| Show TRADE to buy at the cheapest and sell bell at the dear estrates S is the nearly universal motto motto desire effort and practice and tradition and edstom custom have so thoroughly grounded that chur jn tn the minds of those old enough to operate that in almost every occurrence of tr trading adini each party strives to gain the whore or most of the benefit to himself this dyste system m will ill iii probably prevail with more or less jess viru A the merchandising izing of babylon shall fail anil and her merchants cry alas aias alasi but it wo wohld uld seem that the saints children of the iii ili 1 ae 2 in deaile dealing amono among among 0 thease themselves ves orf oft the oppressive and mistaken policy of invariably buying cheapest and selling dearest taide tiie or exchange 0 conducted upon correct arli agli honorable irin erin principles c aples is mutually beneficial c i al A enhancing the interests of all and injuring rno nope nore age avith a fair price for useful labor as a standard stan gard aard the farmer can count the irue true cost of 1 11 very article he produces by adding 0 to the labor expended the wear of tools and the interest fer t on their cost and the interest 1 on the outlay I 1 for buildings and fences with the ex pan se of repairs proportioning the sum among the different articles and when the whole tim alm time capital and skill are employed in agri pursuits to the above items there must aff aided added a reasonable per for coveri covering an all occasional failure of props crops crops and loss 0 of bock sock for making more improvements and for the colfort comfortable able abie support and education of 1 ia jn like manner and in most cases A readily can an each mea med mechanic hanic a andi andl nd tradesman an arrive at the true marketable value of eils eels commodities i this brief exposition of the leading fia features fixtures tures thai tA determine the cost of productions plainly indicates the correct basis of all prices provided videl mankind were one in their interests and feelings gs but they are not neither will they bep soon hence in the world at large numerous lofall local policies and arbitrary 1 standards and restrictions must be taken irit into th the e account AS Ls also the prevailing and fashionable custom of exhibiting the fairest I 1 side and extorting t the highest price prica but the last named considerations find no place in utah for here we are one or should belthe beighe same home government 0 is impartially over us all we ald aid are included within a common boundary and dr otin s settlements e are too remote from the worlds marts for us to plead their influence reflecting upon these facts it seems rather singular that we make slow progress C in in emancipating our trade and our principles of tride il from for the unholy and oppressive ahral dom of influences and traditions from abroad wc have no medium of exchange 1 for the purchase of imported articles except gold and silverano silv silver sliver erand and it is fortunate that we have knot not 1 and th that af money is scarce and that too without j or oar k knowing rowing 1 where more isto come from for vit vir the earlier be dobli obliged geato to depend j finif our own skill and resources As long iong on as 0 f families could thrust their hands in aliel r pockets and itak gold there without much lucli fear of suddenly afindia finding a them empty just so long iong on there was a prevail 10 indisposition to purchase and rely upon im p arted goods an and d this disposition anfor I 1 bately bitely was not satisfied with the mere purse sd of bf articles strictly necessary and those ja Ch would profitably aid ald aidan in the development 1 ome om resources but far tco too often and too 1 I tex fex en indulged itself in wasting means 10 in the e gratification of pride prid and extravagance carico this thus course was constantly attended bya by a threefold eill evil which all wise men foresaw and which all now begin to realize it discouraged cou razed raged home production it encouraged list less and idle habits and it drained our currency the simplest might have known that in in such an operation ou rooms and anvils iachine machine shops and factories would send forth little or no music and that a reservoir however large and full must be emptied when the exhaust far exceeds the supply the reservoir is almost exhausted and the supply is too limited to refill ity it unless the pipe be nearly or entirely closed this exhaustion would have occurred long ago ago had it not been for the wise foresight powerful teachings and correct example of our president and his counselors supported here and there by a few who could discern correct principles and who re regulated L plated their conduct in accordance cor dance therewith but bd this class must greatly increase even the large majority y of I 1 our community must learn and practice true temporal interests ere we can attain the vantage ground we have in view division of labor is an ancient and we think good institution else doubtless we should not read of 11 hewers of wood and drawers of water of those who went out to battle and those who staid with the stuff ac but in the various departments which occupy the abilities of men some from various causes arg ar more plentifully supplied with operatives than are others of this class that termed common labor is by far the most moat crowded as it of offers ders fers inducements to all who vill work no matter how small their amount