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Show 1 Ditiooxnihi: 1 1 1 1 KUt i nv : 0i wii i smith. ulW, OctoitrS,m!,atH.tat tatU.Sa.t La- W, Utah. ,iroatt bi iiiipiun wnTr-J ,,, f0r On guiding lnllucnc of eilloly PP"" l nM" ""'' whll fj.nd before you Ihli morning, to .ik lh trutb.J aiia to Io H Id inau- tt,t will le plain "J lmple,.o Zi wi on H un lt0'- I m willful to '" I" H0011 attendance Lws bsvehad at "' Conference) L,lar,aud I "in 'o thankful to our uttnly father '"' u,u ,lc1' outlur. iicf Hli Hpltlt which wo have unbred un-bred ulill "" l"tiu l0'll"'' ' inlli't " K001' counielt mid lbs tictlltntJattructlon which have been started to ui mty ilml ample lodg-B,nt lodg-B,nt In our hrli nud la our BinHtlw, that wu may roIH by them t line had HI" 'aid upon n urlel of lubjecli, all of which are trtMiity for our guidance auJ for our ctaciimcit lu order that wu may pios-tfinJ pios-tfinJ I what ' should be th enf Is ol Oud. BnlberlJohn Henry Hmllb, In tilt Iclalog remarks, touched upon n aub-i,tt aub-i,tt which Is of vital Importance to ihi Litter day Balnts, au J Ihatli, thu uljtciof hqmeeniiloynientaudhorau ISJuilrJ. ItlliouU not be tint nuy of oat people ate without employment Id tb!i country, and aomo efforts ought to U made ly tbu leading men In the tulouiKltlemenln, where men are uu imloyed,to devilo imam bj wliloh mplo;nient rniy be Men to them, tbit Ibey rniy not I n uercsaarlli Idle. In coontctlou with thli aul Ject ft may rot te amies to atato at this lime and to Ihll cooitegatlon the fact that during Hi lifetime of l'reildeut Young ci wi lery larueat In lita do. tlna and illbili tliat home lu-iinilrlri lu-iinilrlri ihtuld t e ctlibllllied among tbi people I renumber itlatleclly brn be railed upon l'rcildent Hmoct, lllihop It T. llurton add others to VDlla their means together nntl build wooltn ficlory up liero an I'arley'i I rioyon creek, anil Ibry llil ao. l'rtil-dial l'rtil-dial ouin liiinielf aim had a fuctory then about that time. I alio rcmom-' Urlbal I'roldent Voiiiir called upon Irctben Lorln Karr, I'umley ond oth-til oth-til at one time to iitablliti a Wciolcn factity near Ot;den, on I they did no. I I riaernbir l'reildont Young waa viry I iinrtbata factory alinilu Le utab lifted down In our "Mile" lountry, rod certain birthreii wire called and commlulonrd to go down tliern to NtaUhh a factory In that vicinity. Tbrnliewai Tiry analout that em. tlormeai ihould b Rlytn to ioluo of 901 taopfa In'tlio dlrtttlon of liant. IK, oJltleotlog an I ralalint cot-I I lou, and peoulo were callM and lent Into our "Dixie" ecu dry totalxi ' I cotton, lu order Hint the tailjry i tab llihed at Waihloklon mllu not lu Idle, Mid Ihattiotlo . nilthtlwiroduti I br the labor of odr Uuii people, , YtittrJay 1 wjtluthe l'alr, where I taw aomo excellent iclmeua ul ' cotlon that had been rnliel lu the iaoutli, and ) r areil an baiting, by the I Industry of our eoplc. Iiawanry flnoilUplayof woulen goodi lUuneli, I blAiiketr, and Cither clolln-.marl.ei I "John y. Cutler. aj,m' for the irovu i I Woolua Mllli," am my iyo were iiladdeutd by thaalkht, my luarl wn I rrjclced to acu auoh utlnedlaplar ol home ptoducti exblbltu I al thu lair I I believe In thli kind of Indualry. I; believe It to I o a Rood thlnu for any community, to brauah out in nvtry kind of Industry that will nlvB employment to the pe le, nnd ' that will rnduce nt homo uvery . I artlcln needtdfor Iioiuu otiiunjlloti, ' I mlaral0M!Lle. It In tlie rluclr li ' uponuhlcli commtinllloi beome nelf. I Iauatnlulnt, Independent nnd eiltny. If the Latter-day Hilnli ever upict lo I btcouo wealthy, It will I niter they I buve eatabllihed all Hie Induttrka Hint am mceaiary to make Ilium luJcpxud Tent, and to (rovlde for them.Llvea I every commodity of life tint they laid I -JIJ law In tberalrtojie apeclmcnaof