| Show ECORD CROWD OPENS u CONFERENCE SHUN HUN SHODDY CLOTHES SAYS AYS P PRESIDENT Of CHU CH Speaker Also Urges Conservation Conservation Conser Conner of Soil Products and J Livestock and SuL SuLI Support Sup I J port of of I Home Hom Industries V q By Grier l t tC CONSERVATION C CON ON of the pr pro pro- V ducts of the soil the herds herd's and nd the flocks the shunning of shoddy garments made by cheap inferior labor o outside of of the state more extensive patronage o of home industries and home manufacture manufacture manur c- c ture was urged in m a vigorous keynote address delivered by President Joseph F F. Smith before a record attendance at the opening pening session of the eighty- eighty eighth annual conference of or tb the e Church hurch of Jesus Christ of or Latter Latter-d Latter day Saints in the Tabernacle this morn morn morn- ling inc Ing President President Smith made an emphatic plea for fol a back to the farm movement movement movement move- move ment urging the Latter-day Latter Saints to Imbibe the spirit of the early pioneers and raise everything they need to Import as little as possible and export all aJI that c can n be spared In In olden times the early days of our church in Utah said President Smith there was a great devotion to sustenance self-sustenance and home ture There was a local providence dwelt upon in those days that is still sUlI new and applicable to all the people of Utah and the intermountain coun coun- try We were content and happy then by using only the things we could produce at home Conditions then made it necessary to be econ economical mical to provide everything by our own energy energy energy en en- ergy and skill But we ve have become wealthy and nd careless Money is plentiful plen plena and transportation facilities have been expanded Because of these conditions con con- we now noy seem to prefer to to patronize industries that do not contribute contribute con con- tribute to our welfare rather than those at home SUPPORT HOME INDUSTRY It is our duty to support home in hi in industries even where a few tew cents more are necessary to avoid the shoddy shoddy- that is heaped upon us It is deplorable that Utah made products should have to seek a market in New York Sa Sail Safi Francisco and even in for foreign lands President Smith declared that Lat ter day ter-day day Saints are daily purchasing purchasing- things they do not ne need d. d He told them they were also paying payin big prices for things they could just as easil easily produce at home It is a shame and a a disgrace to our credit that we cant can't produce enough poultry and eggs and foodstuffs to tOt supply our own demands he said said We allow thousands of dollars dollars' worth of fruit to rot lih r every year when in the early days this wasted food was dried and kept to sustain life in the face of f famine min President Smith declared that the people of or America have recently had the doctrine of or economy thrust down Continued on page e 12 i SHUN SHODDY Continued from page 1 their throats until they dont don't know where they are at It is a strange kind of economy for forthe forthe forthe the poor man he said There is no logical reason reason why every farmer gardener sheep raiser and hennery owner cannot produce all he needs PLEA TO CONSERVE I am not saying this in a spirit of faultfinding I am merely making a plea to conserve conservo the products of the soil the flocks and the herds berds and to produce more food I want it understood understood under under- stood that there isn't a feeling In my soul or a a. fibre in my being that is disloyal My only thought and prayer Js Is to maintain the principles of liberty lib erty Justice and freedom we have enjoyed enjoyed en en- joyed in the pastI past I F believe In th the constitution of the United States and I know It is a docu docu- I anent ment that was inspired to teach the freedom of man to do right to believe behove believe be be- lieve hove according to the dictates of our own consciences and to insure the rights of freedom liberty and Justice for ourselves as well as for our I neighbors and fellowmen But I cant can't conscientiously indorse the actions of some of our leading men on certain national measures Despite his recent physical ailment President Smith was vigorous and forceful in his discourse He expressed heartfelt satisfaction at the large attendance attendance attendance at at- at the conference declaring that to him it was an evidence of the sincerity and interest the Saints are taking in the work In which the church is engaged President Smith told the congregation congregation congregation tion that he was not so strong in body as he was at the last conference but that he hoped nothing serious was the matter with him and that he would be beable beable beable able to participate In several more annual gatherings He lie declared however however however how how- ever that his Ills spiritual welfare is steadfast and growing and that his in interest interest interest in- in terest in the work of the church is In Increasing Increasing increasing In- In creasing day by day daj i GET MARRIED HE SAYS At the close of his keynote address addres President Smith read a statistical re report report re- re port of the receipts and expenditures of the church for 1917 The report also contained a record of vI vital tal statistics in the church during the past year The only comment of the president on the report was his advice that the seven widowers out of every 1000 members of the church get married as soon as possible if they are not too old Anthon H. H Lund of the first presidency presidency presidency dency was the next speaker at the opening session President Lund dwelt at fit length upon the war and the great changes It has wrought to humanity lie He urged a closer guarding of the children children chil chil- dren that they might not imbibe modern modern modern mod mod- ern Ideas that the world is a smooth running funning machine and that God Is not needed for the salvation of man REVIEW OF WAR President Lund emphasized the necessity necessity necessity ne ne- ne- ne of living in the spirit of God and observance of the word of wisdom He reviewed briefly the cause of the great world war and tho the lust of conquest conquest conquest con con- quest harbored by the Gemans The speaker requested that members of the church do not treat with t anca ance the German Saints lIe He said they were placed in peculiar positions as a result of the war and were often looked upon as spies and dangerous alien enemies He expressed his belief that the German Latter-day Latter Saints were sincere in their religion and were loyal to the country they had adopted We e can no longer consider ourselves ourselves our our- selves safe even in this country from froma a foreign foe declared President Lund We Ve cannot look upon taro Cn great Atlantic as as a barrier to Invasion in invasion invasion In- In like we could In the Revolutionary Revolutionary Revolutionary war This colossal struggle It a u costly and horrible thing but we must meet the demands made upon us and meet them willingly GOD GIVEN POWER Charles Charles ha les A. A CaUls Callis president of the Southern States mission was the last speaker of the morning session He lIe declared that the gospel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints is a power which which God gave to each man to win a victory for himself He declared that he has noticed In the mission field that the war is turning people to the Lord in great numbers He Ho said thousands who have never known the divinity of religion are arenow arenow arenow now confessing their sins and that men are losing their love for the I tangible visible things of the world I Ian an to God Cod for a glimpse Into the realm of immortality I I Conspicuous at the opening session of the conference was the presence of ofa ofa 1 a large number of mission stake i iI presidents i I Among those on the stand were President President Joseph seph E.- E. E. Robinson binson of the I v j I J v. v t r California mission President G G. E. E Elsworth of the Northern States President Ray L. L Pratt of l President G. G O. O Bennion of the Central States President Charles A. A Callis of tho the Southern States President John L. L Herrick of the Western extern States President MelVin J. J Ballard Dallard of the tho Northwestern States and President W. W Z P. P Monson Dronson of the Eastern States |
