Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-28
AN OLD TALE TOLD AGAIN.

"Mexlco City. June 26.-A report II
being circulated here TO the enect thal
inc Mormon church would be Quite ac-
lively engaged during the next l."
months IN securing land III various poI.
lions Of Mexico for the purpose Ct
cclongat.on. The assertion Is made
that Il was recently decided to puf-
chase a tact Of 100000 acres In sonora
or Chihuahua TO be used as an oA-
tension OF the colonies of Colonia, Dnp-
Ian ard Dlaz. The arrangements are
about completed, It IL said, and WITH
in few weeks the deeds VIII be READY
for transfer,
TN addition to these lands, It Is
learned. the Mormon Elders have taken
hold Of several other land offers re-
Gently nude to them. Among these are
said 10 be large tracts Of land In Sina-
loa and Chiapas,"
The fore going press dispatch has been
published in large number Of news-
papers in this country. It is one OF
those periodical reports about "hoy-
mons moving into Mexico" or as var
led lately, Into Canada or some other
place, where a few OF our people have
settled. Like the rest OF the stories OF
that kind, It Is without foundation In
truth.
Offers Of land for Mormon" colonial
ton are frequently made TO the Church
authorities, Also applications are en-
tered for Mormon colonlsts, the lfea
still being entertained that the Church
is engaged In great Immigration
scheme, and that "Mormons" can be
lad for the asking to enter upon lands
that need occupation and cultivation
our peope are recognized rs splendid
pioneers, industrious homemakers and
permanent and peaceable citizens. That
IL why they are wanted at different
points, End that is why IT is supposed
that the Church is ready to buy land
on which 10 place them.
Although It may seem to be labor in
vain. we have to continue TO deny these
rumors. and to explain the facts. The
Church IL not possessed Of the large
sums Of money supposed to be at ils
command. II is yet paying interest on
half the bonds, issued In consequence
of losses during the litigation in which
IL was once for some time involved,
These viii no doubt be redeemed before
very long But the Immense wealth"
credited to 1t il a myth.
Il the Church was as rich as mag
lned, It would not be engaged In the
business that some crafty land specu-
lators propose for It. The notion that
land Is offered by II ms an inducement
10 people abroad to emlgrate to this re-
gion, is absolutely untrue and absurd
There is nothing offered to anyone by
our missionaries but the pure Gospel OF
Christ and the promise OF persecution
Converts come her because they want
to, and at their own cost, II they OBJ
tain land they acquire title TO 1t as
other folks do and hold It in their own
right.
Our people are advised to own the
land they TN and the houses thoy live
In. Some OF them move out OF Utah
into places adjoining, or from one vail
ley to another that they may have
farms and homes OF their own. But
there Is no extensive exodus, and no
great land schemes on foot for that
purpose. Spectators would like It &c
go out that the Church is about to buy
their acres so that others may be in
auced to purchase, and that "Mormons'
are going to occupy certain areas, SO rs
10 raise the value Of lands adjoining
The present story about Mexican pur'
chases and colonl2lng by the Mormon
Church is but the echo or repetition o.
IN old canard.