blanktlaand other (too It I (reduced lo IlieUtteret SNuultn Mllli, j owuuU and manage 1 by no mo of the I lite Brother William Jcuulnni' laml- lj, and alluttud In the lower pirtol Ihlicilj. I aaw tome Koodi ni line, I belleM, ai I have eeeu In any country the retult ol the litbor or our own piupo and Hie producla of our own country, lion- much better tills la than lu have ta buj allourbUnkeUfroni abrood and to Import everything that wo wear that la needful fur our com. fort. J et me exhort n.y brethren and alatera who ate nilomblcd hero today to remember there liutltutlona that Imvo been ettabllihed amouK ui. If jou waut blanket!, wluru will you gu to Kit Hum? I woull ndvlie )uutoi;it thim from where thoao uiauufactuied at home cull be obtained. I would exhort ex-hort you never toapend a dollar from till time fortb, If Juil can uvold It, for iijthlnK that li produced abroad which la iroducod at homi, een thougli you may bo uuder tbenecea. ally of paylDg n littlo more for that firoduced here, t advlno you to alron re home Induitry, becaato It bel(a to Rive eni loyment to our home people, It helpa to build up our own country, It In I pi to keep the wealth within with-in our own community, and It bullda ua up better, fatter, and more )er-maneutly )er-maneutly than any other louree can iMMalbly do. litre la our lunar factory In I-ehl Home of our brethren are KioanlnR undtr the weljht of re- nontlblllty that rcala Un Hum lu connoctlou with the eiiobllaliiiiint of Hint augar factory. If I recollcat rliilii, i'realdent Wilford Woodrull, I'reildint Ueorke (J. Cannon and your I ll ruble aervant. nud other of the ApMlleii, are today carrylurc tena of Inuuaau la of dollars lnordtr that that induatry might ho caUbllibed amoni; the people, aniTIn ordor tbataome of the tugar that la, oonaumed UjctUem might bo reduced at bci.ie by Ibelr own ndutry arid ablll, an J tbatiome of Ihe'money that We pay out annually for Inn augar wo coniume ial;ht Ik keft at home an I illilrlluiul Hi thnei-whoirduetbe thnei-whoirduetbe trtkle hero, I wirit lo nailud my I uttiren mid iltterr tnroiiiihuut .lull that It ta n, portion ul their duty tu pnirohUo thir6 homu li Uuitrleannd t aunlnlu Ifm n by thilr alruavie 1 or It Isa eood and vle jolljy. It U thu tollcy that waa inaugurated b I'realdent lunplntbi lieglnnlng of the i-ettluueitt uf thl rerrltory. It l the po loy tint lituloy thu win at and thu bt at for this comnmnll). Wuareatlll fimpnratid from thu untcra of manufictiire mil lu a comparttlvely uuw nmiito. tlila ehould nntlje lorgnlttn. It ll not (or hapi oniMi'nt with luiJern I lent to nu pice for umiiiient that there lould nouie i liine nf ilnihltjg, of 4vrty and of ncieealty tu Itu inpa of thi.u mountain., conmcted ni wu are wlt'i thetaitand the welt with the north and the touth, 1 tlu'i) Jloia of rail-roida rail-roida whlnh run into and Hirou li ou r country, I know It It not utlholox iiow-ailai to unel ler or admit tin poMlblllt) uf a famine coming Unh Ihu Inhabitant! of .North Aintiliu l)i weuutpoMcai the rlcli-at cuurtry In tbe world? Are we not blra-ed with all tho iroducli of the Urn-lrito Urn-lrito and thu torrid nm? Are wu not bleend Willi the greatcat mineral, agricultural nud itock ralalog country In the world? , nmljitl read lu the revelation! which tbe l,ord hit given lu ui that a day of famine n 111 lumeupuii the Ian l,n day of druutli, a day of urctralt,ndoy of ltllencc, and a day of drtptorrow. When that day ahall come wo will leirn, If we d i not learn It bifurt, that the community which lithenearcit arlf rup(orllngnlil be tho m al Indepcu lent and tho luuit froaieroua that can be found any vt hire ii the Ian I. lliure It another lit tU factory In I rinklln, Idalo. It ta ri ally a Utah tuluitir, invncd and carried ou largely by Utah peoli, and tiny rtte producing