. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . short-lived experiment. A similar condition of affairs exists wherever this gigan-tic swindle has been in operation. And while Brighamhas been gloating over his ill-gotten gains, he has boundthese poor victims more firmly to himself by the terriblebondage of debt. The wildest dissatisfaction exists, andin nearly every county the Order maybe regarded as dead,and beyond even the power of Brigham Young to restore. The Tithing System
. Wife no. 19, or, The story of a life in bondage : being a complete exposé of Mormonism, and revealing the sorrows, sacrifices and sufferings of women in polygamy . short-lived experiment. A similar condition of affairs exists wherever this gigan-tic swindle has been in operation. And while Brighamhas been gloating over his ill-gotten gains, he has boundthese poor victims more firmly to himself by the terriblebondage of debt. The wildest dissatisfaction exists, andin nearly every county the Order maybe regarded as dead,and beyond even the power of Brigham Young to restore. The Tithing System is a direct outgrowth of Enoch.* MORMON TITHING. 585 When Joseph saw that the people did not take kindly to hiscommunity plan, he found it necessary to adopt some othermeans of raising a permanent fund for the church, andOrson Pratt proposed that every member should every yearbe obliged to pay one tenth of his income, out of which thechurch should be supported. This plan met with the ap-proval of the officers, and it has been continued ever town has its tithing-house, which is in charge ofthe local bishop. He takes charge of all the goods that are. Mormon Tithing Store and Office of Deseret News. brought in, usually paying himself a handsome commis-sion, and sees, when any quantity has been gathered, thatit is transported to the large tithing-house in Salt LakeCity. This tithing-house is under the direct control of BrighamYoung, and he, his counsellors and clerks, have the firstchoice of all the goods that are brought in ; the remainingstores are dealt out as payment to the poor men who areemployed by Brigham as laborers. I have seen the tithing- 586 THE CO-OPERATIVE REVELATION. store beseiged by a crowd of tired, care-worn women, wivesof tliese men, waiting for their turn to be served. Some-times a poor woman will stand all day waiting for a sack,of flour, a basket of potatoes, or a quart of molasses. Letthe day be ever so cold or stormy, there she must wait,until
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