| Show UTAH CO we so seldom bce ree any thi thing ng at all favorable to the majority of tho the people of utah atah in a ban francisco paper that we are surprised at the fo follow 11 ing which we clip fro tro froitzhe from ithe the tho riia rifa ri t california ifft it is one of the anomalies of mormonism that the only great success in operation cooperation co which has been I 1 achieved in america has been by this his hect in utah albeit so eo little Is known of the matter outside of the territory that when shengen wh enGen gen barnard was wab hunting for examples of american co operatic operation ri for his book on that subject he never once thought of mentioning utah yet ea each i ch mormon village and hamlet has bas its cooperative 0 pera tIve and mercantile institution wherein every mec mee mechanic hanle hanie and rind farmer has a small email share snare they naturally all trade with the establishment in which they we nie interested and this thid assures its prosperity at the bame same time making it almost impossible for an outside trader to come in and compete for this the co operative enterprises of the tha mor mons mon s are disliked by he the gentiles and commonly spoken of aa an illustration of mormon clannishness clannish and intolerance it is true that the religions and i commercial ideas of the saints work together very handily the influence of the church being lent lont to bustam the co cc operative the latter teaching and helping to maintain the solidarity BOlI darity bof the religious fabric but it would not notice be just to treat mormon co operation as merely a proof of bigotry and oxe exe exclusive elusive ness nesb it if operation cooperation co la Is preached to working men in other parts of the world as the most advantageous type of industrial organization why should it not be equally commendable in utah moreover co opera tion has been of incalculable assistance to the people of utahn enabling men of small means to obtain credit and accumulate property when they could not have done so eo in other ways way a A poor immigrant from europe by joining a operative cooperative co institution and taking a small tract of land can get advances and be car carried cairies cai ried over as they say la in the tha agricultural regions until ho hohas hohns has had time to make a crop and get returns it Is ia also reasonable to suppose that the noticeable influence which operation cooperation co has everywhere else exerted to make the industrial population fugal and s sving baving ving has existed in full degree in I 1 the utan community |