tome or the lined home made blanked, Unity, llanuel and yarn that cau lo ro-ducud ro-ducud anywhere lu trie country. I wantto make honorable mentlonof It. oi I havu of the other mllli 1 am told nil? that llrolhor Whitehead, nt Hrlngvllle li manufacuirlng tome goodt 1 dealre to make Dilution of tbiie thlug What foi? That I may InJucoyou, m) brethren and ahttrn, If I ponlbly can, lo itronUu tlieaeln-atltutlom, tlieaeln-atltutlom, and toauataln I y your workt at well at by your prayer home In. diitlrlci, which give to tbe ooplo tin-ployment, tin-ployment, and put I read In their mouth! and clothing upon thtlr backa, and give them hornet to ahelterthem, developing tho retourcea of ourcoun-tr),aud ourcoun-tr),aud maklugll what It lltoJaj the ui trior of uuy of Ha alaler terrl-torlea terrl-torlea or elatea In thla Inter mountain region There It no ttateor ttrrltor) In thli Inter mountain region that tan compare lu material ) roa trlly with the rtrrltory of Ulah, nnd It la largely duo to Hie polity Inaugurated by I'realdent Young, Hint ll atlll lu vogue, or ought to be, among this I co-lie co-lie to filter horn Induitry. A little wu'leego I gave an order for aome home made blankets I cau go to A CM I., or an) of theto ttolc which Ihiport foreign made goodt and I tan buy blanket! for oanilderably leu than I exiiect to have lo pay for iboao that are made at home, but I would rather give a llltlo more to our own workmen or the ptndiiitof their liior (bar; to luirhiM the Import I at Iclt. Ilul the ftrtuf tho matter l, I Xti I ua IhuuotllKl my money. J t i If 1 tin havu to ) a Utile mure i ir it, 1 bi llevu the nrilrlu will ba that much bellerand mure durable lu t iiutgouoly wuli.td to txhnit the t eoi hi tu pitiful'! our ir itlu inatltulloua Ilefoll' (' il I. .Vt I Ititnl Wovdrull lilhei'eilvluiitiir ihjl I luitiluliiiu, It laomiMliiiid iunau.-l i)our)wo t, principally. It In tin I Ihfttsoiiieuf tliut-ioik htnbteii ii i uu thu lanrkif, and our outMdi ihuia, reiilll ng that It gd an I r-ni liiillliitliii, linvu Invitli I Hi CM I. itnck It It cuutrulli-d in Hie i Itiiati of thu piuilt, not wl ully fur in mj inaklnr, but ta, modify j rlo r 1 1 1 to rti.ulatu thiwtmkitaur thla region lu rclallotl til the arllo ej width ll leal. .In, to trtent ccmblmil n iiinnat Hit w limit uf Hie pt'opli u Co oiratlu Mticiutliu Ipittlulliu hat bum line i f the bett Inilltulloni for thla community that h ocr Ik en estubllrhtnj among them, l'rcal dent oung ml Hie founder ul It, nud hla Idei waa that the tii le ihould own 1 ll.ttmtlt tlicril wmmiyir lit In iner- chanlliitnr, manufac urln,; woolen l,oodi, totlorl goodt, ill nuy other kind of goodt lu tho IVrrlt ry u! Utah, the ptoplo ihould recti u Hie benellt of II, , mill Ihcieloru ho tttiblline I . o oj era I llenj.cltlonnnd Invlttd lhei lu tu lakuatock In theto lut llutlonr, that I ll'ii might help to I car the rtrp mil blhty aul ibnrelu tho benctlli Hieiu- Ironi, and then by nil the e lobe bltited I'retldcnt Young did not ilu I tile that unu mau alone or a few men should gilhtr lu all the "plums" In tnercbau lltlng, I ut that all tho ro le should ihaiu wnalever piollt Hiiro was In It Will anyone di in that thoro who aro luttititod In A. U, M. I, have abarml ropoltlonatily In the rollta uf that lubtltullun? I think thiy huvi. I havu bun III a tmall uay lnttrcttd Ilu It from thu beginning, and It bat beeti outi uf tbo inott J rofltablo lovt t-Hunts t-Hunts 1 ivernialc. It todiy pays I he stockholders 1 J per cent per annum uu their Hock, besides yhlcli It It la)lng away u residue as n rettrve fund, tu treohtlitu the Initltutlou, unking It one of the most solid und rtliablo In the land, tiliall wo not lroults It? Hhall wu not tuitaln this Induitry? I ur It U un Induitry. Wu have u manufacturing iloHttnjcnt omnttted with It. Wo