The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-01
SAINTS PRAYING FOR RELIEF.


from the "inside' that the Mormon
people are waking up TO the fact that
they are being robbed right and left
An item of special correspondence
TO the Deseret News, and printed in
that pnper on Monday, May 30, 1910,
describes a happening al the Box Elder
stake conference, which was held at
Brigham City on Saturday and Sunday,
May 2Sth and 29th. The correspondent
of the News says "the audience was
composed of stake and ward officers of
the various auxiliary organizations, of
whom there were over 900 present. -
The Tribune would be unable more sue
cinctly to state the particular action
described than it is stated in this cor
respondencc to the church organ; and
FOR that reason it is eminently proper
10 quote that much of the letter, which
is as follows:
The question of the many magazines
published and the burden OF the support
OF the same, came up for discussion FL
council moved that il be the Sense OF
the officers OF the Box Elder stake in con-
ference convened that we use our In
huence and urge that these magazines
be combined into one"
The question was discussed by Justin D.
can. stake superintendent OF Sunday
schools; Ernest p. Horsley, stake super
intcndent of Y. NJ. NJ l. A; Eliza Tbomn
son, stake superintendent of Y. L. NJ. /
a., and other officers who had ALWAYS
been loyal 10 the various publications and
expressed their willingness TO continue
so In case the church authorities were
averse 10 consolidation: but they thought
that the merging OF those magazines
would mean saving of 500. 900 or $50, 900
per annum to the l,atter-day Saints
Elder Hcbcr j. Grant of the APOSTLES
quorum. who was present. said that he
mad been In favor OF a move OF that kind
for years, but stated that some OF the
i.i'u, imsLnpers ol the general boards of the
various organizations were not In favor
OF merging their publications. When the
vote was called all present. with the ex-
ceptlon OF TWO persons voted i'm favor
OF the proposition To merge the publica-
lions of the auxiliary organlza tions into
one paper.
There arc several propositions in
volved in this matter, and The Trib. |
une will endeavor to give its version
Of them in such plain and candid man.
ner as TO convince readers that it is |
able to interpret movements of the |
Mormon hierarchs in rather accurate |
fashion, First, the number of recog- |
nized publications attaching to church
auxiliary organizations, and 10 which
he saints are expected to subscribe.
has grown to such magnitude that
compliance on the part Of members with
he expectations would bankrupt them
lit would be totally impossible for the
ordinary man Of family to keep up the
expense. Primary, Sunday-school. Mu.
ual Improvement, Elders quorum,
Seventies quorum, High Priests
Quorum, and other magazines, book
cts, aud leaflets, added to the
of "donation funds
nd all capped by the ten per cent
lthlng requirement, have come to make
% burden that the saints are no long.
+ able to bear. They have complained.
nd they are complaining now. on ac.
cunt of these impositions. This com.
liant Coupled with another considera.
lon) has impelled the higher officials /
0 lnaugurate what for the moment NAV
ppear to the victims to be a retrencb.
rent. The Mormon hierarchs never {
love except pushed by the Geutiles or {
their own people. This time if is q
their over burdened own people !
[oweVer, 1T is necessary for them TO l.
ecedc in such manner as 20 make if c
ppcar that they are only acting in 9
raclous compliance' with a respectful I
'quest of their followers. Upon the y
irtacc, TINS movement Mt Brigham CITY :
ppears to be "A spontaneous one on the c
art OF the people, but il is NOTHING of a.,
lie KIND. 1t is true that primarily il il
rev out of the complaints or the over !,
lrdcned and rebellious followers. but "
lat complaint is noticed simply because I,
fear that to ignore it would mean p
'struction to the pretended propbets S'
ct, as we have said it must be made d
appear that the wishes OF the peonlc =
C respected
Nevertheless, the proposal for con. n
lldatlon comes from the president of
e church and his quailing satraps. The ~
oof rests III the fact that at Brigham u
ty tho action taken was proposed BY ,,
member OF the high council; it was e
scussed and favored bv lesser prrosts .,