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Show I DISCOURSE DsUvarad at Oanaral Conference of tha Churoh, In the Tab ernacle, Salt Lake City, Sunday, Outobar Gth, IHH3, by PRESIDENT JOSEPH F. SMITH. rkportfd bv arthi a ;wintr. president Wooilrud has riu;r,tel me toiJdir" you lur a few moments, and inatirmpiiim 'lo 1 ''"ire """stly our (iih "no P" ''y mrellenl lhin!S have been said to the people during dur-ing ibis Conference. The Killers who hive spoken have borne their testimony tout ol ihe truths of the tiusiirl which wt have espoused, and I desire lo add my itslimony also to theirs. 1 believe that I love the Gopcl as much today us ever diJ in my bfc. If possible, 1 think that I love it more. It is spiritual oust nd drink t me. I have often thousht of Hie remark which was ma.ie br ret" 10 Christ on one occasion. Mny of ',l0,' who h"1 ,ollowel1 Ju had berome weary and were departinit Irani Him, nl )"" looked upon Ibem ,d grieved In His feelings to see thu-c who had been following Him turning I ,,y; (lor it appears Ihelu were apus-tltesfrtm apus-tltesfrtm Ihe truth in those early days, while Jesus Himself waa yet living and Kachlnu) and Hoturned to His disciple ,nd said unlo them, "Will yo nlso o swa?" And l'eter turned to Him and slid, "Lord, 10 whom shall we go? ,hou luit the words of eternal life." Thia has been Ike sentiment of my heart from my first understanding ol the principles prin-ciples of Ihe Gospel until now. If I leave this Irulh, whither shall I go I pray God that I my never be lelt lo mywll nor lo Ihe powers of darkness 10 uris lobe led from the path ol my July or to be persuaded 10 depart Irum me ways ol tha Lord. Very much has been said during this Conference in relation lo Ihe spiritual duties ol Ihe Latter-day Saints; and while 1 do not desire to detract from that which has been said or to divert the thoushu of Ihe people from the excel-Itnl excel-Itnl inductions and counsels they have received, my mind seems led lo speak upon something ol a dilferenl nature; in oihtr words, a little upon the temporal gospel which we have embraced, or at least, which we should embrace. We ire a grent levolulion of leehng on Ihe pin of Ihe people ol Ihe United Stales and of the world al large, so far as Ihev have heard anything about Utah, and Inert Is a friendly feeling manileited at Una lime toward us. Now, I do not apprehend thai this pleasant leelmg which is manilested by the people ol the world lowsrds us has arisen through their conviction ol the truth of the Gospel, Gos-pel, that is, the spiritual truths of Ihe boipel. I do not apprehend that Ihev have lallen in love with our ideas ol laith, repentance and baptism lor the remission ol sins. 1 do not understand that Ihey have accepted our idea of present revelation and the existence among men ol the authuilty of the 'iithaud. I do not so understand it. Why, then, are they looking toward us with a mere Irlendly feeling than here-toloref here-toloref One reason I see lor this change ol letting is that our neighbors are look-log look-log upon our material prosperity, Ihe citects of our umon. They aee the Iruits ol that union, lo a certain client, anil lliey discover that whereas our country ai ome a barren desert, now it blossoms blos-soms like Ihe rose. And they under-Hand, under-Hand, too, that tiie people have ntude this change upon the lace of nature by their muted ellorts, and not by the use oi large atnounta ot money, their labor having been organised and directed, and utilized to the best advantage to produce pro-duce iho gioriuus results which ure visible; and people are looking upon lliii and are admiring it. Therelore, they are feeling more Iriendly toward us tiun they have been in years past. Some el our neighboring states ana territories have pursued a ditlerent policy to that which has been pursued by the people (' Utah, and now they aee that their maleiial interests have not been developed de-veloped as those ol Ihe people of this territory have been; and are behind Lull in suLsuutial growth and many improvements. improve-ments. While Ihe people of other territories have turned their attention to gold and silver mining and industries of thischatacter,the people of theTerritory ul Utah have lurned their attention