The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-04-10
SAINTS IN CONFERENCE.
SEVENTY THIRD SEMI ANNUAL
MEETING LARGELY ATTENDED,.
President Smith Advises Followers to
Get out Of Debt and Prepare for
Future Period Of Depression
Secret Societies and Labor
Unions censured.

Fully 10000 people were present at
the opening session o. the seventy
third semi.annual conference Of the
Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day
Saints. which convened In the taber-
nacle In Salt Lake city Saturday morn
ing. April 9Th. members from all parts
OF the state. and many from neighbor'
ing states being present
The opening address Of the morning
session was delivered by President 10
seph r. Smith. the head Of the church.
During the course Of his remarks.
President Smith said ~ desire to
mention one or two subjects which ]
deem worthy Of the attention OF the
Saints. In this time " prosperity II
Is highly proper that the lAtterday
Saints should get out Of debt. We may
iool, now for a period Of depression at
any time. And one OF the best ways
10 pay our debts to our business asso-
ciatcs Is TO first meet our obligations
20 God Pay your uthing and be
blessed. That b. just what ! mean"
President Smith then took up his other
subject that " labor lie urged that
more attention should be given TO the
manual training Of the boys OF Zion
The vast majority OF these profess
alonal men," said he. are worthless.
They are leeches upon the body polite.
Some OF us have an idea that II Is de-
grading for our daughters to learn 10
cook. They are now taught To play
the plano and sing ana spend their
time In idle. useless pleasures In so
cioty We stun the heads Of our chill
dron with fables aud fairy tales In
stead OF teaching them useful labor y
President Seymour u. Young OF the
seventies regretted that too much time
was being spent In educating the head
and not enough In training the hand.
The schools and colleges. he declared.
were incomplete. because they lacked
the facilities Of teaching the mechani.
cal arts.
President Jesse NJ. Smith Of tho
Snowflake stake Of Arizona invited the
Saints 10 come TO that state, where,
he said the Mormons had built up
communities whore the spades were
bright and the barns we're full.
President u. %. wooiley OF the Ka.
nab stake reported that there was not
saloon In the settlement over which
he presided
President byron Sessions OF the Big
Horn stake In Wyoming reported that
everybody was prosperous In his dis
trict and that there was not a mort
gage ON a farm In that section.
At the afternoon session Elder u. II
Roberts spoke In favor OF labor unions
saying Il admit that sometimes these
unions go too far In their demands
and have Incorporated within them
selves features that are not good. buI
n our young mon would follow the
trades they must recognize th'
unions"
Elder Joseph A. Merrill. late Of IN,
Samoan mission. reported progress II
the Islands over which he has presid
cd. while Elder Sylvester Q. Cannon
who has lately returned from Tn
Netherlands mission, reported tn
work OF the church prospecting In tina
country.
President Charles Kelly, OF the Bo
Elder stake, said he was Thankful
there was not single secret organ
zatlon in his stake. and declared tina
these trades unions are but seer,
orders. and they should be stunned b
the young men OF Zion"