Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-09

until the close Of his earnest and use
| ml life We win here append a few
| extracts from diGcoursea delivered by
him at early dates IN the history Of
this commonwealth. In a discourse on
April 2, 1851 he said
I'VE also wish you TO raise faN and
make linen cloth. We have as good
workDea at this business as there are
I'm the world Tho American breih-
tcn do not generally know now To
raise FAX Ia make fine linen, but they
can easily learn. Instead OF sowing iNe
p-cks TO the acre. sou iyc or more
bushels. and you viii raise max as soft
"a silk from such fax ibors can be-
hptcheled us One ns SPIDERS WEBS
.,ost of the linen We Import Is more
than half cotton.
"seRd 10 the States. 90 TO the stores.
buy where you please. and do you think
you can get better nails than you can
get 20 our nail factory? ! know what
nails are; ! have driven "a great many.
There Is noe better pnll made nj
Boston or in Germany than there IS at
this factory
we should now make our own iron.
We have spent about sl50C00 to
make iron here but we have failed not
for want of ore or the want of skill
Where IL the difficulty? We have the
best Of iron orc and We have coal
close by us ana some man VIII go 10
work, by and by who is BOT worth $50
aud make iron.
We have shown you that we can
make nails. ! cannot do everything.
Who has brought cardng machines
ana other machinery here? Twelve
thousand dollars we have spent to get
the Manufacture Of pottery under way.
By aud by some man will come along.
not worth $50 ana take the felspar,
which enters 50 largely into our gran
tie rock, aud make the best of china
ware.
"we want glass. Some man will
come along By ana by and take the
quartz rock. rig NJ a little furnace and
make glass.
The Lord has placed IN our pos
session the elements pertaining to this
earth. AS I told the people when We
first came into this valley in lsi7, there
ia plenty Of silk In the elements here.
as much so as in any other part OF
the earth. Here IS also the fine linen.
Were there any sheep here when we
came first here? No. Were there any
SILK raisers then here? No. Were there
any flax raisers here? No. Neither
was there a stalk growing except what
we're growing wild. The elements are
here
We must prepare to gather around
us every necessary OF life, to make
every implement we may wish TO use.
and TO produce from the earth every
grain, vegetable. and fruit that we may
eat. and not go to any other place To
buy Produce every article OF cloth
ing that we need. and stop this inn
poitation that we are now encountered
with We must produce all we can en-.
ll 9&,w wan, to maxi. o,,. .,., ,,.,,..
Tho inquiry Is, viii II pay cost? How
much paper do we want TO use? There
Is annually imported into and used IN
this territory some 100000 worth OF pa
per. Were we making our own paper,
much more would be used, for we could
then fll the Territory with school books
printed here and could supply all the pa.
per required throughout the Territory.
thereby saving great many thousand
dollars now paid FOR transportation
He made these remarks IN a public
address on February ., 1852
II feel like urging upon the people
the necessity of preparing TO grow and
manufacture that which they consume.
II IL my Indispensable duty To urge this
Important item upon them and to warn
them OF coming evils to themselves un-
less they attend 10 II.
we now need twenty times more
carding machines I'm this Territory than
We have. Wool now lies IN the mill
month after month before II can be
Carded, which Injuries IT, VIII our ca
pitalists send aud bring In Carding ma.
chimes and other machinery
The annexed paragraphs are from a
discourse he delivered on June T. 1853:
Sixteen years ago when We were
cnmped upon this Temple block. ! told
the people that there existed, iu the ele-
ments around US In these mountain re-
gions, wheat corn, rye, oats, barley
flax. hemp, silk and Is cry element for
producing the necessary articles used
by man for food, ranent and shelter.
We breathe II IN the atmosphere, drink |
II In the water, dig II when We dig IN |
the earth ana walk over II when We
walk, Here are the elements for eve
~ cereal. vegetable and fruit, and for
every textile material that grows in the
same latitude and altitude In any part
OF the world, No country I'm the world
will yield more and a greater variety
OF the products Of life than will portions
of this mountain country, We have
proven all this to be true.
From the beginning | have striven
with my might to get men 10 bring ma
chinery into the country 10 get them 10
raise sheep and wool, have the wool
made into cloth, and then wear IT, Who
has followed my example IN this?'
The necessity Of home Industries has
been presented TO the people Of Utah
by all the prominent men In the "Mor-
mon Church, ana has been the sub
ject Of numerous addresses at the
Church conferences by each succeeding
President, II the people generally will
now unite In practical cndeavors for
the establishment Of home manufaC-
lures. and viii also purchase and use
the home products in preference to
those imported the community will
grow rapidly IN wealth, having plenty
Of means for home circulation Instead
OF sending 50 much money away from
the State,and the moral effects viii keep
pace with the financial, and there VIII
be no idle hands To do mischief In the
devils Workshop