to fk'nculiure and to the development ul lie various other resources ol the coun-hy. coun-hy. and the result is we are able in part to shoe and clothe and house ourselves. We buy the products of our own labor. We sro able to take Irom the sheep our wool, and out ol it lo produce cloth with which tu clothe Ihe people. We are able, through the herculean ellorl, I will ol a tow men, who have been left lo carry the burden themselves, 10 produce pro-duce a lew million pounds of sugar to "1'1'ly Iha people of Ihe Territory with that valuable article. And we have "en able lo do a lew other little things " this character in Utah. It is this industry in-dustry anil this ellorl on the part of the People ol Utah that is ultracilng today "e attention of our neighbors and '"ends, our irrigation ol the luntls and ie subjection ol these deserts lo cultivation culti-vation and to Ihe produclum of grain, "" anu vegetables in vast quantities, sulliatni forme necessities 01 the peo-I'le peo-I'le and some for exportation these "'"s are what are attracting Ihe utlen-"un utlen-"un ol our neighbors towards us, and causing them to loci that there has been "isdi.in mauilpsied ill the direction ol he ,a!,0rs oi Hits people. Therelore, y are moved, as 1 have said bclore, . hi feelings ol friendship mid regard ur us just ui present, because their eyes 'e turned upon these things. ow, I wam loujk tins congregation, many ol you lcc-1 disposed to ''irtiuae tlit-ue; home industries thai are " s.Miice of wealth, ol progress, of '"ciigth und ol improvement 111 this '""luryr now nmllv ol you wl V runne the sugar factory at Lehi, and ,m. L""no will your own minds to Purcha,, Utah sugar and use it to the ""lusum ol all imported sugar, aslonu as yon can gel a pound of I.ehl sugar? How many ol us will patronize the home product In ptrlerence to tli.it which Is imported? This is an important impor-tant question. I heard a lady say not long ago, "Oh, I would not use Utah sugar.1' Why? Well, because it tastes ol the beetl" I suppose the cause uf that is that the beets of which Utah sugar Is made ore raised nearer home than Ihe beets (10111 which the imported sugar is mad. I he beet taste.ol course, evaporates from the beet sugar that is imported into Utah Irom other countries; hence they du not taste the bret in the foreign article, while they can taste 11 in l ull sugar, (laughter) Hut this is only a pretext, and a very poor pretext, t o, not to palroriue home productions. Another lady (and llns lady that 1 now reler to is not a I aif.er-day Saint; the other lady w:is a Mormon I cannot say she was a Latter-day Sunt) said once lo her Husband, "Wnat is the mnltcr with my colk-e.it is too sweet, and 1 have only put Ihe usual amount ol sugar in it.' ' "Why," said he, "don't you know that we ure using Ulnh sugar and it don't re-ipnre re-ipnre so much lo sweeten your roller." t Laughter) Now.lhese non-Mormons are good patrons of home productions, whilo many ol the Latter-day Saints will nol patronize the Lehi sugar lie-cause they can taste the beets in Ihe sugar, strange, isn't it, the gentiles don't discover dis-cover Ihe beet taste also. We notice that when the Lehi sugar is in the market, importers of sugar into Utah cut down Iho pnie, in order 10 undersell Ihe home produrt, to, It possible, pos-sible, I suppose, break down the iustiiu-lion iustiiu-lion and to ruin those who have invested their means in this industry. And there are thousands of so-cnilcd latter-day Saints who will buy the imported article ar-ticle because they call get 11 or a few cents less or even hall a cent less than the home article. Presidents Willoid W'oodrult, George J. Cannon and Joseph F. Smith have had to stand under un-der Ihe load ol this Lehi factory to the extent ol hundreds ot thousands ol dollars, u-id our credit at times has been strained to the uttermost, in order to carry it through, and we leel that we have been neglected to a great extent, by the people of Utah, in that Ihey have not lavored that institution and sustained it with their patronage. Numbers ol our brethren who proposed to help us cany Ihe burden in the beginning, when ihe times tightened up upon them, shrank up in their Icelings ami withdrew their support from it, leaving ihe load