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Show LIVING Warren VOL. 3. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER CHURCH AND SCHOOLS. If Elder B. H. Roberts voices the real sentiments of the Mormon church on the matter of education, it is no wonder that the people of this city entertain fears of the schools falling into the hands of that people. Last Sunday a celebration of the eleventh anniversary of the founding of the Latter-Da- y Saints University was held, and the Tabernacle was crowded. Elder Roberts was the principal speaker. He started, out to prove that the Mormon people have always favored education, but frankly admitted that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and then proceeded to show that it is not only the "beginning but virtually the ending of wisdom. In short, the gist of .his whole speech was that the teaching of religion stands first in importance. Mr. Roberts proceeded: "They (meaning the leaders of the church) believe that the education of the spirit is more important than the education of the intellect. Our own efforts have been and are now directed in that way. If intellectual education is to be gained to the detriment of righteousness and the truth of the latter-da- y work, the people prefer a neglect of that intellectual training. Skepticism is the crowning evil of the day, and 1 am in favor of stemming the tide in every possible way. Infidelity is fed by the falsehoods which creep into our secular schools. Today a man who would question the babblings of science is looked upon as an heretic. Yet, theories are far from being infallible. The supposed wisdom of our age is shown to be folly by the next It is only a short time ago, comparatively, when men believed in the geocentric theory that the earth is the center of the universe, and about it the sun, moon and stars revolve. But this idea is now discarded. Men are not safe in believing that all error has been pushed out of the theories that now abound. "God has revealed to the Saints the true record of mans origin and identity. Whenever mens theories come in contrast with the truth of God, they must go to the wall. We as Saints should make a distinction between the truths men have discovered and the theories they advance. Do not make the mistake of combating the truth of God by the partial knowledge men have attained. We expect Mormonism to 'go hand in hand with education. It is on our education that our hope rests. We expect the Latter-Da-y Saints to prove that the revelation of God broadens the minds of men and will advance them to an ideal mental, moral and physical education. This manifests that same old spirit of reiigious intolerance that antedates Mormonism many hundreds of years. We had really supposed that the Mormon people had made some advancements, but the only way one can believe that now is to deny that Elder Roberts voices their sentiments. He spoke truly when he declared that only a short time ago men believed in the geocentric theory. But we would like for Elder Roberts or any other Mormon, Protestant or Catholic preacher to tell us how and in what beway the church assisted in discing that lief from the minds of the people? How about Gallileo, who was the first, or among the first, to discover and publish the truth regarding the movements of the earth? Has Elder Roberts forgotten that the church compelled Gallileo, under the penalty of death, to get on his knees and sign a recantation? True, that was not the Mormon church; but it was the mother of the Mormon church the mother of all churches the Catholic church. The real knowledge of today is the work of skeptics, although Mr. Roberts declares that "skepticism is the crowning evil We declare (and are fully able of the age. to substantiate both by reason and fact) that skepticism, instead of being the "crowning evil of this age or of any other age, has of progalways been and is today the angel and onward upward. ress that has led us church the no been skeptics, there Had did in as it Servetus today would be burning the days of Calvin. Had there been no skeptics the smoke of burning witches would fill ago in the air as it did two hundred years instrucSalem, Mass. Moses gave positive tions: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to The skeptic came to the rescue. He live. not' only refused to obey the Mosaic comin the mand, but even refused to believe existence of witches. Skeptics have always been bold, bad fellows and are so considered and are today, but they have always been, is It skepof thought. today, the pioneers is the that of fear the God, ticism, and not Roberts Brother of wisdom; real beginning and the Bible to the contrary notwithstanding. . o 19. 1897 Successor to THE INTER-MOUNTAI- REDEMPTION MONEY. EQUITY OF TAXATION. The most ridiculous, yet a most widely And he looked up, and saw the rich men accepted, theory is that money, to be good, casting their gifts into the treasury. And he . saw also a certain poor widow must be redeemed or at least redeemable casting in thither two mites. in some other kind of money, by the govAnd he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than ernment. This mistake arises from a want of understanding of what money really is, they all; For all these have of their abundance cast and of the power that issues it in unto the offerings of God; but she of her The issuing of money is a governmental penury hath cast in all the living that she function, and can be issued by no less power had. Luke xxi, than the general government, except that There are some very bad things in the power is delegated to it by the general govBible, but there are some good things as ernment. National banks of issue depend well, and this is one one