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Show statistical regulation instead of money; i.e., that when it is 1~own that a certain part of the community requires a certain tnt &ach week, say, of flour, vegetables, fruit, dry goods, etc •• these things ~ill be provided to fill the need out of the general store of suppliee, and which things will be replaeed therein by the labore ot every man working for the common good which will be at the same time the individual good; and that the only medium of exchange required in that day will be a schedule to observe of working hours, days, and years, and man will be expected thus to pay for the oonveni-ene-eB~ he will in so · doing enjoy equally wi th ·, ltiS.-rl--b .rother. I sent an article to the Deseret News a short time agg in whioh I e~. L~ plained brieny the above de ribei 14ea but the article was altered slight- 11 so ae te oo r ,.t up. It seemed that the editor ei'ther did not agree With the OJ' taat he did aot oare to advance as yet suoh doctrine in ita particular•. I hould like Ye~·r much to hear your opinions on the matter for it would be ~aauro of some satisfaction to haTe~y ideas corroborated by so prominent an elder in the Church. I do not wish you to think though that I would be so imprudent as to use any improper designs against your expressions even in aase there could possibly be a chance to so so with anything you might say. I truet you would judge that such is not my -- .-:.:: : :-.:. motives. Of course you understand that, in speaking of that great eventful work of the future, I am not attempting a description of it further than in a general way to speak of that which is relative to the regulation of its produot • It seems to me, though, that it is withmut question clear that money will not be needed in such an organization, but that, instead, in that day it will be relegated to the past as a thing which will have fulfilled the measure of ita invention (I do not like to apeak of the emblem of selfiehne a a being a creation to be olas&ed among the works and bleesinge of the AlmightJ}, and w t the~e will be left of it will be regarde4 only ae relioe and mementos of the day when selfishness predominated Could I ask too if you or your wife, providing you can spare the time and have the tnvenienoe, would kindlJ plaoe the MS. entitled•Karl's Converaio~• in the oftioe of one of the Church periodicals that pays for such materialY If o, leave it, however, at any place it is most convenient to dos o no matter if they do not pay for subscriptions. The other article on Christian practice I sent a few days ago to the Improvement Era which, excepting the News, is the only Church publication ...a I am familiar with and that is my main reason for asking the above favor. |