lor others to carry, and we have had lo carry it, and we carry it still, to f certain extent. With permission 1 will say tins: we met a gentleman from the Last, who came out here to Utah on a visit and went down and took a look at the sugar factury, and at Ihe lields of growiug beets; he observed the industrious character char-acter of the people, and he said to himself, him-self, and to these men here, "1 have suthcient confidence in your integrity anil m your intelligence and wisdom, to invest at least one hundred thousand dollars in the purchase ol your bonds'-' and so we were able by this means 10 dispose ol a tew ollhe Utah sugar bonds lor money, which has lightened the burden upon us 10 that extent. And this was confidence shuwn by a stranger in the integrity, industry and thrift ul the people und President Cannon suggests, ill the 1 irst Presidency as well. Now, 1 make this statement because the First Presidency and some ol tne Twelve have been under this load, and are still under the load to the extent ol all that they possess tu the world, aud yet some of our brethren are lighting ngainst the industry, and against the interests of the people and the interests ot Ihe Presidency Presi-dency ol the Church in relation to these things, and we do not like it. We want the people lo know that we do not like it, and 1 take this occasion to tell them that we do not like it. We are giving to the people of Utah county anuother portions ot the Territory thousands of dollars lor their labor whete years ago they received not a penny. We have increased the value of much- of their farming lands mure than one-hall by the establishment of an industry among them that has given not only labor lor themselves and lor their children, but has increased duuble the value ul their l.nJs in their productions. And we have received but little lhanka lor it. Now, we ask the people to patronize home industries patronise the Lehi sugar factory, and as long as you can get un ounce of Utah sugar at any price, buy it in pretcreilce tu anything that is imported. Then you will be showing a spirit ol patriotism, a spirit of home interest, in-terest, arid ol wisdom, which will build up and bless the people uf the country and the Innd 111 which we dwell. And do not let any 1-allerdav Saint say that he or she does not like Lehi sugar he-cause he-cause it tastes uf Ihe beet. 1 huve been a lover ol sugar all my life. 1 loved it so much w hen i was a boy, and also when I got to be a man, and 1 ate ao much ol it that 1 had to buy a new set ol teeth. (laughter) Well, I do not advice you 10 use it to such an extent as that. 1 do not ask you to go to extremes ex-tremes ill eating lUj.ar. but il you si it sweet, sugar is the best lorm in wiiich to use it. Although 1 nave some experience experi-ence in using sugar, 1 have nut yet been able lo delect any uupleusunt beet laste in ihe Lehi sugar! President Caution tells me that a gentleman w ho is 111 charge ol the eating eat-ing houses aluiig the Denver and Uio Grande Kailway had told him that Ihe Utah sugar was remarkable lor its sweetness and he bought all he could ol it in prelerence lo other sugar. licru is a case ot another "outsider who can appreciate the value und the worth of a home product pro-duct when a Mormon sister did not like it and would nol have it ill her house lor uny consideration because she could taste the beets in it. President Wood rulf says he has eaten a good ileal of home made sugar and he has never yet tasted the beet in il. Wo ought to have two or three more sugar lacturies in Utah equal in capacity to that which we have now, in order to produce enough sugar for the consumption of the people peo-ple of Utah alone. Notwithstanding we , have a lactury which, produces bv or 11 - 11 six millions of pounds of sugar a vear, f we are Impurting three-fourths of th.it I which we use, in order to supply 01 r necessity, l ive million pounds, llroiher Morns, ihe president ol the company, inlorms me, were produced last yesr. And this is one of several great lads that are drawing the attention of our neighbors toward us. They see this people use intelligence and wisdom In Ihe direction ot their labors and in Ihe development of the resources ol the country for their own