Show TWO GREAT THINGS times change chaale circumstances change generations change things desirable things familiar things potent lose their freshness freab and originality now new methods are suggested adopted applied by the successors of those who demonstrated in their time the value of a new force a new idea or a now new principle Drin ciple of action the people of this territory are a fitting illustration of the theory of forgetfulness forgetful and failure to propagate a principle of right and power awen ty ove five yean yeam ago there were unnumbered advocates of operation cooperation co there was much enthusiasm in I 1 to it it was doomed deemed and truthfully as without limit to in its application it was the fulcrum as unity was wag the lever by which to move toe the diversified forces of labor for the general weal farming importation exportation manufacturing were each to be subject to rule order and control me evanice of all grade combined and if intelligence had been equal to counsel enthusiasm and desire i it there had bad been persistence coupled with experiment and or courage urage pitted against obstacles no surer revolution was ever suggested then than this move indicated in the years of 1868 9 70 and onward the spirit of patience and momentary sacrifice was waa unequal to the demaud upon it men wanted to reap before they bad sown own and to gather where they had bad failed to abrew rew impatience irresolution and ignorance were a trinity which in action were pr prophetic of failure and so BO one by one combinations became dissolved speed at the instance of selfish deng while some died because of power in the theao so called controlling head bead Is a prime ingredient to in any organization of human nature as a it la Is known today leaders are few men who can employ themselves are not numerous nome roue the majority at present have to be provided for and so 90 far sink mink their individuality until they acquire c incidence and ability to suo used and all the abortive eff efert rt of combination have come from a multiplicity of would be leaders who had neither policy foresight nor disposition to be le less aithan than first and foremost among their peers peeril because of this thi a mighty principle was eventually circumscribed by merchandising that which could have sheltered abelt ered beneath its ita folds folda all the diversified necessities of a community became limited in the main tu to and even the power which was wae specially ape organized for this has bae been shorn of its possibilities because of sue Dicion jealousy and unjust action in regard to lt it it hardly needs to be said eald that Z C M 1 I is referred to in this connection men and stores which have been befriended by it have become its ita enemies it rave gave them long and u unusual credit but because business bua ineis principles were inculcated those who should have known better bettar ignored their obligations and transferred their patron age to stranger drummers or to those near nearby by who were a little more oily and suggestive than the old time friend these ignored the basic idea discounted it in their abir settlement expressed gratification when investors sold out our and thanked the lord when the distinctive sign was wag discarded or hid bid from public it to ie not d difficult to believe that cooperation to la forgotten then by the old and is unknown to the young that a new generation cannot give a reason why one place of deal should have bare preference over another or why the support of an enemy la Is not as an good as is the support of a friend superintendents ten dents directors and clerks have been at fault in this and their course has bag provoked neither rebuke nor explanation plans tiou smart new buyers have ignorantly critic criticized criticised ined the parent store and the sophistries sophis tries of strangers who neither paid taxes nor built up the country but were simply transient representatives of low grade houses have secured orders where a trusty home firm has failed we do not act know that Z C M 1 I is in worrying about this or mat it feels itself entitled to any special favors but this thin we do know that many discreditable things are familiar to its officers in quarters where they expected better ablog and that much of the patronage it should enjoy so oy Is frettered frittered fritt tritt ered into countless channels which militate against the people and deprive them at least of that prestige which should follow the consolidation of their trade nor is the agency of any man or combination of men called in question men are free but if instruction can be violated or set i aside at will those instructions had bad better be Dro properly perly nullified or superseded it may be alleged in hi extenuation that the now new generation and the now new emigrant are equally u and unfamiliar with operation cooperation co with Z C M 1 I or with the local aop a 0 op tore and are not dot aware of the tact that toy any obligation ever did or does now exist for any specified action in the way of trade or deal this is in only a public question because of an as sorted policy in rezard reward to a public in and it shows the possibility of individuals and communities receding from a good thing when it is not presented from time to time by teachers ers educators or the prow press which to is the ally of all institutions established as was this one official clai mercantile eye tern tam of utah some borne sixty odd years ago there was inaugurated on now new lines a religious movement which claimed efficiency by virtue of its essential character oter ages bad passed since it was tried and the records tell ot of iti ancient rise and suc success cese it was promulgated far and converts became enthuse antic organizations followed each other ana thousands became lm dressed pres seil with the virtue and aad potency of the ibe new fait but there were innovators it was too simple too authoritative it catered too little to selfish theories and would be lenders leaders insidious change crept in the tenacious spirl spirit of the fathers was silenced by age or death the new generation were unfamiliar with the first great leaders or the full intent of the institutions they founded and used whether the if i f the old official method was doubted or otherwise we may not may bay but at any rate forgetfulness super and but bat a attle while elapsed ore ere the distinctive sign came down all the errors of tradition anil and unauthorized religions religion were married or allied with the immaculate system until it was lost to man modern experience was waa in many respects similar when the re revealing came joy came with it propagandists were numerous state after state was wag invaded by them they wandered into adjoining countries and testified among the native races of this bla bouti meol ment nay the sea was wag no barrier to the enthusiasm of these achem te and every convert seemed to imbibe the same spirit until a larger pro proportion portio a of willing preachers prea obera grew from the sowing ot of precious setd than bad been known in any other connection or probably la in any period of note A cloud of witnesses know knew of the great power of the new idea of its certain action and sublime success but it 3 authoritative clarae ter began to be questioned among be baser sort men who were me merchandising reban to in souls soul saw their market in danger drummers of older firms of farou wares at less jess price ui or of mure more attractive colors the rude bidet was wag 0 nitrated nt rated with the sleek and polished aluara of the chef and finally the be numble humble neralda heralds ot a great salvation were at a discount tiers here and there brhen insinuation came and deliberate lying until tep stop by tep step every suvo auvo onto oate or right and was silenced lleo cad or oan labed as ao a disturber ot of popular religious trade and traffic now mow mo first fini revealing was a bless ing arid and a privilege an aa was wag the last and both were great grand rand aud glorious glori glor Jou oua no matter how or belittled or now how many of their champions or adherents got a martyka mar crown or how it 16 was wag first destroyed or later was waa ignored me gosp I 1 was waa precious preci oua then and yet its ita power and efficacy are undoubted and divine too numble worker in that cause will receive a full reward while the skeptic too in and the rebellious will lose loae all that thai can be lost loat truth runs runa in parallel lines and the potency of the operative cooperative co isles idea ia a abill inherent in ite reapplication application men may affect that private enterprise excels it 1 rikey iney may prefer the methods of individuality vi duality or uis unton it maybe may be de claimed against or be rejected men may tail to teach or illustrate it way may repudiate or forget it it still remains as an it was waa an eternal principle devised or salvation for union anu for the prevention of and speculation so walle the children ob ildren of the world may reject one principle and the children ot or tile he light may reject another and either ot oi these or ahers may for a time be ignored forgotten or abrogast eu u yet in the divine economy the adous which some builders rejected will surely become again los head of the corner tf |