of the good things. solely upon the power being delegated to e It involves the whole question of equity, them to issue their notes. The power to issue and taxation, and could the spirit of it money and make it a legal tender is even find place in our laws there would be less denied the States. room for complaint. It simply means the It is very common to hear people say that placing of the burdens upon the shoulders the government is like an individual; that it of those most able to bear them. may issue its notes up to a certain point and The weight of taxation is relative only, the same be good, but beyond that point and cannot be computed in dollars and cents. they will not be good. That is to say, the It is easier for the man who has a thousand notes of an individual are good so long as he dollars to pay a thousand-dolla- r debt than it has accessable property to pay the same, but is for another man who has nothing to pay not beyond that point. Of the individual, one dollar; and the man who pays the last this is true; but of the general government it dollar he has in taxes has paid more than is not true. The difference between the indithe man who has paid ten thousand dollars vidual and the government is: First, the on a correspondingly greater amount of individual has no power to make his own notes a legal tender. That is to say, he canproperty. The facts are that the heavy taxpayers are the lightest taxpayers in not compel any other person to take them at the country. their face value or at any other value in payIf the spirit of th!s story could once find ment of debt. The giving and accepting of its way into our statute books, this infamous his notes must be a matter of mutual agreesystem of robbing the poor for the benefit ment. With the government the case is quite of the rich would cease. The public utilities different. It has the power to make its notes of the country would at once become public a legal tender for all debts; not only for debts property and the granting of franchises between the government and individuals, but would cease; the telegraph would at once between individuals and individuals; between become a part of the postal system, and! corporations and individuals, or between cornational banks of issue would be wiped from porations and corporations. In short, the the face of the earth. In short, a rule of goverpment has the power to say that its equity apd justice would at once be inaugu- notes, when offered in payment of debts due rated arid the Populist could retire, for his between any and all other parties shall satisfy 4. jus-.ic- so-call- ed occupation would be gone. It is evident that the hellhounds of the Cleveland Gage stripe have had their ears to the ground and have heard the roar of the oncoming storm, and they realize that what they do to rob the Nation in a financial way muSt be done at once and, moreover, that possibly this is their last chance. So they propose now to take as big a bite as is possible for them to masticate. Their recommendations along that line are simply monstrous. They are asking for a great deal more than they ever did, because they realize that it is now or neper. The thing is liable to get away from them. Some of these days the money power and its clackers will discover that they have bitten off more than they can "chaw. The brainpeople, it is true, have been a set of less, unthinking fools and it is but natural that these plunderers should conclude that they will always be so. It is quite natural that they should conclude that a people who have submitted to the national banking system and the many other nefarious schemes of robbery, will now submit to other and bolder robberies, such as are now being outlined by Gage, Cleveland, Eckels and others. They may discover their mistake at some time. It is hardly probable that the people have advenced far enough yet to realize the immensity of the steal now in contemplation, but such a thing might occur. Did you ever stop to think how closely together lie the two paths, the one that is trod by the laboring man and the one that si trod by the tramp? The change from the one to the other can be made at any time within a few days and some times within a few hours. You, that have a job, just stop and ask yourself the question, what stands between my present condition and that of the tramp? An opportunity to work for something to eat, and that is all. Your employer at any time, for selfish purposes, to join a trust and leave you out in the cold. Or some other man may invent a machine that can do the work you are doing much better and a great deal cheaper than you can. If that happens and such has millions of times where are you then? Might it not be well for you to withhold your criticisms of the tramp and extend him a helping hand, and thus set a pious, example for others to follow a hen you become a tramp? is liable all claims of the creditor against the debtor.' Second: The individual has no power to issue money, .He may issue his notes, but he cannot make them money. They may be considered by some persons or by many, or even by all as being equally good with money, but that does not make them money. The government (as we have already shown) alone possesses the power of issuing money. The third difference is that the individual has no power to tax other people to raise funds to pay his .notes. He must depend upon the property he already has in his possession, and such as he may obtain through his own exertions, to pay his notes. But the government does not. It has the power to levy and collect taxes, aud that power is limited only by the amount of property the individual members of the government may possess. That is to say, if necessary, the government can