The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-01
A Scene from "The Young Mormon

or anywhere else would do thing like
that. He thought of tithing receipts
frst-tithing, tithing, tithing first, last
and all the time. Why. mother, if dad
had put all he has paid in tithing into
some good insurance company
Father-Don't compare the church
to an insurance company, Me pay
money TO an insurance company and
help to keep a lot of scamps wearing
diamonds and maintaining luxurious
establishments! | read about those
insurance companies and the elders
spoke about them in the meetings
Son-ln the very faults you speak
about, the Mormon church does re-
semble the big insurance companies ms
they were before the investigation was
made. The officers of the big insurance
companies were handling the money of
widows and orphans without account
ability. That made them bold They
began to graft, Now the same system
prevails in the church-uo accountable
ity-a man who handles money with
out any liability TO an account can do
as he pleases with 1T. Result: All
members of the higher priesthood, who
are within reach of the tithing barrel
are rich Now, on broad principles,
what is the difference between those
insurance grafters and the 1.-THE collect
prs?
Mother-It S faith, my son, faith and
tithing are one, Tthing is voluntary
and so is faith.
Son-Why don t Joseph f. Smith rem
der an account of tithing collected and
expended OF course. Your faith in
the revelations of the prophet and in
the revelations of God, must depend
upon some man S word for it. These
things cannot be proved by documents
hn hr
why, that S only facts and figures, re-
ceipts and vouchers. no use or reason
of asking for faith there. Joseph f..
Smith taxes our crcdulitv enough by
asking us To have faith i'm some other
things that cannot be proved. Why
does he ask us to have faith in the
correctness of the tithing account when
that is matter that can be proved
by cold vouchers and figures! | II
tell YOU why; 1t is because all is not
well with the tithing fund. Ii the
Mormon people only knew how much
of that fund went for personal graft.
gain, profit and luxury OF those around
the tithiug barrel they would be reused
to riot. \ true account of the tithing
fund would settle this tithing question
for all time. Joseph +. Smith knows
that and that is why he is afraid to
account.
Fathcr-What business is it OF yours?
You pay no tithing?
Son-Any system of graft or fraud
that tends TO impoverish large portion
Of the people is every man s business.
1t is a fit and proper subject for legis-
lation, Every good citizen should use
his infucnce-
Father-You are on the high road to
apostacy-Oh that [ should raise
son (EXit.)
Mother-Not apostatc. father. not
apostatc-do not say apostatc (She
follows father)
Son (Folds his arms and PAGES the
floor. talking to hlmsclf) Apostatc!
Apostate} What m awful word ia
mother. But under the Smith dynasty
il is the name of the thinking Mormon
nevertheless. Every thinking Mormon
is an apostate. No apostates, no edu-
cation no intellectual life. no manhood.
No apostates. no brains Apostacy from
this rotten hierarchy! / am sorry 70!
mother and father, but, TO think of
tho rotten graft that robs them OF
broad in their old age. Rotten, rotten,
rotten.