Show railroading IN COLORADO TO presidents of stakes and their counselors and the bishops of wards and their counselors and to tho the latter day saints generally WE understand there has been considerable feeling aroused in various rious settlements by reports which have come from colorado respecting the terms upon which labor can be obtained in grading the denver and RH bid grande railroad and many inquiries have been addressed to us and the apostles ap astles upon this abject as to iv hether whether it would be advisable for men and teams to leave this territory and go there to perform ane work of grading the distance to the point mohit where the labor is 0 be performed is about miles and the journey to and fro with teams will vill occupy at least six weeks the counsel which has been given to the brethren generally in this northern country upon this subject is that the distance is too great and the weather at ut this time of year too une uncertain ermin erWin to in make ake this labor jabor remunerative to those who engage in it and tl a it is not advisable for the brethren to 10 go there one or two companies however have been organized at points south under the direction of boards of trade who have sent their agents in advance to make contracts and to examine carefully the route contracted for and to do everything necessary to prepare the way for companies to follow them this has been done at a moderate percentage barely enough to cover the actual expense the one or two companies who have thus organized have gone or will go under the direction of some man or men who will preside over them and who will carry with them in their camps th the e observances ser vances of our religion under such circumstances even if it money ia is not made at least good habits will be maintained and our young men will thus be preserved from many of the contaminating and destructive influences which prevail in railroad grading camps we think it would be very imprudent for single parties or for a few individuals to go eft in mixed companies to work on this railroad as ranies tanies however ow ever n much inch profi profit t might be made from the lab iab laborthe or the pro probability babell is that the parties themselves who go would receive more injury to their morals than any amount of money could compensate them for we hope the brethren in in authority will use their influence with the latter day saints and counsel them upon these matters wisdom would suggest that our young men especially should not be exposed to the temptations and the wickedness that abound at such points the twelve apostles will visit tile the various stakes as soon as practicable and from them counsel can be ob inea ined asto the best method to be adopted in relation to this matter I 1 VI 0 our ur brethren joi jol joul JOOL TAYLOR georoff GEO Q CANNON JOSEPH P F first presidency lowthe church of jesus christ of ra oay yay saints |