discourse was the ad-
visibility Of people who have differ
ences settling the troubles within their
own stakes by going TO the bishops
and not bothering the higher officials
outside their jurisdictions.
He declared the teachers. 10 whom
people who have differences within
their own families or with neighbors
go for assistance. should keep such
information to themselves. and not
talk about il with others. He said
that during his travels around the
stakes OF Zion he had not found a sin
gle quorum of priests. which. he said.
was a lamentable state Of affairs.