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Show church mm FOR THEJROBII SALT LAKE, March 7 Refornng to the London dispatch appealing In last pvenlngs News In which it Is stated that Homo Scc Churchill In the house of commons said an ev hhustlvo Investigation wduld bo made of tho charge th.it "Mormon" missionaries mission-aries are actively engaged in Inducing young grlls to emigrate to Utah President Presi-dent Joseph F. Smith said last night , "We would heartily welcome auch an Investigation on the part of the British govcrnrricnt I sincerely hope that Home Secy Churchill will carr the Investigation to the end It will do the Church a vast amount of good and will set at rest the false charges " An intorIew was also obtained with Elder Charles W Penrose of the council of the twelve, concerning the matter, who said" "The Church would welcome such an investigation, and it would be especially espe-cially welcome lo Elder Rudger Claw-son, Claw-son, president of the European mission, mis-sion, and to Elder Walter P Monson, president of the London conference Elder Clawson has expressed his desire de-sire to have an exhaustive parliamentary parliamen-tary investigation of the matter The same charges hae been made against tho "Mormons" a great many times In years past, but this recent agitation was started by a Washington corres pondent of a Boston newspaper In 1909. This newspaper correspondent said that according to the record of the Immigration officers of "Washington "Washing-ton 1,200 grils had been Imported that year to Utah by the "Mormon" Churqh This was entirely exploded by publishing In different newspapers In which the account had appeared in both countries, a true account of the whole matter. References were made to the books kept by the White Star and Dominion steamship lines, which were the companies over which tho "Moimon" emigration traveled, also by giving statistics from the records rec-ords In the Liverpool office through which all "Mormon" emigrants were booked, which proved beyond question that a greater number of males than females were in the companies which "were composed nlmost entirely of families, that very few glils or women of marriageable -age were In those companies, and that the entire story was a hoax, no such accounts having been obtained from the emigration department at Washington ' Facts Quiet the Stir. "The roport created a groat stir, but when the facts -and figures were given to the public, the excitment subsided The present fuiorc Is simply a repetition repeti-tion of the old , story, and is being used by the clergymen In their opposition op-position to the preaching of the elders nnd finds its way into the newspapers which give credence to the ministers vrho adopt this method of meeting doctrinal arguments. It can bo oroven by figuies that less than 7 per cent of the emigrants who came to Utahi under un-der the ausnices of the Churclu of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in tho year 1910 were marriageable women. These figures can be verified by the books of tho White Star and Dominion steamship lines. I have been in England for about four years, and was thoroughly familiar with the emigration and know tint there was not any preponderance of females or marriageable women among the emigrants emi-grants who left there for the sake of the gospel The books are kept to comply with the einigratlon laws of Great Brltlan and also to comply with the laws of the Uuited( States imml-.grntlon imml-.grntlon offlcprs at tho Amerjcan ports of entry. Every immigrant is required to have proper papers that show tho name. ago. occupation, birthplace, destination des-tination status, whether married or single, and other particulars required by law. There never has been any special consignment or company of girls or marriageable women sent to Utah at any time, through the 'Mormon' 'Mor-mon' emigration offices, but there hnvo been many such companies through the Salvation Army and other orgapizations for the importation of domestic servants to Canada. HaB Nover Been Done. "This has never been done, under 'Mormon' auspices. When mombers of the Churchi of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have desired to emigrate emi-grate to America, whether to Utah or other points, thpy havo been organized organiz-ed Into companies and placed under the direction of competent persons, so that they might be protected from designing people, from fraud and from accident. In every instance the emigrants emi-grants have paid their expenses, during dur-ing a period of many years The Church does not advance any funds for those purposes. Sometimes people residing in "Utah, or other stntes, send means to aid members of their families fami-lies to emigrate, but the Church does nothing of tho kind. The 'Mormon companies aro usually composed of families and persons who hao been for a long time members of tho I Church, nnd have been saving their earnings to emigrate. The whole agl-tntlou agl-tntlou about shipping fomalcB to Utah Is sneer fiction. A parliamentary Investigation In-vestigation would ho of great benefit to tlje eldera and' members of tho Church In Great Brltlan, as It would demonstrate the utter falsity of the stories from antl-'Mormon sources " ' I E!,!11. Ill 1 I 1 ! ! iim |