Show ltv UTAH artterly codifer they must be patronized if we are to become prosperous tre conference of the utah stake convened in the tabernacle at provo this morning there was a very small audience present on the stand sat apostle F M lyman the presidency of this stake six high councillors councilors counci lors and conr bishops ano choir sang and the conference was opened by prayer by elder C D Ci lazier was the first speaker he spoke of the splendid time enjoyed at the last general conference in halt lake As the aa in this work their trials of past years easy to them now what tried us greatly a faw years ago beem quite easy to ua now the ward of ashi which the speaker represented was in much ahe aann condition as the reat of the stake he could see but little difference between the condition conditi oo of the people of and the condition of the people at provo or dt salt lake perhaps their temptation waa not so great the people of lehi as a rule are trying to live the duties of latter day some who hare for years been luke warm seem to have zeal these days this awakening is a sincere one not a spasmodic awakening financially the people are persape a little bettor kofl than the average communities of utah on account of the sugar factory at that place the speaker aben branched branch pd off on the financial condition of tha country generally anese industrial armies that i are ramping about the country speaker thought indicated that trouble ia ahead for thia he thought we should ander conditions condi tiona more fully home industry this people can never become the pros porous people that the lord intended until they become ane lenders not the borrowers one dav to become the lenders is to keep our money at homo for products that can be produced here vve never can become prosperous while paying tribute to other nations we are in this condition today of being almost powerless we hadiye so little money in our midat that all our factories are speaker referred rel erred to the legislative ball in salt acke he estimated that of the two hundred gentlemen on thai floor not more than 5 per cent of the man wora homemade home made anias he estimated that the imported euing worn there represented about twelve thousand dollars that had been sent out of the ter the of the auar thou was little abort of a miracle mirac lp considering the prat of adverse criticism critic iam that bad been utter ed the enterprise BISHOP of american fork next took the speak ers stand he said he was young in his labors as a he had prom ased the people of his ward that if they donld do t heir duty he would do bis he had attended all the meet ioBa of the lat general conference but he did nt believe so many had gone from hia ward he felt that the latter day saints were proud these daya and could not go to conference in wagons and buggies they did in early days he saw a man in the audience who years ago had walked from payson to salt lake barefooted to attend a con ference there are many in american fork that baye taken a renewed interest in the work of the lord especially is this true among the twenty men of american fork bad been to the keeley institute and had reformed from their habits of drink the people of american fork are generally in good financial condition some poor people from abroad bad teen rent to american fork one poor woman bad tramped all the way from sandy she was sent back A poo family from kansas had alo been sent to that ward wholly dependent on charity HATCH of wa aitch stake spoke a short time he regarded this stake as in zion and was fluttering almost in hia description of our wonderful woid erful resources he regarded tha valley as the finest in all the land he aso paid a high tribute to the worth of president smoot A speaker had not his home industry badge with aln aa nad cutler but he believed in patronizing home industry unless we do BO home manufactures we never can become independent are reported as doing the best they can under the circumstances up in my stake said the sneaker some of my deooe ought to change th air circumstances speaker told a number of amusing missionary experiences he had once been taken for an american indian and at another time for champion ariza fighter A beautiful ekeh was then made of apostle pauls missionary labors in comparison compa with the missionary labors of our elders utah has no hard times all our people have plenty to eat and wear we algava look to the rich man and envy him but we never look back to the peor laborer who toils all day or bread for his children to eat BISHOP of spanish fork said his ward wan much the game as those reported s far as the spiritual and financial condition of the people was concerned he endorsed the remarks of other speakers on the question of home industry there ia an awakening among the young leopla of spanish fork the health of tha people never better than now the speaker wa glad to be numbers ed aith the people of god he thought that with all our opportunities we douht to be the best people upon the face of the globa the choir gang and the conference was adjourned until 2 |