Show Fil EFFECTS OF A FALSE RUMOR Eastern papers misled by hy a II aw press e w dIspatch from thin into city are ar still com corn sa sai I on the story Mory II to 1 that The Tho Mor Mormon t mon mell Church Is I joins going out of ot They ore arc nil all floundering In thi th mist PV r r ra by the dispatcher who vito I F responsible j 3 sible for tor sending out fog tog Instead of nt tf tS It Is L the old nd story repealed Ho Hoe e thru there hus been berm more care and tt less It animus displayed In fl the thc press pr pre ser service er I I i t viet vice here than wn common of ot o yore orl c r Much o of thi misunderstanding that 1 prevailed 1 throughout the land aiti was r k tho moans of at holding Utah back from r statehood for tor yearn caused hy by the u falle reports sent over ow r tin from Irom rom this thu point to the thc prominent papers of tho thu country They rhey were yero ero often otten mall mail f k clous In the extreme their un tin untruth i C Cw truth wn ta exposed no refutation nl nt and It If protests wore were noticed II 0 tIe 1 t i w they ih hy by were worse than thun the tho original falsehoods the Ihl th dispatcher F copying the methods of 01 I local oeal publications Y In III this Instance wo we do o not regard tho the I error an mum Intentional Hut It In h t mis mischievous chievous suit deceptive and ant wrong 14 In jn principles To telegraph a 1 rumor that plight nIght have hac been Ileen perceived to ho he un unreliable I reliable coining from the tho source from t which It t WAS wn obtained was not good 00 1 I business nor 1101 fair treatment The Tho truth or falsity of time the report could have ha Ie been bet readily ascertained It If tho ha authorities IT I of f tho the Church were not considered wor tor worthy Worthy thy of ot o a 0 voice volto In lit the tite matter the r f P of ot tho the firms Interested In Im tho tim III nl ft j learn transfers or Hales elly anti and would have answered v i proper Inquiry Their of ot the d I s tory and that by the Church nuttier author authorities J I was not given glen same atme publicity i I 1 I ns Ill a the error was ws accorded timid so 50 many I t 11 t of ot the most me t Important newspaper In Inthe ini Ii i J the East have hm been ho misled Into making mo mol l comments and speculations of ot the d j ti v greatest absurdity Anil Ani thoy they are stilt still f t 11 n t It 1 I f 1 Utah and Ind Hallway coin corn 1 lr pany which vit ald Halll to have hwe been blen told t iLl js Is t described tl as mis a Il Church property P ir As ol s ue io Ie have hn 0 previously explained It Is tot not a Church hurch property hut but n II cor 7 t jy if 1 In III It which hl h tho time Church has iia hut but buta hutt a Ii t comparatively small financial Inter InterI I cat The Tho Imo amo may be tIe Hold of ot other otherl l i t t business concerns In which the Church t 3 made Investments anti and In 1 which wit kim j 4 Would never neer have boon 1011 started with without Ith t I I 3 1 Pt K out th tho tha nitS aid nt thus thuD afforded They have hac tue d l been he n of ff o Immense to Utah and 11 i J j iM ItLe grown to 10 Independence and pro NO prot t M fit H a mid their commercial Indus j j 1 t Is III i largely el due IllIe to tho the iL 1 wn t i J them and tho the nf ot f Itt f 1 i I theIr by it h the tho thus J X 1 1 J r I d Ii i The Tho han ban not announced any Il L Ut Intention on Oil 1111 port part to withdraw the tue t J that has haH to then It r 1 fuch uch commercial and Industrial enter enterprises mi hare lmae ha c furnished l employment to 1 nany working people and alit given Kiren this I community so M high n a 1 In the J business world the Church merely sold od if t J ti 1 cut out itt Its Interest In tn tho the Beach Haich f i m il company and a II i that has hall met mel with approval front from all oil alli l i cla la Es H here herl And nd mid that was wal wa the only I t teal leal foundation or nr the false report 11 i all nil over oer tilt the country It 11 la Is i j II i true rue that a 1 promoter who Iho n a mini i J I lier Zier of fairy tI th t L i little Inquiry n cold oli air t fJ ir 11 fd t p have acquired aci u II hilt bi company t 1 tho the properties I of the n i Iw here h f some other ol Hut l f i i t ten even cn that bit of or boosting made no ito ox e ei I f i ruse cue for tor the announcement nt the Ihl iL ft Church hurch wai out lIt of busi ISI r I y t S IeM or thu nonsense lIona n lU hi b b ht papers r th Ih Immense I 1 f wealth of lit the Ihl hu II with and 1 other othor I ln io to t j t I 1 i The Time continued error lUI tithing S IE I u Ii voluntary lII 1 lion but Is II i wild Mid to 10 be he a mm lax tn ta which 1 every Mormon In II ii supposed to he ne com coot 4 i to pay bay In to time tha Church UH Its vol 01 nine iliac and Its tt expenditure II U equally un tin unfounded founded toun lod htmL but IH Is to do duty In OH ON ONI I l relation with tha untruthful despatch fr 4 i And tha Iho th notion that the of or the Church holds hokiN at lit bIN till f the tho And ami of from oen etory purl 14 and branch of the Mormon I r allon U l I UN IH false stud lint silly lIly MS foIS the reeL rel r I h of ot tho the that Homo of ot the tho leading l f t journals deal out to their readers an 18 a aF i t I F gospel lo 1 truth timm rIi President of ot the j j t Church tines does not ant own or to own 1 I W a dollar or a 1 dime of ot Church property J hilt end there thAre m IR no hoarding of ot It for or 1 any purposes es The fht IlL tint that time the Church h hI I 1 IvaN ivas under the necessity u Ii l fe fast fel years t I it Bg ad to tf londs 1 ln large hire r rt for or n it to cow cov cover CO COi cower i er Us large lUI d big Inter t L 1 j est etti t e to to tu mm OOm common ik 1 1 sen selli e 6 the tho th and line an pitr that f 1 MI repent repeating Ing the Kale anti and 1 stupid I 4 d about the many millions In the thet t i control of at the Mormon I Our t It at a it distance may ln ins j rest re l ac that there thero has hM bo boemi boell n nn on change of ot policy AS 11 to the conduct of 01 oft i t i the time affairs of 01 the Mormon Church j I t l t Ita revenues arC aro Its own not nt the th prop I c j H t fi fir k r ertY rrt of ot any nn Individual and rid they e ore are I 14 managed with scrupulous tare care und hon hOIl honesty honI I I esty uty fit anti and economy onomy by the persons en entrusted t r I t trusted With their ter custody Th The Tho hod hoel 1 i hi nf nt tho Church is ts satisfied with their 1 I U II that he be auth 11 I 10 jeI 0 tier fler people ought to mind OJ 4 1 t i I tL jj for tor or oui em M j ft 1 I nl t Wo m 0 1111 10 a lOt mor with pesetas i r I r jace f 5 I J 4 I 1 I f J t und 1 of other oilier churches nor of ot the newspapers and other publications that appear to bo be so eager cager to tl pry NY Into Mor stor or non lOon moos end and enterprises We Wc c tire lire re loing dOlOg dol IIII very veI Cl y well thank you ou and anel there theren n fiat od be bo b no apprehension either cither that wo w are going to buy bu up any Rny of at their concerns concern or that the tho untie funds that belong to the Church of Jesus Je ulI Christ of ut Lot Lat erday Int will be b devoted to any thuin that will not be e for tur purposes of ot a general character How ready rend the time public Is to any sort of ot n II canard about the tho Mormons |