The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-23
SOURS
ON UNCLE SAM
OF TAYOR SHOWN
IN RECENT UTTERANCEs.
Polygamists Dodge subpoenas to APP
pear in smoot Hearing and at the
Same Time Spy Out Northwest
VI Canada as a New Promised Land
for $4,000 Saints.
Special to The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Raymond, Alberta, May 23..Apostle
John w. Taylor Of the Mormon
church, who has been keeping out Of
fore the Smoot investigation commit
tee, is here, together with Apostle
CoWley, John M. Towner and other
polygamists who do not care to
answer questions. Two months
ago Mr.. Taylor was taken thru Mon
tana BY President James j. Hill for the
purpose Of selecting suitable sites for
Mormon colonies. From the way he
talks 1t is not probable Y that the
apostle will meet the views Of the
railroad president. 5 IS Il
The Mormons, he says. have every
year to find homes for a. larger num-
Der of new converts as we'll as land
for their numerous children. The
authorities of the church are busy Sc
lecting new locations in Wyoming,
Idaho and Oregon, along the Snake
river valley, and in Mexico, but he
the most advantageous country.
Speaking before a meeting Of over
a thousand people here last evening,
the apostle launched into warm
eulogy Of Canada with correspond
ing depreciation Of Uncle Sam and his
domains.
To-day he said, ttmany people in
Utah are almost starving, the rising
generation waiting for death to make
room so that q 20-acre farm may be
divided between eight or ten sons.
Here there are millions Of acres open
to the man who wants home. T
| have studied the laws Of Canada and
| there is no better code In the world.
hear people says Tt almost breaks
| my heart to leave old Uncle Sam
That is all nonsense. balderdash.
When $50 banks failed in the United
4 rKyoG r,nf 40 Un,1f
under in Canada. Your financial
system is sounder. Then, the presi-
dent Of the United States is elected
every four years and it means great
disruption Of business. It is not so
with the government. It is reliable
trust, they remain in office for life.
If the minister resigns, his deputy re-
mains in office and business goes on.
81 was born and reared in the
United States, but voted only once.
I tell you there is a good deal of
nonsense in what you would call 10y
atty to the United States. What has
Uncle Sam done for you? Here, If
you have a man qualified for office,
they put him in. They come to us
and ask us if we have qualified
teachers for the schools, and because
we have not, they supply them. Il
that not liberal? In the United
| SIdCeS IL ~ 1OL SOs Lively 1SuCAd
appointment made in Utah since
was a little boy-judges, marshalf
and postmasters-come largely from
abroad, while we had thousands 0.
qualified men for the offices. Would
the Canadians do any such thing
NO"
| Apostle Taylor then drew q darl
: picture Of the deserts Of Mexico ant
closed by saying that the authorttie
Of the Mormon church had only t.
say the word and they could NOV
, $4,000 people into Canada.
The American immigration to thi
e district-and it Is still large, alth
n not comparable to the rush Of tn
2 last two years-hnds it's way alon,
the railway line between Macleod ant
Edmonton. High river is the cente
, of a boom on this line. This Is .
. mixed farming country, we'll watered
!: and homesteads are yet to be hat
!. within twenty miles or more of tn
!. railway. The prospects are that Their
! will be no depression in the Canadian
Y northwest so long as railway con
struction continues at the presen
n rate, and that will be for many years