13 ^1860^
How much tithing do we receive of the people in this Territory
not one bushel of wheat in a hundred which is our due, not a tithing
of what we ought, and we have had to use much which we have
received as tithing to build roade up provo Canyon and other places
now we cannot get tithing in any thing which the people can
sell for money. Now if some man would appear on these streets
and offer cash for wheat, we would not get one bushel in a thous[an]d
Now there has been $500,000 dollars worth of Freight annually
paid for goods brought to this Territory. in 10 years there has [been]
$5000000 dollars paid for goods now how much of that had
ought to come to the tithing office $500000 dollars Now I will say to
you Bishops if you feel to lay this thing before the people I want
you to say to the people Bring on your diemes shillings half dollars
Dollars half, Eagles, Eagles Twenty Dollars peaces Fifty dollar
peases and send these Elders to their field of Labor. I will
now tell you how much the Elders in England have spent of the
tithing money. They have spent $540070 $27035 each year
now I want this stoped. From the day that P. P. Pratt commen[c]ed
Begging in England up to the present time there is not one of that
class of Elders but what have become beggars and Hell is full of
such Elders and I dont care how soon the rest go there. I
went there and Esstablished the work and all the means I got I spent
in Emigrating the poor. I have said that I would sell evry scents
worth of property I possessed in the world for two thirds of its
value and give every dime of it for Emigrating the poor Saints now
let any man or company of men come and Byuy my property &
I well give it to Emigrat the poor, and I will begin without one cent
and in 10 years I will be worth more than I am now. I will stop
this begging in England if I can and I think I can do it. you
Englishmen cannot you see the poor Saints starving in England
and yet our Elders will beg the last cent they have got. This
subject has pained me for years But I have never had the power
untill now to handle it I now have the power and I will use it
thank the Lord. Other remarks were made by the president. I arose
and bore testimony to what President Young had said. The follo[w]ing
are some of the remarks I maidde

13 1860 How much tithing do we receive of the people in this Territory not one bushel of wheat in a hundred which is our due, not a tithing of what we ought, and we have had to use much which we have received as tithing to build roade up provo Canyon and other places now we cannot get tithing in any thing which the people can sell for money. Now if some man would appear on these streets and offer cash for wheat, we would not get one bushel in a thousand Now there has been $500,000 dollars worth of Freight annually paid for goods brought to this Territory. in 10 years there has been $5000000 dollars paid for goods now how much of that had ought to come to the tithing office $500,000 dollars Now I will say to you Bishops if you feel to lay this thing before the people I want you to say to the people Bring on your dimes shillings half dollars Dollars half, Eagles, Eagles Twenty Dollar peaces Fifty dollar peases and send these Elders to their field of Labor. I will now tell you how much the Elders in England have spent of the tithing money. They have spent $54,070 $27,035, each year now I want this stoped. From the day that P. P. Pratt commenced Begging in England up to the present time there is not one of that class of Elders but what have become beggars and Hell is full of such Elders and I dont care how soon the rest go there. I went there and Esstablished the work and all the means I got I spent in Emigrating the poor. I have said that I would sell evrycents worth of property I possessed in the world for two thirds of its value and give every dime of it for Emigrating the poor saints now let any man or company of men come and Buy my property & I well give it to Emigrat the poor, and I will begin without one cent and in 10 years I will be worth more than I am now. I will stop this begging in England if I can and I think I can do it. you Englishmen cannot you see the poor saints starving in England and yet our Elders will beg the last cent they have got. This subject has pained me for years But I have never had the power untill now to handle it I now have the power and I will use it thank the Lord. Other remarks were made by the president. I arose and bore testimony to what President Young had said. The following are some of the remarks I made