The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-07

than the average mortality in the United
States And this In spite OF the fact that
the patients who come there do not come
until they are in the last extremity Of
disease and decrcptude
The Deseret News is doing glorious
work
"The bureau Of information is perform
Ing splendid service. Beginning with 500
invested in books Il now has $4,000 In
vested in books and pamphlets, which are
sold or distributed 10 the thousands upon
thousands OF tourists who come to it ev-
cry year. II Is an important factor In
our work.
Return of Tithe Money.
r. y = wan, to dispel the nIsunderstand,
logical trend of his thought, THAT IL is
unjust and unfair to the tithe gatherers
to say that they gather tithes from the
outside and bring them to Salt Lake. de-
prving the outside districts where they
are gathered in proportion To the amount
gathered. II may surprise You 10 know
that fifty-one per cent of all tithcs are
returned to them TO be used In their own
activities. 1t Is manifestly impossible
to return the exact amount to each Sec
ton that is gathered. for there Is al
needs OF the different stakes. Some
times a stake gets more than It paid
In, For example. one stake last year
showed needs that called for l03 per
so per cent The average is 81 per cent.
salt Lake county does not receive the
amount IL pays. Salt Lake county-the
old Salt Lake staie-pald in far more
only 10 per cent last year,
General Authorities Out OF It.
There are some Of our outside friends
who are suspicious, who believe that the
church is big machine 10 make money
for few. / want 10 say that not dol
lar OF the tithc funds goes into the
hands OF the general authorities. Reve-
nues from certain other sources are suf-
ficient to cover their needs and eXpendi-
lures The 1.-THE money is used for the
stltutions, necessary expenses OF a gen.
cral nature.
II do not conceive that any man would
administer the financial affairs OF the
church in better manner than the
president and those who arc associated
with him. Every dollar has been eX-
pended wisely. and If you were book
committee is. you would be ready To join
in the certificate that has been read In
your hearing
an increase during the year. He re-
ferred to the fact that the year is one
OF great financial activity. but even So
the people are paying out OF proportion
to the increased activity. This is be-
cause they have implicit confidence In
the honesty. wisdom and integrity OF
those who administer these funds"
MI Ritter paid a touching tribute to
the memory OF the late President Win
der. and then proceeded to give. Off
hand. few statistics that proved TO be
interesting TO the great crowd In atten-
dance.
Deaths, Births and Marriages.
The birthrste among the members OF
1000. as against 50 in the United States
as whole. The death rate he placed at
30 for the Mormons. as compared with
an average In the United States OF II
oenfino fbIS Ritter
that the life insurance companies have
seldonl-found a death
rate below 10 and the insurance com
panies base their figures on risks that
are physically perfect-that is. they
carefully examine the applicants. and do
not take the aged or the children.
and infirm: the little children and you
know there are many little children in
are counted, and our death rat
IS less than ten out OF thousand said
Mr. Ritter.
Sixteen and one-half out OF every 1000
were married In the year. This was
larger than the average for the United
States. Mr. Ritter was certain. but he
There were thirty-orre widows and
widowers in the 1000. mostly the aged,
ne said.
Of age who are not married. The
remedy for this lies in your own hands"
said Mr.. Ritter.
There have been only forty-stN per-
sons dlvorced-that is, twenty three
those married in the temple.
This is a per cent OF divorces OF mar
ragcs in the temple OF one and six
tenths. Civil marriages. ii was said.
showed a per centage of divorces OF
seven and one-half. This. said Mr.:
Ritter. was in evidence of the safety of
temple marriages. Presiding Bishop
Nibley at the afternoon conference sup
piled the additional information that
PAS persons had been married In the
temple in 1908.
There were 2Oe5 missionaries. whose
costs their friends 100000
a year.
Forty-six per cent Of the church Is en-
rolled IN the Sunday-school. This in
cludes not only the children, but also the
Nine and tenth per cent are In the
Y. l.. NJ I. A. and $40 per cent in the
Y. NJ. NJ. / "A. Nineteen per cent are
in the primary classes. and 10 per cent
in the religion classes.
with reference 10 the. priesthood, Mr..
Ritter said that 1855 hold the higher
priesthood and 33.537 the lesser.
Mission Presidents Speak.
The first speaker of the forenoon ses
sion was Ben L. Rich president of the
eastern states mission. Among other