Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1917-06-22
CONDITIONS
DEPICTED BY ELDER
Herbert p. Haight of Cedar City
Writes Interesting Letter
to Home Folks.
FLOUR is SHORT AND
BREAD FAMINE LIKELY
A Visit to Some of the Historic and
Other Places of Interest Breaks
the Monotony of Regular
Missionary Life.

We have obtained the permission Of
the family to publish the following
letter from Elder Herbert Haight to
his folks residing in this city. 1t is
especially interesting because in adj
dition to describing many of the old
historic places of England, it throws
some light upon conditions as they
exist in the old world during the great
war that is raging there.
Elder Haight's letter follows:
Birmingham, England, May Ia, 1917.
Dear Parents, Brothers and Sisters:
] received mothers letters and they
are all that keeps me alive. The boys
said today they wished | would get u
letter every morning, the way | vas
singing around after reading yours Of
the Both. You will pardon me for not
writing while | was IN my trip. l
couldn't very we'll do it, we were on
the go all the time. II sure did me
good. / feel like a new man now.
| had a cold for two or three weeks
and was afraid that / couldn't go, but
called on a doctor and he sounded my
heart and lungs and told me that he
thought l was all right. believe 1t
left me the first day out. We attend
ed the conference at Nottingham and
had a fine time. The spirit OF the
Lord was with US and we were blessed
with good weather and all to make our
trip a success. Pres. Richards gave
us some good instructions, but very
little encouragement on the war sit
%uation, for we wonder if our country
will be involved in this great struggle
as these countries are. 1t looks very
much like you are.
By all means raise all the food you
can, for | am afraid that there will be
a famine all over the world. | have
seen lots Of horse meat sold over the
block here, so we must be loyal to
our country and furnish her with grain
and meat. | think that is loyalty as
much as taking up arms, for these
I OOuiltli to Hluob NC leu uih aIC Wiiiihb
to fight it to a victorious end. The
German menace has got to be stopped
for the good Of the world. Militarism
must be done away with, The govern
ment must be taken away from an
ambitious rolalty and given to a peace
loving people. World domination is a
dream that must be shattered for |
feel that the kaiser had hopes of rul-
ing the world with his great army.
This war is doing a great deal of good
in the introduction of democracy, but
into it. The way is opening up for
freedom of worship, and the Lord
must prepare the world for His com
ing. | am certain this is one of the
steps.
Some of the Dark Aspects.
Orson must be conservative and wise
before he takes a final step. Find out
the best way you can serve your
try. Our country has got a big e.
nough burden to provide mean and
food. If she can set her people to
work and use all her waste land.
There has been a complete revolution
here in agricultural methods: all pas
lures, waste places by the railroad
tracks, etc, are being put into crops.
You can't imagine how much is being
done along that line. 1t is either do
that or starve. America should profit
by the mistakes of this country. Don't
be carried away by hero tales and ex-
citement-for you get into a trench
and wait there for years, if it comes
to IT,. One fellow told me he spent Is
months in a trench and never moved
more than six yards either way. 1t
is like spending three weeks in the
cellar, two out and then three in a.
gain. These boys have wonderful en-
durance and | can't see how they live
under the conditions they go through
starvation, wounded, legs off. On
my trip | have seen enough cripples to
make me sick. | know that it is a
grand thing to be loyal to our army
and navy, but it is also loyal to help
feed the starving. | am not a cow
ard. God forbid that l be when my
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