Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-14

or fanciod wrong that we had the In
liGns 10 cope with You know, they
we're always more or less az war WIN
one another They stole each Others
children and the children Of the Spar
iaIds OF California and Of the imm!
giants. and we often had to buy them
to save them from being cruelty shot 10
0eath Meanwhile we were always
teaching them the arts of peace and in
duetry and would be meeting with more
or less success until some unbalanced
person would slay another Indian.
Then II would take the concerted
strength OF the whole people to put
down the uprising. This was true IN
large measure IN the case Of the Black
hawk war which was brought on hv
one man will out sense or reason. Our
horses and our cattle were stolen, oar
settlements raided and our people killed,
Wrilo great sums Of money were spent
In an effort 70 restore peace again"
"MoRMoNs" ARE PRACTICAL.
Marvellous practical are these Nor
mon" leaders. You find them engaged in
neatly all the walks OF He Industry IS
the strongest trait OF their character.
They are all workers There are no
drones in their hive They have ever
been taught to use their hands as Wen
as to think Take Mr. Smith. the head
Of the church, 90 aample. lie ~ A
graduate from the school of tell, and in
flat school he learned 80 do many
things well. He has been tiller Of the
soil, stock raiser, q missionary upon
del a., 90 q 10 1..,t -
the great continents, he IS an editor Of
no mean ability ana an unusual force.
mi and impressive speaker; he has seen
military service In Indian and other
trouble; in civic capacities. such ae leg
ielatoE city councilor regent Of the
university he has been elected repeat
edly. His ability ua a lawmaker Is at
tested by the fact that he was chosen
to the Legislature for seven consecu-
tive terms. Some years later he was
elected for the eighth time and was
made president Of the upper house
Later still he was president Of the COM
sututional convention.
These are mutfarious duties FOR a
church Yet he has discharged them all
with more than ordinary credit and
with more than ordinary ability. Much
has heen said the last fcw years about
captains OF industry" IN our country.
IN Utah they may not all he captains,
but there are more volunteers in the
Industrial army according 10 the p0pu-
latiOn than In any section the writer
has ever visited In business affair
President Smith Is regarded as a most
careful and conservative man. For
years he has been actively engaged In
promoting industrial and mercantile en-
tCrprscs and assisted in the organiza-
ton Of the y G. NJ l., Of which ne Is
now the head. This Is the largest mer-
camille institution west OF Chicago. He
IS also president OF Zion's Savings
Bank and Trust company and OF the
State Bank OF Utah He IS likewise
president Of the Consolidated Wagon
/ 0Yd Machine company a concern that
does an immense business throughOn,
the interm0untaln country, as well ms
president Of the Utah Sugar company,
which has six millions of paid-up cap
ital The cooperative Idea runs
through the whole Mormon" structure,
and upon this subject Mr.. Smith SAID:
ABOUT HOME INDUSTRY.
Brother Brigham. you know, was
very strenuous upon the subject Of CO.
operation and home Industry. His doc
trlne was that We ought never to buy
what we could make ourselves, and thar
we ought to make everything We need =
ed 50 far as possible. Accordingly. he
called upon men OF means m our midst
TO build wooden mills, Under his ad-
vice they erected cotton mill In the
extreme southern part of the territory.
A nail factory was also built and in
the early sos President Young did all
IN his power to start the beet sugar IN
dustry, which has been so successful
here the past few years. He even sent
to France for machinery, But the eX-
pertinent was not successful at that
time. In 1865 President Young and his
associates organized r. c. NJ l., and
put the whole cooperative system in
motion. Long before that we had made
our roads and built our bridges under
the same system. That is the way, too,
that We constructed our canals and ir.