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Show THE PROVO POST WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1923 v--- Win V CALLER FROM COLLIERS. GIVES PROVO ONCE-OVE- POST THEProvosPJftOVO Popular . , Newspaper J VT '" trtillshed Monday,' Wednesday and Friday by -- . POST PUBLISHING VTHE. 125 West Center St. T, Entered at the Postoffice at Provo, Utah, as N. C. HICKS 13 Second-clas- s. FRANK BECKER Manager Matter. C- .Editor I Terms to Subscribers: tional Weekly heads an interesting article entitled Wnat the b oiks In addition to this the Are Thinking.About in Provo, Utah. comments same issue of this magazine editorially on the following statement quoted as having been made by the Rev.. Charles pastor of the Community church in Provo r It doesnt matter in the least, as we see it, what church survives. All that matters is that we give the utmost possible service to those who need it. Commenting on this statement the magazine says: Thats what the pastor of the Community church in Provo, Utah, stronghold of Mormonism, said to the caller from Colliers, and the memory of the remark ought to hearten that random observer when next he studies some community where religious prejudice runs amuck. That pastor also said: We area community church because we decided to quit trying to perpetuate ourselves as a church and began to think only of how we might serve the recommunity. When that spirit becomes universal, not only will ligious rancors disappear, but the causes which sometimes induce this bitterness will disappear also. Knocking your neighbors creed is the surest way yet discovered to, slow up community momentum. Mc-Coar- d, Vice President Coolidge doesnt talk much, but when he does open his mouth he speaks to the point; and he said something worth pasting on the mirror when he declared, in an address at rather than reliance on Lynchburg, Virginia, that and to is road the progress prosperity. As the Vice government : added President There is altogether too much public complaint, too much public condemnation because some one does not come and do all the work and bear all the responsibility of the world for us. The government is blamed ,and society is blamed because they do not furnish relief for all the burdens of existence. In short, there is too much tendency among individuals to seek rathrefuge beneath the spreading wing of a clucking paternalism viewer than endeavor to retain the stalwart, unwhining, manly point of the men who founded this nation, who wanted government and his soto interfere as little as possible with the private-citizecial, business and private allans, and who preferred to fight their own battles wherever possible instead of huKfying with cries and moans to the nearest legislature at the least sign of trouble in order to get some special regulative or protective enactment to use as a bulwark against the natural stings and troubles of existence. Americans today are looking altogether too longingly down the road the Roman mob traveled. Detroit Free Press. self-relian- ce The accompanying editorial on this - Americans So Wealthy It Keeps Them Busy Giving It Out Again page was inspired from the following interesting article written by the Caller from Colliers who recently made a visit to Provo: I didnt need to ask in Provo, Utah, what the folks were thinking about. Some reference to it hung in every window. The station was placarded. The Daily Herald had given over its front page to the big news. The taxi driver had to mention it on the way to the hotel. Everybody, from the president of Brigham Young university to the boy who sold me a bag of tobacco (in a city where I seemed to be the only human being who ever smoked), seemed to have his mind full of just one thing. The steel plant was coming. Provo was soon to become one of the great industriai cities of America. Today ha1 a population of 10,000. In ten yars it might have 100,000. Utah at last was to be developed; and with its unlimited resources in iron and coal, it might easily happen that Provo would one day rank with Pittsburgh or Detroit, perhaps even with Chicago; and since the Pacific is expected to supplant the Atlantic as the great ocean of commerce, one need not necessarily let his imagination stop with that. It makes not the slightest difference to this article whether the Columbia Steel Company does build its or not. Everymain plant body was certain that it would and everybody was thinking about it in terms of certainty. I was assured that there could be no hitch. The company, capitalized at $110,000,-- 0 0 0, had agreed to come, provided Provo would furnish a suitable site; and the drive for this purpose among Provo citizens (which accounted for the placards) had now reached a point where the drivers were no Also, the head of longer worried. the church in Salt Lake City had sanctioned the scheme, and no political strings could be pulled to prevent its consummation. But if you think that Provo was thinking about the steel plant with unmixed eagerness, you miss the point entirely. Provo was plainly worried. Provo was eager, to be sure; but even its eagerness was an additional cause for alarm. For Provo is the