manufacluie thoumnda of dollais' worth of loots and allocs, yet we are not able to manufacture auy thing like Hut amount that the community demsuds Then we have au ovtrill department, arid we exiort overalls to Denver and to other plnctr. We ought to be exxrtirs rstber than lmporltrs, and when wo bu"oniu ex-pollers ex-pollers ot thu products of our later, then Indeed we will bulu a candlllm approaching independence, and wo hall not 1 n liidctnudint till then. e do not all want to U farmcri, and It would not be wile for Ul ell to be sugar miktri It will nut do for everybody to bo uierclunla nnd binkeii, because If we were, who would produce the sugar, thu bread, the clothing, and tho othtrneceaaarlea of life? We haVu n number of good chcuo manufactories among ut, but I du not know whither wo have got far enough along to export ex-port iheeae Yet we ought to do It with the ficllltlci w a have hero for loiliig lucem with mil without Iril gutluir. The Lori lirivnlng the way tur Hie h ipli to m e liiiiu mil (jia it mill ivcn lro, mi dry Ian I wltliiut Inlgitlon i lu.ar.l that llrotlur M . Mtrriu, one ol Hie lurliii Aiutler, wu li lure toJa), had said that If It weiii tu lu annulled Mllli wuter Irreil eo-t lolrrl-Itlu lolrrl-Itlu hit land, that he w out I not accr 1 1 if IHoiaiie hUt,mlu with (llrotlur Meirllllieiu rcmaiktd that I u had not Wntriedlililnitl loruiuiyyi ira ) This ll Hie Iiiurt hitern uuntry that I know u, nud uuoughtlj ni b i.oo I ee, null rod iru l.oid lullk good butltr end goo I chtiie siilllmnt to lupjly I otue ioii!iiiiilbii, and Hieu wi nui,hi to luivu u li tio Mir-plut Mir-plut tu txporr Vuiight In hivo more I'lujtwrus ituu wucught to buy liumi made clite,li mu mado butler, home-niuutthtnr, home-niuutthtnr, Iniut luiilii i olhie, un I nil home made article', lii!ltad ul t-ton t-ton lug tlir.su Horn abroad If Hie eolewould ill Ihli, (Jut would I list thttu, uud they uull biumu nil Hie richer nnd the m ru prtvperuu., mil Ihute friends Hint ure tngsgtd I . Ituie mauufastuits won d be iinuiirugtd, for Ihelr Invtslineiiti would not prove failures, und It would give more uu (loyment tu the iopi, and irtate (etmanent wealth lor theiountry. 1 felt ilku inMcc saimthtiig about homo Industrlta Hut 1 want you to understand there It no politics lu It It la limply I hlnlj .told Uo. el truth. It Is Ihe (Jospel of temporal .ahitlon that 1 am in aching lu tblaiongnga Hon, theUo.l ol common semu It l! tbo (Joeprl uf reason a Uoipel Iliat Hie l.illtr day Balms ihould all honor and observe, und not liaMi to tio urged lu do II, either. We ought tu have beciicouerted to Hilt years ago and liaoendo)ed the liietl(a that would have re.ulled to us from ll, Instead of today .ending our iiinmy out of the couuiry luauontlbuoussiitam forthat which tau lie (roduied at homu ut as woll at It can be poduicd nbroal, Hill weslth ought lo bo kept at lionie, and uni loyment glvtn tuourpeole, so that th.y will uot be fouud wanlerlng up and down tho streets and through Ihn eountiy without rniy thing lo do. I am satisfied satis-fied of this. It itgoodliaipel, too, in lit plan, Juit at much mfiitli In (lod, itpenlanceofsln.aud batlim for Ihe reniliilou of sin, aro goolUospol pie-iett pie-iett In Ihelr ilatc. Dili temwral (Jospel jieitaiut to our pnaeut wilfan , to the I ulldlng of lemjlei, to tbo tending tend-ing of the (impel to tho nation! of Ihe taith, to tho gathering of tbupuor from dlataut lauds, to )ubllahlng the word of (lod and dl. miming It abrotd amuug the teople, and to every material work Invoked lu the progreis and development of thu cominuultj. You lannct do without II Ihe Idler, taltli the I,ord, shall not eat the breud of Ihe labour ill Ion The Ijard rcmlre Hint wo (hall not be. Idlers. Our peoj lc aUould uot be without with-out tiu loyment, whin Hieia Is plenty