Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-05-25
ASTON HERALD ON
mormon CHURCH
,,auest Of a Wilderness by
The Latter.Day
Saints.
:lHNesTNESS AND ABILITY.
=, charnct,ri1cd Management of At.
.,--No cloud on Its Spiritual on
commercial Good Reputc,

rider the caption OF "out OF BUSH
49, the Boston Herald has the fol-
Nns Interesting editorials
arport that the Mormon Church
,vn out Of business comes without
,,shg and the reasons for the
a,r IN IT'S policy are not set forth.
N thurch owes a large part of its
w,Derlty to the earnestness and abil-
Win which II has managed great
it1sss schemes, making them not
m conducive To the comfort and con-
virent Of iis members, but profitable
NE way Of enrichment OF the &C.
a,astical organization. Its conquest
ia wilderness and establishment
h,rein Of great and prosperous COM
.uriy was due quite as much 10 sa-
reOns business operations conducted
nalarge scale as 10 the appeal made
d the spiritual intelligence and the
moral conscience OF those affiliated
VIA Il, That the conversions by mis-
tor4ly effort OF thousands IN foreign
ants. inducing them TO emigrate and
ZONE under the protection Of the hier-
irrhy In Utah. was due TO u merely
MATERIAL promise OF batter worldly con-
jt0ns need not be affirmed; but il Is
Mtgsaionably true that the report Of
rEOred worldly conditions has gone
lAfoid and has powerfully seconded
Es7 appeal made on other grounds
NGAGED WITH ENTERPRISE.
ne Mormon Church has been man
vi on It's material side with enter
Ts and prudence. Say what one
M Of rs peculiar tenets Of faith, il
w developed men who had q shrewd
ge 10 the main chance were business
zen Of an unusual prescience of un-
ieSiand Of the necessity Of prosperity
I their religious scheme granting IL to
h religious was not TO fail as hum
5ltds on others have failed, because
here was M obvious prosperity as the
result Of sacrifice and devotion The
,ondiilons Of the settlement of salt
Lake City compelled the leaders TO be
worldly wise Capital With which to
WolksWas gathered IN by strict sys-
lem Of tithing, applied TO all forms OF
wealth production, and 1t was used
VIM sound Judgment in q way that IN
lIed 10 the common benefit. I'm
ioublsdly the leaders proGted In a SUI
prlor degree, but all prollted IN some
lesree, As Il communal system II was
'oT q long period a marked success.
va rs conduct was so upright in the
rolnt Of business ethics that tine Nor
mon Church always enjoyed excellent
Iedii IN the worlds marts Of trade.
TO MAKE LIFE ToLERABLE.
IN Tho beginning. Of course. the con-
Tolllns motive was 10 make life far re-
moved from contacts with civilization
loefaole. The desert was To be made
% blossom With contentlng social OPP
poHlhlues and TO yield an abundance
ior me support Of those who were In
tae'l 10 Withdraw 10 It. The rule c.
w peocfaey was stringent, practically
, uSossoa'e, but 1t was not wholly selfish.
" ,.'"'-i, WIN the community, init
h'd been established IN a region as dis
t3i' from other communities of civ
il''ilGn as the Atlantic coast colonies
were W the seventeenth century. and
feVellins Instead Of inviting a closer re-
lation, they found It to be orderly. in
aualrlous, comfortable and PROSPEROUS
N a degree exceeding that of all other
lsolated communities OF pioneers on
'ne continent a marvel Of judiCious and
economical administration. II was not
lNxlrlous, 10 be- sure. but 1t was in
sood and steadily lettering economical
circumstances, IN remarkable degree
Independent and sufficient unto itself.
OF GOOD REPuTE.
From those earlier times it has been
steadily growing stronger as a financial
Experiment., with no cloud 40 far as we
mipW, on us commercial good repute'
Eastern civilization has penetrated TO
!, ana ior almost generation the
MORMON Church has been affected nv
association and competition with the
Henule world. This has operated 10
introduce moro extravagant ideals and
a,ueIt,t In1ahits OF living, perhaps a de-
e,.e oi hlscontont with the simplicity
=, iuI.ler conditions, when poverty was
' ,'o esteemed a curse, because there was
40 vulgar Haunting OF riches by those
yp'l, nad larger share than the most.
also. the spectacle OF "A vol
un'aIy ana moderate, instead OF an ex-
aOtel large' contribution. TO the com
,uuu lNnd has aided 10 stir IN dlssatis-
'aouon Nevertheless, Il seems TO be
I'VE mat tho policy OF the Mormon
.hur'l mas been maintained with re =
.ualAae'e persistence and without suf
'tHng substantial weakening by seres
,.oHs Tho business operations Of the
nuGcn nave not shrunken. bur hive
~ .A'ehded, availing OF the new fac.
o9 " ambition and opportunity. Rail-
, ,,,ps, irrigation works, Industrial de 4.
az ,Ss'Vpinent OF all kinds, has been engag-
~ w, az II under q spur to show the
Dll po'eEce ot the Church administra.
.'oh 70 care for it's own, ms well as those
not OF the Church vera cared FOR nv ~.
81 ,g' o''. ,ol methods In which they took
BONDS OF UNITY.
II II be true that the monChurch
81 n''yIIHlned 10 go out OF business
ths sanitation and cease to make
s g a'rulnulation of wealth by official
!, ~, l'.ses q specific form OF activity.
nou nos sieat significance. That the an.
,ts,so. in,hi is unaccompanied by any
cblehl NJ reasons for no signal a
ssa,a seems strange. II NAV have
ps,sIu Unnecessary there 10 make a
~ s"'e OF reasons IN Justification Of tho
'r.r,t. may be based on some new
N ~ mat has been youchsafed
QuidSl aau'norltles, who pretend TO be
'ro,, 't a. hy divine injunctions received
bsf ,Hs % time. II means. however
lee .e hierarchy will cease 10 eyer.
,ys.,t temporary power Il has hi,herto
o sr'loe, ana viii limit It's authority
slnos ~ '4.sucal propagation and de.
yll !" nc taith. Possibly the laity
.lopg ,n az oppressively taxed for reli.
her n. p,''t'poses rs they have been; but
heir ~ certainly be MORE free 10 serve
.lduai iit,rests by Independent aud indl-
ilor pscretion. Like the members op
reado,,u u,gles, they will have personal
vim NV. whether the Mormon Church
lstii,,,i continue 10 be nm aggrcssiyn
am I'm and 10 defend Its peouIisr
hur.t competition with that Of other
.o,,,i 'gf VIII remain 10 be seen. bu, i,
no seem to have discarded ono of
elnnn ~ oI unity that has been found
ltj9toa me past and one that differ.
1T nm, rom the world about IL
Ia, WIZ hardly fail IN ha ,a,,,a. i,.a
IsrunS,In action follows hard unon The
mn n.y. OF D9wie's Zion. He Mad
Don W. she power Of his oreanization
lnlgsAu 'uihunistic princlples and Az
huron =, as q wealth produc,ny
ears % Ina, " mas Occurred, after soma
rosno az notable harmony and annarsn,