of skill and capital it is for this reason that the common laborer is so frequently oppressed in his wa wages g es so often deprived of the facilities and means for comfortably making his life fill the purpose of his or organization animation farmers also whose chos e efforts produce that sustenance without which all would fail labor under the disadvantages t of a numerous and easy competition and to render these disadvantages es still more onerous an awful selfishness constantly keeps its greedy 1 eye and grasping hand upon every abend avenue to a more righteous 0 remuneration and equality here the same causes are at work with more or less odthe power of tradition to aid them but a naw nsw new country cheapness of soil and the desire of the people to do right tend to counteract t t the F chances for gross oppression and to keep in in check the spirit that is not willin willing 0 to mete out even handed justice still we are rather suspicious that it is not altogether safe even here to trust too much to the liberality and fairness of some especially in cases where there is not enough competition to help their consciences on the right e track if our surmises are not correct how happens it that a person will buy flour at only two dollars a hun red when ife h e knows that the market price is six and if all our mechanics are laboring upon the principle of live and let live why do they put you off with the unsatisfactory and very often incorrect encoh act plea that every thing is 13 so high when asked why they charge s such tich prices from our youth up and more more particularly tha settlement of these valleys we have advocated encouraged 0 and practiced to the best of our ability home production home market and home reliance but when in a haste to become rich any one demands an exorbitant price for what he offers in market can it be wondered at that those having money will patronize the cheaper imported article least of all should the high pi iced dealer producer and manufacturer object for he is actuated by the same spirit for buying 0 cheapest and selling dearest and would most certainly aim to make his cash tell telf to the greatest present advantage again how can it be expected that any pers person con ton will voluntarily waive the temporary advantage that his bis money gives gires 0 him and buy a poor article at the toye tora tore estore enies pries for a good one when he knows that the one ones to whom he thus pays money will spend that mone money y in the stores the tariff ta riffin jn favor of home production is greater here than in any other place within our recollection consisting of an unusually len ien lengthy thy and expensive land transportation and an enormous per cent added to cost and carriage C Is it supposable that home product products sneed leed leea additional protection and that we havenor ha energy and intelli intelligence enca sufficient to successfully compete with frith foreign supplies this be b e the case in regard Z to silks satins gatins ribbons wove fo fog cry I 1 and broadcloth but all these can well be dispensed with so long as the gold paid for them serves to advance the kin kingdom kindom dom of dark darka ness nebs it may also yet be the case with cotton goods with more moro or less of the substantial woolen fabrics with sugar paper glasby glass nails nalls anda and a few other necessaries but while admitted does not wisdom strongly urme urge urge extra care for the increase and preservation ori ort heep beep for far fal ial raising silim sugarcane sug sugar arcane cane and cotton on the rio vir Nir virgin gin gln santa clara and muddy for raising beets and making sugar for getting C the iron works in successful operation some time between now and the year 1900 ac 1 aside from food some articles ar are e already produced creditable in quality and somewhat reasonable in price at any rate lower than can be purchased in the stores so far so good and every manufacturer who sells leather shoes soap matches or any other useful and well made home product lower than importers prices should certainly be sustained not only ony with labor wheat flour potatoes lumber ac but with a fair share of butter eggs eggs tallow and CASH casu otherwise you yon discourage those who are struggling 1 lirgg in the right course for making us independent set at naught the counsels counsels counsel 3 and examples of odthe the wisest men on earth and furnish the un ungodly 0 odly with means for strengthening their opposition we are so located that both our faith and sound policy require from all the strict observance of those principles which will conduce to building 0 up a num numerous erous wealthy noble and righteous people in the fastnesses fast nesses of the mountains Is there a producer r or consumer ignorant of these principles or unacquainted with their correct application or uncaring 0 for the tire great result what then is the tr troubie trouble 0 uble possibly a little tuo much of the leaven of selfish ne ness SS pride and extravagance a and perhaps a slight proneness to carelessness perhaps a measurable avoidance of steady and correct thought and action and a mis miserable rable rabie shortsighted running to the stores when they can be easily and far better let alone who will lay jay these things to heart who will strive for independence for deliverance from the bondage e of the trade yoke joke giery every one who loves truth and en deavors to work rig 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