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Show 118 was that of building and the Scottish us e in of kingdom immigrants doing just policy up the this. inviting and in a spiritual and material sense, found their skills and abilities put to Mention has aiding already been made of the church's certain trade groups to emigrate 1 Utah's economic and industrial needs could be supplied. earliest industrial ventures sugar beets. organized in Liverpool in 1851 and to Utah. Scottish to Mormonism. agreed has attempt Among To assist the to set up a factory reported sugar from original made to ship the charter members a was neces- was a recent convert company he donated b9, 000 and to Utah.2 In for the manufacture of a letter to Brigham from Kanesville that "Bro. Russell here from Scotland with iron to build 50 wagons to transport machinery for direction of John were that One of the manufactue Kanesville, Iowa, machinery Ezra Taft Benson just arrived at new so Manufacturing Company plans the to ship builder, Captain Joseph Russell, wagons to transport the Young, the To this end the Deseret sary machinery wealthy was good a Taylor." woolen 3 factory and sugar making, A few months later Franklin D. under the Richards Richards, Liverpool, to Brigham Young, History of date; Fred G. Taylor, Saga of Gibson Sugar (Salt Lake City, Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1944), p. 31; the West, Ill, 34. Condie, Journal, 33; Carter, editor, Heart Throbs of 2Letter, December 31, 3Letter, 1851, Franklin D. 1852, in Journal Journal Ezra Taft Benson to History of that date. Brigham Young, November 15, |
