Letter from Arthur Stayner, 21 October 1887
Prest Wilford Woodruff
Dear Brother
Many thanks for your prompt, candid, and
kind reply of even date herewith.
I appreciate to some extent the emergency of
your situation and would not have intruded this
matter upon you at this time had it not been for
my desire to give you the first opportunity of control,
and the booming pressure likely to be made from the
outside rendered prompt action apparently necessary
aupon our part. The nature of your reply was
not unanticipated by me, and as you kindly say
a business which bids fair to be so remunera-
tive should not long go a begging amongst
our people. To make the benefits apparent
to men of means and enterprise should not be
the greatest of the difficulties. I have had to