sustenance, and ihey admire us lor it. And so will all the right thinking people of Ihe world admire us, the more we are able 10 take care of ourselves and provide lor our necessities. We have a little woolen fsciorv down In I'rovo; we have another in Salt I ake City; there is another little lactory in Heaver, I understand, and still another on the northern borders of Ihe Tern-lory, Tern-lory, called the Nonh S.ir mills; also another in Washington, Ranr county, and another in llrigli.un Ciiy, Una I I. In county, and one in Ogden, ami another in Spiuigville. Some of Ihein are small, you can depend upon that so small that we have passed through the country a great nianv times and never seen Ihem; and, in (act, there are sonic ol 1 1 1 -.is I have never heard ol nivscll 11. 1 jusl now. 1 am gild lo hear there are so many; hut we Ii4ve never heard a great deal about tlf-in, for Ihe reason, I suppose, that we are importing so much of Ihe mateiials that can be produced pro-duced by them that they are nol thought oi. I want to tell you that I and llroiher lirlier Grant, and llrulher Lyman Ly-man and llroiher Richards and many more ol 111 v brethren arc clothed In home made goods, marie from Utah sheep, by Utah workmen, in a Utah lactory, and 1 am not ashamed ol my apiarel- My shoes that I wear are made at X C. M. I,, or at Solomon llrothers, or by somebody that is struggling strug-gling lor an existence and laboring lor trie support ot his lamily. I do not go abroad tu get my shoes. I would to God that a I this people would do the same. Here is our Brother Smyth starving to death almost trying to make hats lor the people, and he makes tie-cent, tie-cent, good, serviceable hats; but the people will not patronise hun as long as ihey can get something uiarked with ''Stetson" in the lining ol It They want the foreign made article. We ought tu sustain Ibis industry, I tell ynil it is the word and wisdom of the Lord that we should sustain these industries at humu. It is wisdom it is the true policy of the Church the doctrine ol Ihe people, and has been the doctrine ol Ihe people from the beginning of our settlement here. Babylon is lo fall some day, aud the merchants are lo weep and wail because no man can buy her merchandise any more. They wlil nut be able to buy it; lor Itabylon is to lall and rue no more, so s.ivs the Scrip lures. I can tell you, whether llibvlon tails or not, so far as the principle is concerned, it makes no difference; the people that can supply their own necessities, neces-sities, meet their own wants, ard provide pro-vide lor themselves, are always heller people, more intelligent people, happier people, more independent people, ihan any other jieople Usun the lace of the earth lliat flu not these things. Il stands lo reason; it is common sense; it is good judgment; it is Gospel truth, that all this peuple ought to understand under-stand and live up to. Now, II you want blankets, all wool and two yards and a half long, and two yards and a quarter quar-ter wide, large enough to cover your bed. go tu Ihe North Star mills and get them, or go down to Provu and get them. Order them if they do not mie them that large, aud don't you buy any thai are less than that unless you sleep aione. (Laughter.) 'J hen again, 1 want to name another little factury that is a very important one in this country. It is a little lactory at Logan, run by llroiher . W. llen.l-rukson, llen.l-rukson, wherein all kinds ol underwear under-wear and stockings are kmtleo. I have beetl wearing ins uniou suits for a long time, and 1 cau tell you that I shall never patromte shins and drawers any mure. 1 want them all woven 111 Utah, by some ot my own brethren that are laboring to supply a living for themselves them-selves and their families. 1 want to help them to live; and inasmuch as 1 cannot manufacture these things myself, my-self, and 1 may pruduce something else that he needs, 1 can exchange with him or turn what I ruise or produce Into money, and thereby be able to give to him Ihe money that 1 obtain Irom Ilia product ol my labor fur Ihe product ol ins, and thus give him a c.iance to live as well as mysell. This is Ihe temporal Gospe'. My lime is up; may the Lord bless you, is my prayer iu the name of Jesus. Amen. |