cultural capital of Mormonism in America. The church operates from Salt Lake City, but it is in Provo that her leaders are trained. Brigham Young university, with 1 .0 0 0 students, absolutely dominates the town Timpauogos. which looms iust back of Provo, is almost a holy mountain in Mormon eyes. The c(ty has no industries larger than Mr. Startup's candy factory, and it has never had a single influence to draw the attention of its citizens away from the church. It is the center of a rich fruit and dairy region and is a lively enough city from a business standpoint, but the church has flourished mightily in this pastoral atmosphere, and every boom in business simply meant more resources for its otherwise unpaid workers to carr- - a million Could you blow in dollars a month regularly? Supposing you were faced with a peculiar problem like that of the hectic spendthrift, Mr. Brewster of fictional fame, could you legitimately spend that much money? It was recently announced that John D. Rockefeller, Jr., gets this amount every month in Standard Oil dividends alone. Henry Fords in- come is seven times as great! John because his D., Sr., matches him wealth is placed at nearly a billion. are Others with fabulous incomes AV. Secretary of the Treasury AndrewrichMellon, recognized as the third est man in the United States; Helen C. Frick and her mother, Mrs. E. II. Harriman; George H. Baker and J. Pierpont Morgan. These millions keep piling up faster and faster until" they rise in a golden flood and threaten to overwhelm the poor They cant spend so much money. Some of em try to blow in a lot on philanthropies, but it keeps coming in faster than they can give it away. Others dont try so very hard to give it away, investing and reinvesting it and letting er pile. What would you do? Would you live simply, keeping your standards of life unchanged while you were trying to shovel out the dollars by the millions to charity? Or would you make a splurge, as did Mr. Brewster and another. Coal Oil Johnny? KEEPS POURING IN multi-millionaire- How do these of other churches being built in town. They are more afraid that be; or that, if the various theywont denominations do build in Provo, they will not be able to hold their voung folks as the Mormon church has so successfully done. For be it known that Provo, Utah, town in the is the most moral United States. I have this on the authority of several residents. The pastor of the Community church, where the Methodists. Baptists. Presbyterians, and CongregationaTists worship, was extravagant in his praise of MormonRogers of the HerThnt wonuil blinking; over her mending basket by the,'o eve-- 1 morals.who Editor from hails Cleveland, Ohio, too aside because the punt didn-fcnow a Mormon from a ning lamp, or putting the paper Mohammedan until he came to Provo small was and is your fathers ideal of the slender grace of years ugo. complained that Proof the fire and magic that lie within our human life.. Today she two vo was the toughest city in the things United States plans tomorrows meals, next weeks shopping, the garden for a newspaper man and sisters there hasn't been of summer, just as once she planned your schooling a murder since I clothes and taught the baby how to walk. Theres time still to arrived and scandals simply wont county soiT. send her a letter or telegram or wear a white .carpation for her grow in Utah a if you can, where Imagine city, is hearts understanding your But the real tribute l( r next Sunday. taxi" driver is primarily interof hers. Love only can keep our souls free from dusty forgetful- every' in the work of the church; and ested ness heaped by the passing years. To those who see life, every where, if you quiz one of them, you is a t THE POOR LITTLE RICH BOY rigorous, Just yesterday we saw a man under forty, successful, Once zest. he was with life his great and work enjoying doing his a lucky thing bv way of becoming an indolent, decorative chap;Hebut looks back now all their lost money. happened. The family You would amused with indignation. at his childhood and vouth steam on everytheir yacht laugh at his accounts of the family do it. The to hired others and sailors, done by stewards, thing life. The family social life there was merely a transfer from town or NewNew York in did as dinner for they and guests dressed port They had the same amusements, only their house happened are apt to discover that he bishop; where every college girl studies theology and where the professor of theology may aTso teach dancing at one of the community houses The connected with every chapel. Mormons dont tolerate dancing: I old-fashion- - of $3,00,n0 0 or more. One of the richest women in the United States was Mrs. Russell Sage, who inherited $63,000,000 from her husband. Up to her death she gave away more than half of this. Through the Russell Sage Foundation she contributed millions to the prevention of disease and the extension of better living conditions. WEEK ENDING MAY 12 3 cans best Sugar Corn Salmon 3 tall cans Fairweather Pink , 3 lb. caji M. J. B. Coffee Coffee 2 lbs. Golden Gate 1 lb. Country Club Coffee. 