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Show TITHING MONEY FINDS VERY STRANGE USES Neath Turned Trick of Richmond Rich-mond Man to Secure Business Bus-iness of Saints. One of the most neatly turned t lick I In recent history for securing the business busi-ness of the saints hn been created bj Otto J. Monson, a merchant of Richmond, Rich-mond, 1'tah. Mr Monson frankly confesses con-fesses that he needs more business and he makes the prediction safe at any time of the ear tnat the saints need more mcnev Hi t h ref.il pron-i db t.i put thesw tender sentlmente into print. Tnls business busi-ness man. and no one will doubt his right to the title, has had printed huge hand-Mil!' hand-Mil!' bearing the picture of the Tabernacle now under process of construction at Rli hmond, Frank Statements of Circular. On one side of the picture, in hold type appears tho announcement' "The Tabernacle Taber-nacle m;ist hive a little more money," and on the opposite side are the words. "We must have a Utile nmrt business Th.n follows this announcement, "in view of the two above statements we are going to give 10 cents of every dollur traded ut our Store from Saturday, October Octo-ber to iiei.ih. r 31. to Mid In finishing this grand building. It will not be given lis ii ilon itloii frmn i.m but fr.im I he people. peo-ple. By trading with us you get everything every-thing at a bare liiing margin and al the same time aid this worthy cause," and so forth Student of Mormon Nature. No one knows Just how the trade worked, hul Mr Monson Will go down Into history as a keen student, of Mormon Mor-mon human nature. He wisely refrained from making a more liberal proposition, perhaps knowing thai the magic term ten cents of every dollar would sirlko such a familiar chord in the Mornvm under standing that the brethren would look upon th proposition as an Inspiration. which is the prophet's synonym for revelation, reve-lation, The call should have been responded re-sponded to by the brethren, for here was n tithing scheme, the fund to Issue from their pocket with some chance of It finding find-ing the way hack to them This is such an unusual occurrence with tithing money that the effect must have been mosi beneficial to the at knowledge business busi-ness needs of the merchant. Is a Public Benefactor. The people of Richmond should look upon Mr uonson as pubjh benefactoi 1 el It the church should establish a buni-ness buni-ness in Richmond for the purpose ol handling the line carried by Honsonj the authorities of the church would expect and demand that their store be patronised patron-ised Instead. So the prophet who gely hundreds of thousands of tithing mone a year, and yel permits th people to look elsewhere for the money with Which their houses of worship are to be erected, would have no hesitancy whatever In wronglj tmowing under with the rhurch lni..itt such persons as the Ttlchmond men-haul who helps make up fi i what Joseph does not do. even If he has a sel- iish motive behind the act |