take the last farthing the individual possesses to pay its obligations; and not only so, but it can even take the body of the individual when necessary to carry out its purposes. We see this done in case of war or insurrection when men are pressed into service. People are too prone to consider the government as a sort of foreign ruling power, outside of the people. They look upon the government as one thing and the people as another. They view . (her government as a monster moloch over wliich they have no control and with which they have nothing to do. They seem to forget that governments should "derive their just powers from the consent of the governedLthat this government is a great social cfimpact of which each person is a member; a great corporation in which each individual is an equal stockholder, and that the acts of the government, as such, are but the carrying out of the will of the people, and that what all the people agree to do is binding on all the people alike. Having, as we hope, cleared away some of the mist regarding the powers and functions of the government, let us now pass on to consider what money is. Let us first consider what it is not: Money is not wealth. It is at most only a representation of wealth. It contains none of the elements that enter into the makeup of life or happiness. Its value under all conditions rests upon what can be bought with it If there be nothing to sell, then money can buy nothing. If it can buy nothing, it is worthless. Then it follows that CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 A . i NO ADVOCATE. N M SaBH H Ln.W m 1 I I 45- - If tills number is on i.:e label ei- tsiuius jour nains, youd Iwtter new uiUbty quick, ns tliat is tlm uumiier of tlis mut issue. No pspur i- will be sent fur a linucer time than paid for, nor on credit, except by sieclsl arraiiKeimuit. Living Issues, Warren Foster's paper, makes a tacit admission in "Prepare for the panic. One of two things will happen during the next six months: Either Congress will fall in line with the gold-bu- g bond-thigang, or else a panic will folwhich has never been seen. the like of low, That is a hard blow to independent Bilver, the gold standard and prosperity on one side against free coinage and a panic on the other. If the hypothesis of Living Issues be correct, let us have gold. Richfield Advocate. An editor who will garble a statement and divert its meaning is a very mean man, and unworthy the love of God or the respect of men. Yet there are a few such, and it doth appear that Editor Meteer belongs to and trains with that class. The above quotation is only a portion of what we said. Had he published the entire article the meaning would have been so plain that his readers would have understood it. But he purposely imposes upon us to make room for his criticism; thus advertising himself to all who know the facts as a smart aleck of the grade about No. 3. What he styles "a tacit admission is not an admission at .all; it is simply a statement of a fact. John Meteer knows if he knows anything that there is a concerted action upon the part of the gang to rob the in a for manner that flagrancy has not people in modern ancient a paralell or history. He also knows that it is through Congress that this work must be accomplished. He also remembers (that is, if he ever knew we are not accusing him of knowing very much) that one of the moves in this direction was the repeal of the Sherman law; and how Cleveland and his gang brought on the panic of 93 for the purpose of bulldozing Congress into doing their bidding and succeeded, as we all know. There are other and greater things this same gang of hellhounds want to do. They will first ask Congress to grant their request. Congress will in all probability refuse. Then will come the squeeze. And it will be continued until the thieves accomplish their work, unless the country sooner revolts. Of course, if the country were made of spineless, not to say brainless, lickspittles like the editor of The Richfield Advocate, they would get in tneir work without much, if any, opposition. If Congress will evince the same cowardice that he does, it will say with him: "Let us We hope Congress will show have gold. more backbone than it did when Cleveland "had it on his hands. We sincerely hope that it will be imbued with that old spirit that declared for "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute. But as we said if before, Congress does show that spirit the people may at once prepare for the worst panic they have ever seen, for it is coming. ef Why should anyone want the government to redeem its money so long as there are 69.999,999 people besides himself in the Nation who are not only willing, but are compelled to redeem it? Imagine if you can what sort of a worthless world this would be should everybody become suddenly contented with conditions as they are? Progress would cease at once. There would not be another upward step ' taken. If you are borrowing this paper from your neighbor to read, we are glad of it; but you should remember that borrowing it does not held the editor out a little bit. Had you not better subscribe for it? It only costs two cents per week. Whatever else may be said of the Republican party, certain it is that it is the luckiest institution on earth. Even the elements come to its rescue. See how the famine in India came to the rescue of the Dingley bill. So opportune! But we believe there is an old saying which says "A fool for luck, etc. We have no right to claim that we are so long as civilized, or even there is a warship, a cannon, or a single blue- - or d soldier in the land. Civilized people dont need them. And civilized people wont have them. half-civilized- grey-coate- , |