Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-13
SPEAKING WELL OF UTAH.

The window Reporter In u paper
published AZ Window Cottonwood co.,
MINI, In lte issue of May I appears
n correspondence IN which the writer
over the signature Of Listener" deals
with "Tho Mormon Way OF support.
Ing the Gospel and other Things"
Listener has evidently spon, some
time IN Salt Lake city ana ondoay.
ored to grasp the situation hero, From
tho letter II may be safely concluded
that he has formed His concu.
sIons independent " the efforts made
by the deramers OF Utah to mIsrepro.
sent tho church, and njure the busI.
ncF ~ the State. The little clique Of
enemies Of ntah make the mistake II
suppoeing that every stranger who
passes through here II on tho lookout
for sensational stories with which 70
further their personal plans, This IN
not the case, Many Anc impartial
ana, as far as they take any interest
al all IN the situation, ask for the
facts They know too, when they are
Imposed upon by sensation. mongerG
They know with Thomas Jefferson
that religion which furnishes the soil
In which virtues grow cannot be evil
We take pleasure In quoting the fol.
loving paragraphs from the letter OF
the "Llstcncr,"
III there ls anything the good Nor
mon believes IN more than IN some
WORK, and he IN not stlngy IN II
either, Had sllngines been q part
Of thu Mormon creed and part OF the
Mormon heart tho city of Salt Lake
and It's beautiful structures would
never have been successful However
other people may think, II mus, be
conceded that Mormonlsm has built
Well whether the religion N built
upon u stone or upon a foundation
Of sand. Thus far however, every.
thlhg az Salt Lake city indicates a
rocky ground work, and the people
seen, as grounded IN their religion AZ
We Gen,llcsi and they think more OF
Il because they are less stingy with
II, They giyo 10 II abundantly, and
believe they are accordingly blessed,
We Oentilcs have been heard TO
cnticlse tho church administration
for bleeding tho people for ~ own
enrichment IN other words, thore
IN n belief that tho administration ID
compofcd of graftcrs, speaking IN
political sense, am not prepared
TO dispute the proposition, nor have
] found anybody much better pre-.
pared 10 alilrm n, though | saw many
people who said the Priesthood robbed
the people, and no one seemed TO
have any backing for the argument
unless II may have como from some
renegade VINO was unworthy To re.
main In communion with tho sanity
sot
~ lThe church, has built schools
and colleges, II has buIlt number OF
temples IN the state and other buildings
~ worship ANA 10 "A casual observer II
seems M though All this could not have
boon done IL there had been much graft.
lng, Tor the assessment for church pur.
poses IL hut ono.tonth OF tho members
Income, and that not compulsory
'lt there IN grating or mIsmAnage.
ment the people who DO the giving ara
satisfied with H. and why should A
Methodist, "A Baptist, or Presbyterian or
n Catholic complain, or even tho no.
ohurchmon or scoffer2 Whose husl.
ness IN II but tholrs2 80 let ls drop
that phase ~ Mormonsm ont " our
curriculum Of criticism and build our.
selves M on our own merits, In Other
words ret the dirt out ~ our own Dyes
thal we may soc clearly whether other
people have any IN tholrs thereby lcnrn,
Ina how 10 criticize by knowing how We
want 10 be criticised
"One.tcnth Of an they make Ia AS
much u part Of their religion nv prayer,
and | know of no place IN all my trav.
OILS over the United states whore tho
people seem moro prosperous or moro
happy Everything ! saw had an air OF
prosperity The people looked prosper.
Gus they talked prosporously, they act
n ana breathe A. THOR tithlng house il
the center N their affection In worldly
things, They arc ~ proud ~ II nv the
Richest merchant prince " hla empor.
ium yet everything IN poured into II,
ana II Nv ~ store house For tho purchase
~ everything II IN also pOtronlgod by
dontllcs M well as the elect |, Ia a
building covering considerable space.
and every day n market day. The
Farmer who has not tho cash FOR his
tIthlnG comes with hay, grain hogs.
cattle, sheen, anything with which 10
nay Ms Church dues II he IN dishonest
and cheats the Church, II IL IN loss, for
u conscience educated 20 think n II his
duty TO give ono'ten,h prlcks ana makes
n coward Of him"
IN ,hls vein the letter continues, Tho
missionaries Of the Church ARE lOudod
for their intelligence ana sclf.sacrince
ana the way IN which the poor are TAX.
en- care " IN described,
That Ia lAa LIMA 90 .a..all.l.. sV.aA