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Show ; GRANT DENIES COMMISSION I RECEIVED FOR SUGAR LOAN Charges Unfounded, Church Leader Declares at' Opening of Conference; Industry Held as Greatest Developer of West SALT LAKH. April 7 Vp Geors Mbort smith. principal pcm' er at the- BMCtilni Mien ol the nln -iv-scoontt annual mranil confer- n c of the Mormon c-hunh Bodtt) cl hired "there can be on curt tor the worlds Ola ...nil there has been volt Uon from llK null, rinl to M.e spiritual ubdok men n"fl I"11'00?' ' , , -Thr rMKIrm of auj religion arc the people of God." Ap'J"" m connection With ; remark that H ras not the poUej ol tht Mormon Ghurch f rittciac nnj r Llglon -r church. , He asked that all Mormons enrr) the gospel to those outtflac ihc chuWB M I' SALT LAKK. April 7. IV.-i.l' nl iifU H.-ber J. Grant. In h.s address W the I .penlng of the ninety -won. I co0 - ncc Of tlU L. D. S church yest. r.l L nornlng emphatically denied that Hher he or the Mormon church liaa received a dollar of. cornnxisfon in tno Hill recent raising of n large sum for the flfn'' Ctah-ldaho Sugar company Kccnilv 1 received," he Bald. ' letter from a gentlman .i-K.m; me n I do not think iut J90 -v high commission to Charge foi ,nK $ loo i. on for th- L'tah-Tdaho sugar su-gar company. 1 did not receive one dollar of th.- commissi. .11 nelthei did the Mormon church, but the church used li rr.-dit and bouRht 2, 100.000 preferred stock of the company DEVELOPS STATE President Grant lauded thr- sugar beet Industry as one of the chid factors fac-tors in the development and liv of the letter Day Saint 'The president read at length rrchl 'an editorial In rScehl IsSUS 0 the Mutual Improvement Kra. a Mormon church publication, entitled "Integrity in Iudustrv. ' the tenor oi the communication commu-nication being to sh..u the importance Df the beet sugar industry and Uie spirit f honesty in which the nfJ ilri of the Utah-Idaho Siik'.H' rcmpun have been administered, lie inter-IlIih inter-IlIih ectcd numerous comments t the . I-1111,''' I-1111,''' feet that had It not been lor the pub-Mb pub-Mb lie spirit and genorosity ol l U3 ni I men of the church in times ol financial fi-nancial stress, the sugar Industry in JliMt Utah and Idaho would have failed of successful development EDUCATORS pftESEN l Another feature of speclfll Interest i of the morning sessi-.n was the presj 11 PJ J ence of three American educators of MM! note. Professor Thomas Nixon CStVer , of Harard university. President Wal- ti ler Ernest Clark of trie University of I Savada and President Charles A Lory Pfll j of the Colorado Agricultural college, trlfl These distinguished visitors occupied he long seat reserved for the quorum of the twelve apostles, only i-n nl IfjJli1 whom wore present. Reed Bmotol being be-ing at Washington. D C an.i Ore m P f WhltflcV in Europe. At the request of KQ President Grant, each of the tin -. e HIE iiors mode brief talks, expressing Jp-Bt.fH Jp-Bt.fH preclallon of the opportunity afford., i I' i and their admiration of the Mormon HM people and their systems of coftlmu-fj coftlmu-fj Tlty organization and development, h The president then rend front the I Mdlorlal In the April Issue of the 1m- mlwt provement Era entiled. Integrity and I Industry. ' In whicli l was s.-t n it lhal I for the various KUgar companies of I "tah and Idaho during the season of JHlf. 1921. there were npproxJma ely 16ft,-100 16ft,-100 acres of iir;u la-. i:rov n I.. HH tpproxnnateh l 6, farmei fjll' half of the amount was t.ils. ij fur the i.'tah-Lidaho Sugar conpany. The 16.-Hflg' 16.-Hflg' 500 farmers delivered from the 160.000 acres to the various companies in ih" two slates approximately 1.000.O00 if.' 'on of bei ts, fr..m which upward of III) ill 4.000.600 bags ot sugar had been llirf it manfucatured. which, if sold at Hie present price f about 14.60 a bag, would amount to approximately jlft,- J0O.0O0. this being distributed about one-half to the farmers, the othi i I 1 1 r to the workmen and the inanufacurers for material sT BENEiTT nf'lK While the manufacturers of tMh u- gar will undoubtedly sustain a loss. I ' 'he editor went on. unless the price of -t-.tr Increases, yet the benefits to be ,deiiv.