The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-20
WHAT WOULD BRIGHAM SAY?

that the members of that committee were
the only oracles OF wisdom In the world
that the sHcalied men men Of science were
books" and suppose the people OF Pnonia
believed this committee and despised the
men of science. and looked only to the
committee "fcr wisdom and true guild
ance, both temporal and spiritual; II
such were the case, do you think that
the people Of Paonia would now be con-
ceded TO be among the most progressive
and, scientific peach raisers in America?
| Hardly.
Here we sec another influence that
hampers the Utah farmer, He is taught
TO look In the wrong direction for true,
scientific knowledge. An example Of this
very thing rises 10 my mind Several
years ago. when the owners OF the tithing
barrel Joined the sugar trust, the bishops.
presidents of stakes and others In au
thority were told 10 advise the Nor
| mon farmers To raise sugar bects Su-
| any other crop. Scientific aGriculturIsts
advised the Mormon farmers of this fact,
and strongly advised against sugar bects
on small farms with shallow soil. But
the bishops. teachers and presidents OF
the stake advised sugar beets. The reye-
lator was In the sugar business. The
sugar factories had TO keep running at
iull blast TO make profits for the reve-
lator and TO make fat jobs for about
dozen favorites of the rcvclator. The
onc-man church called for sugar beets.
OF what worth was any science or advice
that flew in the face OF the one-man
church? Sugar beets went. Sugar bects
next year. Sugar beets the next year
Dead beets the next year on some farms.
and the farms producing this crop will
grow more numerous from now onward.
Aside from sucking the life blood out
of the farmer and the farm. and aside
from teaching the farmer to prize the
so-called wisdom" Of grating bigots
above the wisdom of true science. the
Mormon church commits another crime
against the farmers. And here let II be
said that by the term Church" In this
paragraph, | mean the partnership that
church In general is composed of wheels
within wheels While the tlthing is be-
Ing collected, the spirit. the body and
The ,it6 faith are Tie church, but after the
self-sclecting partnership that controls
the "tlthing barrel is the Church" You
are ar, ,!a,, the church while You pay tIthing.
uthing Is paid. When II comes TO get
ting rid of tithlng the Church" is n
one or two-man affair. On general out
"Order OF Enoch" your correspondents
have described. the only difference being
inc percentage OF the graft. The bene |
or worldly kind The whole system is
based upon the assumption that lambs |
must be tlceced. fools gulled and the weak |
generation realizes that the God OF Graft
rules In the temple.
The third crime the Mormon church,
the guardians of the tithing bar
rel Is committing against the farmer is
lhls: The farmers of Utah are being
exploited by the church for the benefit
OF the sugar trust The custodians OF
the money of Cod have turned their
backs upon their own people and have
Joined hands with interests that are in all
respects hostile and adverse to the true
welfare OF the people at large and OF the
farmer in nlTtirnlQr Tho
Ing from the commerclal exploitation OF
the farmer class in particular and the
people OF Otah In general must be great,
but who enjoys these profits? Do the
Mormon people participate in these
prohts1 Not to any great extent. A few
lavorites of the "one-man church, revel
colonies In Mexico and Canada, but these
colonies are not for the benefit OF the
people at large, They are maintained at
= 5n0rmous or loss merely to furnish jobs and
mere let II be said that millions OF dol
lars OF the tithing fund have been invest
ca IN polygamy: that is, spent at home
and In foreign colonies TO protect and
!oster polygamy, AT one time the
Church" spent all moneys on hand and
syen borrowed money ISSUED bonds) 10
What benefits accrue TO the people of |
Utah from such investments?
The hoasted wisdom Of the leaders and
,r.,i, r.n,ioia eseHts OF the Mormon people
,lique serving, wasteful folly. when sub
Iecled 10 a careful examination 1t
you'd be hard TO find parallels for such
11 money Every important move made
oy the leaders of the church since the
ieath ie9i1a Of Brigham Young tmanifesto ex-
;epted) was an irreparable blunder-
plumbers. blunders. one blunder after an
'ther. Every investment ever made. ex
,epting H. C N. l.. local banks and sugar
,tock. was dead duck. a white elephant
'r an eyesore. Count up the BANKRUPT
ailroads, amusement places and foreign
colonies that these men OF wisdom have
}utcheIed. How can such men hold
ountains OF wisdom. true counselors and
althiul advisers? How can any sensible
nan, with the record before him depend
IN lheir counsel and advice?
Brigham Young while not above sus
'lcion for selhshness, was without doubt
man VINO. from an economic standpoint
.ave & Value received for what he got. The
reat purpose that dominated all his ac- J
Ions was to make permanent and profit
Die improvements at home. He had S
rams nen1s enough 1 TO see that those improve
ne land ana the people were the best .
Investments. Had Brigham lived the /
sthlng laHiIg barrel would have been used in 9
roVements In Utah. such as scientific I
anals and water systems interurban
Se Ssds Morar @na power 0Snn, plants But alas for
,,J ,,I ,i ~. "'2,' Peopie, those who came after
Their leadership has Impoverished tho i
lrmer and the farm. and made the Nor n
ION people, as a class. followers instead r
! leaders; And this same policy, II con- S
nued. Will relegate the Mormon neonic a
, me rear and reduce them 10 the sore | g
ondltion OF hewers Of wood and drawers
! water for the Gentlles even ne tbo {
nildren OF Israel were in the dava nf r
haraoh. Very truly yours
NEPHI u. WILLIAMS.
Denver, Colo. Jan. ~.
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