1 lb. can Power Coffee 1 lb. Green Bag Coffee 10 lb. can White Syrup 10 lbs. Beet Sugar 10 lbs. Corn Sugar A-l Fresh Milk, per quart Fresh Buttermilk, gallon 37c 4n qc .SI. 15 r SR15 fi(. 25c 48 40c Creamery Ranch Butter dozen fresh Eggs, Strictly 2 lbs. Utah Asparagus 20c 3 bunches Utah Radishes.. lOc 3 bunches Green Onions. 15c 10 lbs. Drv Onions "c Fresh Utah Catfish, lb Fresh Salmon or Halibut, lb .25c 1 lb. Brick Salt Codfish i9c No. 2 heavy Galvanized Iron Wash Tubs Special MORE FOR THE MONEY. NO CHARGE. NO DELIVERY. 450 West Center St, Provo. to his son. in- - Most of the remainder was left to other relatives, less than a million being donated to charity. But he had a motive also in his spending and his son today has the same mo tive. The son has greatly increased his original inheritance and he takes delight, as did his father before him, manuin the collection of books, of a sort of works and scripts, prints art. At Half Price The fathers books and manuscripts were valued at more than $4,000,000, his ivories and carving at $4,666,000, his paintings at his tapestries and rugs at $2,822,000, his porcelains, drawings, jewels, etc., at $5,000,000 more, and the sons collection is far more valuable. The outlet for the Astor millions has been the pun halo of real estate. It began with the yhler John Jacob Astor and has become a family trait. In 1020 the assessed valuation of William Waldorf Vstor's holdings in New York City warn placed at $3u.- ' 200, (MM) By transferring the vast estate to his sons before the inheritance law took effect, William Waldorf Astor saved to the esttae $2,500,000 in in$3,-637,00- ALL THIS WEEK WE ARE OFFERING 0, GlqI. ons -- heritance taxation. There certainly was method, in saving Astor millions, if not in spending'. ANDERBILTS AND RAILS The estate of Cornelius Vander- V bilt. the elder, was vglued at which was given in equal to his heirs. The only motive parts of the Vanderbilts- in the extension and investment of their millions has been, the building of railroads. This based on motive, while prtrbably selfish desires, has resulted in the growth of the country where the millions were invested. Thus consciously or unconsciously the motive has been good. This might also be said of the Goulds, with an original inheritance of $75,000,000, the Herrimans with their original $70,u00,000 ; the Fricks with $50,000,000; Fields, $75,000,-00- 0 and the Whitneys, Armours, Havemeyers and several others. All have had definite ideas in making money. As to spending it some have let their wealth cooperate with wealth to create more wealth. A few have tried' to let wealth cooperate' with wealth to create an equity irr happiness. Mrs. E. H. Harriman, who has $70,-000,00- 0. - greatly increased the original Harriman- estate, is undoubtedly the richest woman in the country, but the richest man cannot be $70,-000,0- 00 - picked so easily. FORGETS MILLrON s, These themselves, have so much money that they really dont know how much they possess. Ford recently admitted carrying around a check for in hfs pockets for several weeks, forgetting that he had it un til an employee who had been checking up bank accounts asked him about it. multi-millionaire- $T,-000,0- 00 they encourage if. I am not making any plea for Mor- monism: I am simply telling what earnestly hoping meanwhile that as the folks of Provo are thinking too great a percentage of the new sengers, the the train was rushing through night at the rate of about. They are thinking about the comers may not be tmassimilahle 50 miles an comhour. Efforts are being church, for the church, in this The Rev. Mr. MeChord, pastor of made to obtain a Carnegie hero munity, is the center of all activities. Everybody spoke of the church as a the Community church, struck a medal for the Negro. somewhat different note: Californian speaks of the climate We wel something that is, something to be come the steel plant, regardless of out reckoned with, something to be add- the type of labor which it brings to to be moving on the water. When the family fortune went cwn ed to all the other advantages that ' Provo. We are a community church on the flood ,tide of panic, he started for himself, fought his make every minute worth the living. because we decided to quit trying to was an It own his out worked destiny. own And so, when the folks of Provo perpetuate ourselves as a church and his jobs, battles got was he rich When of the steel plant, they began to think only of how we might it. in poor; satisfaction thought with achievement couldnt idle a Whoever help thinking of it in re-- 1 serve the community. a dull, Theres rich. boy became living many when poor he terms. the steel plant conies, there will be some way in What ligious his brok. is chance go that one best may family life todavv whose would do for Provo was only one an- - which we can be of use to them. The! gle of the question. What would it more alien they are. the more they that is what everybody may need our help. It doesnt mat- The hardest thing for most people to believe is that the othei do to Provo? to Would the young ter in the least, as we see it. what know. wanted side always has a story. people still want to be good, or with church survives. All that matters