Show sleeting gg in bountiful na the 1 e citizens of bountiful heid held held a meeting pursuant pursuant to appointment in the th bowery on corday saturday august 23 for the purpose of 0 organizing zing an auxiliary agricultural and home manufacturing ac turing society singing prayer by bishop stoker B br r stoker stier briefly stated the object of the meeting strenuously urging th importance oi of union among the people and heir hair imm immediate e daae operation cooperation co as a necessary step to the acquisition of that independence so essential to the interests of the latter litter dav day saints bishop lorenzo lorenxo Loren noren wD D young froin from G S L cit cita r e re liis ills hearty acquiescence in the objects of the and informed the saints that the time had fully come v A ben hen the chil chill r reb of zion zi T must awake from froin their slumbers and individually realize their isolated position and their connection with stir rounding surrounding circumstances st ances anceo that hey they may maxy at once see and understand the uie vital importance of home manufacture showed that its encouragement ement and practice tice would be a certain prelude to on our r in independence I 1 as a pe people le alluded to the teachings of the prophet OT oseph joseph showing that home manufacture was a apart part of our revealed religion which ought at once to seimu late us to immediate operations in the grand scheme of home manufacture that the articles of our dress and food might be a proclamation of our conr sincerity by statistical allusions he exhibited the startling amount of specie annually exported from this people to the states for the purchase of articles which might easily be pr produced ut from our own Wi agricultural cultural and manufacturing operations urged the people to respond with a cordial and hearty acquiescence in the objects of the meeting feeling that it is a duty binding upon us as good and loyal citizens of the kingdom of god judge irol brook expressed the pleasure lie felt e it I 1 in the e truthful remarks of bis bishop iop lop young and i nd testified from his own experience of the beneficial resets re stilts arising from home manufacture in his domestic circle alone said the subject before the meeting I 1 was oi of vita importance to this clig pa people 0 pie anti and spoke of ample facilities for the consummation of so laudable a project urged the justice and propriety of home manufacturers 5 endeavoring to compete in quality and price with every article at present resent imported recommended the people to F be e one in every I idan plan ijan dan jan originating from the abtil authorities cities of or alii tins S kingdom and felt assured tha that tilie the time had come when nhen it is necessary that we as a people must roust depend upon our I 1 resource independent of ol importation bishop stoker said that he was highly highle gratl fiel with the spirit manifested ani and leu felt tin the expediency of an ado adoption eption of tha tho important object before the mee ing lug namely the organization of an auxiliary agricultural and home manufacturing society recommended a lust just and honest principle of dealing between the e farmer and the mechanic that peace and union in home exchange may prevail that prosperity and independence may soon crown our united efforts upon motion as to whether the citizens of city bountiful could abstain to the utmost of their power from the purchase of imported articles and encourage use and produce home manufactured articles a hearty response waa was manifested by a gener general a t show of hands the auxiliary society was organized by electia electing I 1 bishop J stoker presided pres president idea ideZ Y and judge J holbrook daniel carter luther barrham earn earr ham haa and thomas F F fisher eisher ish or directors THOMAS F FISHES clerk of the board |