| Show LETTER FROM ENGLAND since my arrival in england on the aud 2nd of november last I 1 haye have had the opportunity of noting many items of interest that a vast improvement has baa taken place in the general condition of the working classes is beyond doubt wages in nearly all the branches of ind industry are considerably sider ably higher than was the case when I 1 left england twenty eight years ago the commodious tenements erected show an ain evident desire on the part of the owners to make the occupants comfortable food is remarkably cheap with the exception of meat and in this respect the importation of american and colonial productions tends to keep down prices clothing is dow n to a minimum and yet in spite of all al this poverty is rampant everywhere super induced by an excessive use of intoxicating liquors this consumption of 11 drink goes on in spite of the great efforts of the numerous nume roue missions by the churches and temperance organizations it goes without saying that this country possesses the elements of a comfortable existence for all classes but they are neutralized by the demoralizing effects of the drink traffic at a meeting tile in held in birmingham a short time ago it was gravely asserted that a large number of licensed liquor shops and alehouses ale houses were owned and controlled by city and county officials and instances were given where the business was owned as a stock comiano comi com any christian ministers being among the shareholders shareholder sl under these conditions it is no wonder that the uneducated classes will indulge their propensity ity for liquor quor thereby er y impoverishing a ng t their e r families III and in many cases being compelled lied to seek relief from the parochial authorities while in manchester I 1 visited some of the large cotton factories As an example of the importance of the improved machinery introduced into the spinning departments WA of the be cotton industry it is calculated that under the old method of single wheel haud hand spinner by working fifty six hours could spin five hanks banks of no 82 32 twist with the appliances es now at command one man with the assistance of two boys can produce banks of the me same description of twist in the same time the enormous sum of is represented as the monetary extent of Manch Man chesters asters trading 0 operations eions yards of doth th being sold annually the rapid increase of the population to is evidenced by bj the fact that whereas it a few years ago the various towns and villages could be readily defined by the cluster of houses there one can now new travel in almost any direction from manchester Mancheste and rand find miles upon miles of streets the lines of the respective tive towns being defined by poles placed in the ground I 1 am enjoying my labors in the missionary field there is but little inclination on the part of the masses to listen to the message we bear still we do not feel discouraged but try in our humble way to disseminate the truths of the gospel by bearing our testimony to the people distributing tracts etc my traveling companion is elder charles B R lyman of parowan carowan Pa rowan we are laboring in the northampton district of the birmingham Conference among a good class of people my sympathies extend most heartily to the members of the peopled people party in salt bait lake who are now struggling ng so manfully to bold their own against those who are seeking beautifully full to ruin the prospects of our beautiful mountain city god prosper his work in all lands W 0 bickley birmingham england danl |
