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Show JS;icar company wan also Mated bv the speaker advising I ho member lo "o nothing In worbllv matters which would had to had feeling neiwn them ax nmhom ( the church hut to reaKonabh' moans for a pencoful si tilom-nt of tho dimculiy. Tho ad-L'rePH ad-L'rePH was t.dlow'd b a soprano "-do by Mrt;. Hchor Warner. rson F. Whitney then took Iho 'and und P.-.o 3t porno lonpih. SM'eaklns; reinird-contly of former MnitsTo Ocdcn he .said that ho rrcat-lV rrcat-lV enjoyed h In vlnit hero with the saints hut Fnld that ho and tho othr peroral officer ..f the churrh should not i-hmv favorltl-.nl toward any ono locality h,,t j!h.,iild lovo and teach alike any branch of tho church whero-eor whero-eor they phould bo. Ho further ;ld that a spirit of pympathy should exist between h otlicers ..f the different stakes and -wards and that although thov should fclve their host efforts to the work churrh were revealed to htm anions them tho one reiMInc the conun ration ra-tion of property, which designated innu to bo only a .steward of hl.-t earthly earth-ly pi-s-n .-.slons. mental and physical i 6tronp.tii itichided, to bo n.e-d for tho tl Sl CO-id of Cod's peopi. -Since tho or S3r." went on tho Fpeaker 'until the present time the. world ha been undergoing n transition. transi-tion. In tho past fd years (he woild c.ik pr'-cressed more than man in the lfiOO years previous. . cetnpleto rf-v-idiln has taken phem. All this I attribute to tho restoration of the Gospel of the Mormon Prophet awakening tho entire world to Its teachings. ' In no department of the world s j action has there been such a chance as In the department of lahi.r. Klfihty ycara hro It look 2000 men to do the I work vvhkh can bo done now by one man and a machine. At that time employer and employee were on terni3 I of friendship but with the Improved machinery which came as time wore . on ckiss distinction I er;an to creep in I and employer and employee became more and more alienated. And then ' the owners of factories In different districts began to combine with no thought of the employees whatever. Not doing single-handed in the wduI , less manner which they desired they fcrmcd corporations, thus thinking to take the blame from their own shoulders. should-ers. This to my mind can well bo compared to a mob, which may com-j com-j mlt violence not thinking of any personal blame being attached to it . members. Hut the thought Is In every ev-ery mind and as the pcrlptures say, "Thought the wicked band, hand In hrnd they will not escape damnation. Thus the employes in order lo receive any consideration whatever were forced to organize trade unions and these as the conditions of the I present lime. "Here nt home our fathers lived the I simple frontier life with plenty of , land for all and as a new generation I grew up tbo farmn were subdivided I and In time It was necessary for the , boyp. as they married, to find homes I in neighboring counties an1 to till I the soil; factories being built to take, care of a portion of the product." Regarding the present difference mentioned by Francis R Stratford, Mr. Roberts said that ho concurred j with the stake presidency In the position po-sition which they took, further slating slat-ing that the things (of thlti world mean but little as compared with tho world to c.-me. Renodlcllou was offered by Wm. Moyes and the conference then adjourned ad-journed for three months. I in the district they presided over ihey should Mill haw a bond of love for and Interest la the church work In general. In his closing romarKS Mr. Whitney Kae an Interesting discussion which he had with an oafitcrn colonizer while In Oregon regarding tho methods meth-ods pursued in increasing the membership mem-bership of tho church. IIh summarized summariz-ed all by saying that people fhould not come lni.o the church blindly but of their own free will and n full undemanding un-demanding of the truth of the Gospel as taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Pay Saints Jos. A. West and Jos. Parry each bore testimony of their belief In the gospel, expressing the hope that the church would continue to progress ia good works At tho afternoon senlce an especially espe-cially tine musical program wa3 rendered by the choir. Mrs. M. S. Marriott of the slake Relief Society gave an Interesting report re-port of the work of that organization, giving special stress to the series of lectures which are being given bv Mrs. pir. Schofleld of Salt Inkc under un-der the auspices of the society. John V. ninth then presented the general f-nd stake authorities who were unanimously unani-mously sustained by all present. Hon. P. H. Roberts then addressed the congregation. He began by speaking of the spirit of unrest which Pcems to be stinging the entire country nt the present tlm?, notably, the great labr strike in Pennsylvania and Iho recent doings In congress which have stirred the nation. He then followed with a short historical narrative, going back to a period after the organization of the church, when Joseph Smith was commanded com-manded to gather the salnl and go from New York to Ohio, which was done. While in Ohio the laws of tbo I DCNFEBENCb OF THE NORTHVEBER STAKE There was an especially larg attendance at-tendance yesterday nt both the morning morn-ing and afternoon sessions of the regular quarterly conference of tho S'orth Weber Stake. The Fenlces included addresses y Drson P. Whitney and lion Rrlgbarn Ji. Robert. A special musical pro-V3") pro-V3") wa clvcn by the choir and ttveral excellent solos were rendered. Alter the Invocation offered by Elder El-der Samuel A. Rlalr the choir sang "Ye Simple Souls Who Stray." This was followed by a report of the work d.no Mure the last conference. con-ference. Francis A. Strutford giving iho report. In hla remarks the sieak-er sieak-er expressed his Appreciation f the pind work done by his ns.soc.lat en and hoped that the. members would re-:ehe re-:ehe the teachings with the spirit In n li i h it was given. Mr. Stratford adtiii-nlshcd the varlouu officers l txert an Influence over the members f their quorums. The petition of the stake authorities hi regard lo the present controversy between the beet-growers nd fhe |