ol mean and plenty of lnttlll-e,euoe lnttlll-e,euoe among Hitm todevlaelnduttrles andtoglvu emiloymcut to Ihoie win areuutmployiu. Wo hate gut to do It, or wo aro not wise Howards or faithful lervauti Ihiard airomlntntmau, only thla morning, maku thu nmarl; thai, not-wllhabiudlng not-wllhabiudlng Ilu Latter day clalnls liovii recti ed reveltllon from (lod I Willi ri-L-nr I n. the Word of Wisdom, and iMwIthtlnu ling nil the ulher .COIllllbur re.reullllg this law hi, h(. lleved thai ntiordlog to Iho l.eiuiher of the i mtnunlty llicru wni moreteii, lel'imniijlolsoe'u HuKirll IntiUtah than lulonnyolhir ut lh trrrltotln iiriounliiiit in The ijuestlm wui 1 aiked,1 W hs' i ropirtion.d you ihliili, I in lh Latter day Halnla actutlly ketp Hie Wcrd of Wlidon-that la, U nut drink tuj,orralle, oratroiudrlnlt, nor list tol itco In any furm?" And It was uiriM.d a. IiIh hel uf that tin re wai nut more than opo lentil uf the ptof le uloatnolulclv kept Hie Woid uf Wlidum. If thli Is si, It Is hinientn'Je 1 do not ay that It la al. Iho, U'lsncl. I wiull ralhtrbellore that It was bale nui tenth of tho pea-lolhat pea-lolhat ill 1 n I keep thu command-inenli command-inenli ol (loj lu thli ii card Many of us nre In the condition that llfoihi r 1.1 jell (libit ex i tiftni lilnuel! as I elug In, ut one Mini m li If luelude l,though ou woull hsnlly think It cthnit lie laid Hint lomchiw ur other ho eeumetl to crate' iverythlng that the l.or I had a ild was nut gond fur Ulan. I do not with lo parade ray own weak neises before you In orJer to tuuit nnyone. I only tell you that I have wcKl.ne.H'oni will m you. And If I call owrcume my uoakncpte,wliy lauuot you overcome )uiir' If I, lit lug fond of tohiri o, tan n (mu to uio It, niiy cinnot ytu? If I, having a taitu f.r ll'iuor, do not urn It, why cannot on do the same ttilnu" Anl If I, It Ipir fond of tea and collet, du not uio them, why cannot ou refrain from using them, luo? That la the moral that I with to Imprest upun your mlndr, riiitlithodoetrlnulhat I wlih . to teach you. I want loaay to you that I, weal, aa I am, enn refrain from these lliliigs,and therefore I believe tint you can Uu Ihe tame If you will. I lelleve In Iho di th of my heart that If you will nevtr take any more whltl ry, or tea, or colter, or tobacco, you will b) nud by hnru n good pais port luto thu celestial city, 11 your other ron lut t la what It ought to be. I do not tcliovethat I liavu ever Indulged In then thlngi to an exltnt that has grieved thu Holy bi Irlt, or that haa given nUmse lo my Heavenly father that He cannot forgive, and lu the future I Intend to do bettor than I have done lu tho pail to I u tnoro faithful, If (Kitill le, nud live a Lettor life, and be luoru cautloue In my conduct nnd example. ex-ample. And furthermore, I lutund In the futuiu to patronize home Industrie more faithfully than I havu done In the (dut t jtopoie to buy home-made I lankela, uud not tbtse shoddy things that atu btought from abroad, plying ply-ing tho manufacturers of thim lu I.owtll, or lloston, or tome utlur manufacturing town In thu 1 ast. I ropoau to sustain the woolen factories lu l'rovo, lu Halt Lake, In lli'ueer and other arte of thli Terrl-tory. Terrl-tory. I ropoau to atronlietucm to tho extent of my ntciailtlea and iiieaus, I hoio that everyone present will du the eama and that yoii will catry thla tplilt abroad with you, and thai you will Inalll Ibia doctrine Into the hearts and mtnds of tbe people where ) ou live, that the Inhal Hants of these mountain valleys nuy become I allots of homu Induitry, and there-ly there-ly build up Ibemstlvt, their own towns, cities aul villutres, ratal llsti j lial wetlth among thtniHlti'. nu( j 1$ j '1 give iinploymcnl lo tin Ir own uolu ? Ut J I May Uud help u tu do thtr, l mj f i prayir, In II inn nf liu. Anita til 1 |