is inter-- j that we give the this avalanche of utmost possible Doing your best is poor if it causes somebody else to do his sts. would they gradually become service to those who need it. indifferent and drift away from the worst. The onrush of water from a tor- Dligious life? want not rential the all But It plant. downpour awakened a negro they Better a weeping pessimist than a smiling hypocrite. hand near Durant, Mississippi, oily means money (which means diional funds to propagate Mormon- - Leaping from his bed he found a to is not the race The in but it means opportunity. The tion of the Illinois Central track human In youth, pep, age, rep. Mo'mona now have missionaries in washed out. He procured a lantern, swift. the industrial centers of the east; and, speeding down the track, he it wuld save car fare, some of them flagged the New If mud will make all complexions beautiful, like the magazine told me, to have the industrial cen- fast passenger train, prob- ? ters so are And to them. are there complexions muddy 'ome many they ably saving the lives of many pas- ads say, then why I for'-eigne- rs. factory AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES -- Culmer Oil, bulk, quart 15 Culmer Oil, bulk, gallon 40 Culmer Oil, bulk, 5 gallons 2.00 A small charge will be made for containers if you wish a supply at home. We offer the auto trade an exclusive Electrical Repairing Service unexcelled. Our service includes all classes of repair work dealing with Generators, Starters, magnetos, batteries, and all electrical wiring of cars. Parry Battery & Electric Co. 211 W. 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Pierpont Morgan .father of the modern Croesus of that same name, left an estate of about $70,000,000 the bulk of which, $33,000,000 went - I day is Mothers Day. dre,ses better than Ford. He clings to the silk hat for formal wear, while Ford rarely wears a hat at all. Nor do their wives, mothwho are both the er type. Under such circumstances with $S.1, 000,000 rolling in regularly every year, there is nothing much for it to do but accumulate for Edsel Ford who was listed last year as one of the five Americans with incomes oft-repeat- ed non-Morm- es Rockefeller !) It isn't that they are afraid tolerant. ' . on their religious 7.nn0-ac- e multi-millionair- s. monev-saturate- d m . dividuals gjeL.away with all of it? Unlike Brewster, most of them dont even try. Nearly all have simple tastes. Morgan spends millions on art treasures, but his hoard keeps growing instead of diminishing. Miss Frick and her mother shovel out millions regularly to charity, but no matter how much they shovel they dont seem to be able to reduce the pile to any appreciable extent. The same is true of scores of others. Several years ago John D. Rockefeller, Sr., figured out a systematic plan to rid himself of the fabulous sum of $300,000,000, but, despite this, his income today is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, in the world, and is getting bigger-He spiff this half billion dollar gift between the general education board and the Rockefeller Founda-- j tion and hes still pouring millions annually into these philanthropies. With this money the Rockefeller Foundation is waging a world war on disease, participating in and actively pushing activities of public health and medical education in practically every nation of the globe. Thus, you see. Rockefeller in disbursing his millions, is moved by that same strict business principle that made the accumulation of his millions possible service to mankind. Andrew Carnegie donated .jT350,-65,6 3 3, leaving only $30,000,000 to his widow and daughter. He fs the only rich man on record who managed to give away many times what he left his family, thus practically assertion living up to his that it is a crime for a man to die rich. On the other hand, Henry Ford isn't devoting any of his many- millions to charity in the strict sense of that word. He admits that he doesnt believe in giving something for nothing, but in trying to spend his millions he also has an object. FORDS RELIEF Give a man Briefly he believes a job with a good ana help salary him to help himself instead of helping him with charity. And so the Ford millions, instead of being given to foundations for education. libraries and heallh. are partially turned hack to his employes in his factorjef; and to providing work for more men. The remainder is piling up. Ford himself' doesnt know what his income is. Last year he admitted he paid $76.00d,000 income tax. but this included' the manufacturers tax. It has been estimated that his personal income is about $85,000,000. Despite possession of this vast sum, he doesnt go in for art treas- ures on an extensive scale, or for racing horses, polo or any of the other millionaire sports. Besides his How will it be when 100.000 strangers come to Provo and bring with them their industrial city notions as to how life should be lived? It isnt that the Mormons are inwork. on raniiwtng stone man-io- n estate at Dearborn, he maintains only one other home, a at Fort Meyers, Fla. Like cottage John-DRockefeller. 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