The San Francisco call., 1905-03-09
MORMON FINANCE.

A
speech We unable say except by
proprietor and the large number OF secular occupations
which the church engaged requires capital and
hes business church the
equipment Of the church buildings temples and other houses of
worship and the OF its religious minstraions all that should
be easily possible when year takes oneenth OF all its people
have, a religious tithe
those who take of themselves This doubt
and IS praseworv The only difference between the Mormon
respect rely vol
unay contributions OF their people, and the power
compel the of oneenth Again If all other churches owned
mills sugar factories
dry goods grocery drug secular
and took their profits to be turned into the church treas
r that they would all be in funds and have
than enough money without being compelled pass the hat
But does think that such condition desrabe' Is
well for the people and for the civil that churches should
gage secular business: Is the ideal social religious condition
church, Our friend asks IF the Mormons satisfied with
their of financing making all contribute whose business
If the heavy 1.-THE paid used religious purposes
equip temples and churches and administer the charities of the
church. and the members willing to pay that annual tax tor
that purpose the business OF any medd Certainly
the should and there less than sovereignty that
interfere
Mormonism form OF the religious idea, long free Of
Mormonism may be subject only antagosm which always
between the adhents of the many forms which the
ligious idea held among
Mormon poseyters busy among the Gentles Gentle
right quarrel If the Mormons
make the of the interfere Ifhe
Gentle missionaries can convert Morons the state cannot be used
persecute the aposates Within proper legal limitations
OF religious the Mormon church has equality rights
and there be much in church poy that be prohablv
studied by other religious organizations But all this has nothing
with the seculars of that church If its ts used
absorbing the secular OF Utah. and monopong
that Gentle practically denied the right
the public schools the the church and
made teach Momons then the State has republican
government constitutional Interpretation, Congress
the obligation put by the
every State republican form of government
We have doubt that theocracy Utah entirely satsfac
tory the Mormons themselves They willing submit
command of the church only its and other
all Aormons of Utah Brigham Young
dreamed Of Mormon empire and through of his
ruled such empire His exceedingly have had
the genius what all would have said
impossible No Mormon then believed that would
BILE after Utah became make complete conquest there
for the Mormon church 1t believed that American
could be completely subverted by church 1t of
arVels of history The remedy is difficult that
ppa the craftsmanship of the country The church
business complete monopoly be touched ndferenty
oand how reached in
business of the State? Resort the Legislature
church No ant-monopoly Utah.
hitting the church in its secuaies be either passed
forced.
But the difficulties the nation permit
theocacy masquerade in the and of
you going do about it, We confess that
only this that the political
church Utah present conditions
form and that when anything becomes
ways always found to deal with it