Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-25
BOSTON HERALD ON
MORMON CHURCH
Conquest Of a Wilderness by
The Latter-Day
Saints.
EARNESTNESs AND ABILITY.
Has characterized Management of AT.
iairs--No Cloud ON Its Spiritual or
Commercial Good Rcputc.

Under the caption OF "Out of Bus
ness the Boston Herald has the 10
OWING interesting editorial:
The report tha' the Mormon churc
so go out Of business comes withor
Warning and the reasons for m
.hange lh It's policy are NOT set forth
Thai onufch owes q large part of Il,
prosperity to the earnestness ana ahii
" WIN Wnlch II has managed urea
Aslness schemes, making then, 40
my conducive TO the comfort and c,.,,
Rntment OF lls members, but profltahie
N me way OF enrichment of the ep
'lasiaslcal organization Its cononas,
p wilderness and establishment
herein of great and prosperous con, :
MUMMY vas duo Quite as much 10 sn :
@douS business operations conducted
w a iafge scale as to the appeal mad
me spiritual Intelligence and thn
nora conscience OF those affiliated
WIN w. hat tne conversions BY mis-
hoHd'| tnui OF thousands I'm foreign
tngs' uulriils them to emierate ana
come under the protection of tba hi I'.H
afchy In Utah, was due To naroi,.
material promise of better WorIdi,, ne,,S
'tlons need not be affirmed bui !, a.,
mqueslonably true that the renor, -,
Improved worldly conditions has gona
IoroSd ana mas powerfully seoonded
very appeal made on other grounds
MANAGED WITH ENTERPRISE
me Mormon Church has been ror
Hsl VI JUS material side with en,or
Prise ana prudence. Say what 49, |
nay OF It's peculiar tenets ~ fai., one
M' developed men who had $780, :,
Eye 70 the main chance were b,si,u
gen Of an unusual prescience NJ m
tIstsnd or the necessity OF nrosno,,t'.
m,f religious scheme. grantinr a, -,
e reHslous VAS not to fan az h,,,
1lea' or others have failed. becauso
.nsl5 was no obvious prosperity as ~
~. vi sa,llHce ana devotion. The
~ XII. " the settlement of Snl,
, ,oeS ."g compelled the leaders to he
,,.,,. NIse, capital with which 10
Ia,n NJ ,i,h Sa1'erea IN by strict sys-
vesth n,'.iis, applied TO all forms of
MIX sop r5gG .,I and II was used
Wy soWld Judgment in a way that
sIeu 70 the common bens1i "'' ~
aouDtsdly the leaders proftcd ~, IN
p.Ilof aegree but all profjted IN az
rslee' AS communal svateun a., ,,
w . long period marked s,,cons as
w lm conduct was so upright In ~
lp'n' % business ethics thai tba Nh, one !
mOI NnurcA always enjoyed cyceIi :
'eut ID me worlds marts Of trsda !,
TO MAKE LIFE ToLERApLr D
-, ~ ,ne BEGINNING, Of course the 90, t,
,,or@S esuou'T was 10 make life FAR re. N
s.Y,ru l'oln contacts with civjlIza,iy.,, N
y. h ase, Inc desert was 10 he madn "
,,r, u,sisyh WITH coptenting social on. n,
Er t,Iullei ana to Yield an abundanre W
Juc.5 SUPPORT ~ those who were in nm
hs ~ WllhdraN 10 It. The rule n
abssf,s KY VAS stringent, practically =,
u.s,,. ''., guy II was not Wholly selQsh- a
=, ~ lex. Sxpl'r c;i ''e ar-onirnanItS sinHf 81
tsd been established IN a region as dis al
nnt from other communities OF civ 81
i.ization as the Atlantic coast colonies
were I'M the seventeenth century. and | OF
Iepellng instead Of inviting a close. re- tv
alton they found Il TO be orderly, In a
luAtrlous, comfortable and prosperous a
N degree exceeding that OF all other A
soatcd communities of pioneers on A
Inc continent, a marvel Of iudicious and A
economical administration. II was not A
luxurious, 10 bo sure, but It, was Ia
good and steadily lettering economical A
circumstances ~ n remarkable degree
hdtpendenj ana sufficient unto itself. A
OF GOOD REPUTE.
From those earlier times IL has been
NtanlN growing stronger as a financial G.
experiment., With no cloud, 40 far as we "A
noW, on its commercial good repute q,
EASTERN civilization has penetrated to r
\ and for almost generation the a,
MORMON Church has been affected by n.
association aud competition with the ri
Fnuie world This has operated to
mToduce moro eXtravagant ideals and n,
Vmerht habits Of living, perhaps a de- o,
gree OF discomfort with the simplicity -
q iofmer conditions, when poverty was A
Y" esteemed curse because there was :
20 vulgar Haunting OF riches by those -
sho nad a larger share than the most. ),
,,.,l ul'ess' also, the spectacle OF vol- =,
eaaty ana moderate, instead OF an ex- a,
aV'ei large, contribution, To the COM :,
y eOn luhd mas aided 20 stir up dissatis- "
, ,s,... nevertheless. II seems TO be :
y mat The policy OF the Mormon
hurfh has been maintained with re- !
har&ole persistence and without suf- y
lsIlns substantial weakening by seces. y
,phs The business operations OF the y.
nurch nave not shrunken, but have \
~, extended availing OF the new fac 4
- Vi ampHion and opportunity Rail- Z
AUS irrigation works, Industrial de- Il
, " OF all kinds, has been engage Z
~ w as II under a spur to show the y
.,,o'1pe'ence Of the Church administra- !
w, 70 care for its own, as well as those 4
Ivy nv. ot the Church were cared for by he I
.o ss Ilal methods IN which they took !.
70 great pride. Z
BONDS OF UNITY. 1
II be true that the MormonChurch !
.s determined TO go out OF business 1
n. 'n oIganlzatlon and cease TO make !
~. vunuIatlon Of wealth by official
h p'ses a specific form Of activity.
n,s. stat Significance. That the an. q
,s,lnvIt is unaccompanied by any u
fhs.eu' ~ reasons for no signal
Sss,sf seems strange. II may have u
rs.,Il unnecessary there to make a y
M, d reasons In justification of the g
a. " may be based on some new g
IA hauoh that has been vouchsafed n
r,l6a5 authorities, who pretend TO be
h., ny divine injunctlons received a
thsf tne 70 time. II means. however, a
risa Ns hierarchy will cease TO exer- G
sr.,,, temporary power It has hitherto U
10 49, and VIII limit It's authority y
fsr,o Rsucal propagation and de- !
wifi \, y. inc faith Possibly the lalty Z
ti0ur 't'lANsoANfl9 ldAtt LOT ftll-
lbsv IMPOSES as they have been; but =,
i6.i- W. certainly be more free to serve q
,is,ol' ,,erests by Independent aud indI- a
otbse discretion. Like the members OF y
ma ,nlr shes they Will have personal "
wlp LI, whether the Mormon Church u
Ineitr,ts continue TO be an aggressive =,
fahh GNon and to defend Its peculiar y
Church competition with that OF other II
rpld wiz remain To be seen; hut n ..
iht sem TO have discarded one of y
bepfni rs OF unity that has been found :,
'n,atsd w we past and one that differ. !,
II wpi' rom The world about Il. u
hat such natdiy fail to be remarked =,
iIsrlprlnr 'gs'on follows hard upon the I,
mon Up lhe power of his ORGANIZATION y
,aasdd' 1nmunlstc principles and or. =
ihurcb =, as 2 wealth producing y
MAR - u has Occurred, after soma !,