toiling, working their lives out to earn that which will keep a little
life within them. Is this equality? No. What is going to be done?
The Latter-day Saints will never accomplish their mission until this
inequality shall cease on the earth. 19:46.
_Unity Does Not Mean Individual Uniformity_--How could you ever
get a people equal with regard to their possessions? They never can be,
no more than they can be in the appearance of their faces. 4:29.
We never shall become one to that extent that we shall look alike or
possess precisely the same mental power and ability; this is not the
design of heaven. But we expect to become one in all our operations to
bring forth the fulness of the Kingdom of God on the earth, that Jesus
may come and reign King of nations as he does King of Saints. Shall we
call this a union for political purposes? I say it is good policy for
people to be of one heart and mind in all their operations. 12:35.
_The Co-operative Movement_--This co-operative movement is only a
stepping stone to what is called the Order of Enoch, but which is in
reality the Order of Heaven. It was revealed to Enoch when he built up
his city and gathered the people together and sanctified them, so that
they became so holy and pure that they could not live among the rest of
the people and the Lord took them away. 13:2.
Now, I will tell you the facts about this movement. We started the
co-operative system here when we thought we would wait no longer; we
opened the Wholesale Co-operative {443} Store; and since that, retail
stores have been established, although some of the latter were opened
before the wholesale store was opened. I know this, that as soon as
this movement was commenced the price of goods came down from twenty
to thirty percent. I recollect very well, after our vote last October
Conference, that it was soon buzzed around, "Why you can get calico
down street at eighteen and seventeen cents a yard;" and it came down
to sixteen. But when it came down to sixteen cents, who had a chance to
buy any? Why, nobody unless it was just a few yards that were sold to
them as a favor. But when it came to the Wholesale Co-operative Store
the price was put at sixteen cents, and retail stores are selling it
today at seventeen and a half or eighteen cents a yard. 12:373.
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