-d by the circulation of this vast ,sum of money during the period of financial distress sh of Inestimable ilue. it furnishes the very life-blood of OUT Industrial pursuits and will as-Stsl as-Stsl in tiding this section of the coun- r i i some "i us financial difficulties. difficul-ties. Mr. Grant then went at length Into the value of keeping money In circulation circu-lation and Stressed the Importance of patronising home Industry. He then 'read the financial statement of the church for the year of 1321. showing the following expenditures: Stake and ward purposes, $520.270, education. educa-tion. JX93.000; temples. charities (amount expended from iitliev, $266. $rt total. $2.8(6,234; mission ex-jendi' ex-jendi' ures (erection t' chapels and .maintenance and operation oT all the I missions)! JT.16.6-17; estimated contrl-I contrl-I buttons outside of church funds, $$60,-'640; $$60,-'640; charities, outsides of tithes, $726,-733. $726,-733. Ihc church growth statistics were given as showing that the children classed and entered on the record numbered 20. HI; children baptly.nl. 15.404, converts entered on records by baptism, 7113. a net Increase for the year of 22.779. , The birth rale was stated as 37.3 per 1000. the death rate as 8.2 per 1000 in this connection the president pres-ident elaborated at length on the fact I that no had people had a high birth rate and only rood people had a low death rate lr. Lory of Colorado Agricultural college sld that three years ago be had been brought Into Intimate relft-Hons relft-Hons with the Mormon people in their WVoming settlements, ttjal he had gone there prejudiced against them, but had found his prejudices entirely unfounded. John ,M. Knight, president of the western states mission, was called to the stand p occupy the brief time be-! be-! fore rionn adjournment. His discourse 'was mally doctrinal and eulogistic of the remarks of President Grant In ', opening the conference. Choir add i congregation sang "Do What Is ltight" and the benediction was pronounced bj HcbOr, Austin, president of LJ.nit-liam, LJ.nit-liam, Ida., make. Charlls W. Penrose, firet counselor : I r.nldent Grant, was the chief speaker at the afternoon session. With Falward p, Kimball at the Organ j the meeting was opened with the singing sing-ing of 'Quidfl tSs, Thou Great Je-h. Je-h. all." Frdtik Y. Taylor, president of Granite stak". differed the invocation invoca-tion and the congregation sang "High On the Mountain Top a Pinner is Unfurled " PENROSE SPJ K--President Penrose, why Is stronger . now than ho was a year ago, gave thanks for his physical health and took occasion publicly (o express his 'gratitude for the numerous messages and expressions of good will he had received at and since the time of his ninetieth birthday anniversary. a i short time ago. The address of the veteran church -i man was doctrinal, belnj, iargely a dis-ldussiohoof dis-ldussiohoof the three glories "Celestial, terrestrial and telestlal." He had no deSlfH to place anjl bar on intellectual investigation, but held it out of place for anj Latter bay aalht to quibble over or seek to dispute any of the plainly -spoken revelations of God on points pertaining to salvation. "The opport unity to accept salvation salva-tion Will b' given to all." he said, "and all of tho glory except the sons of perdition. For them there Is only -ei lasting torment. Do not question whether the Lord will save even these sons of perdition In some future eter-nity. eter-nity. Be content to be guided by the revelations of Iol. Every Litter Day Faint Is striving for n celestial glory not for any of the lesser glories. "The day of revelation is not past. .We are In the midst of it. God inav ! recall to a Latter Day Saint things for his own guidance, but the revelutions lb it are for the church In g"neral 'must come through constituted authority au-thority of the church." |