n old person needing help, a layette to be bought for a new-born
child--in all such cases the delegate sees that the needs are supplied,
for the strength of this Church of the Latter-Day Saints lies in the
fact that all the Mormons, from the President down to the humblest
workman, call themselves brothers and sisters and act as such towards
one another. Thanks to the delegate, who is friend, confidant and
confessor in one, immediate help can be obtained in all instances, and
no suffering is left unrelieved.

Thus it comes about that there are no poor among the Mormons, and very
few criminals. The delegate has no need to search into the secrets of
men's minds, for all are open to him. To a great extent he is able to
read their innermost hearts, for men speak freely to him, without veils
or reservations. As far as is possible he sees that their desires are
granted; he notifies all cases of need to the Relief Societies; he
conducts the sick and aged to the hospitals; he is the messenger and
mouthpiece for all communications from the people to the bishop and
from the bishop to his flock.

It is the delegate also who is charged with the duty of seeing that
one-tenth of each person's income, whatever its total sum may be, is
contributed for the upkeep of the Mormon faith and its church. He
reminds the dilatory, and admonishes the forgetful, always in friendly
fashion. In fact it is he, who--to use a popular expression--brings
the grist to the mill. This contribution of a tenth part obviates all
other taxation, and as it is demanded from each in proportion to his
means, its fairness is disputed by none.

V

Brotherly co-operation also prevails in the Mormon system of
colonisation. The leaders of the church have always been aware of the
dangers of overcrowding, and at all times have occupied themselves with
the founding of new settlements to receive the surplus population from
the centres already in activity. It is for this reason that the church
has been so urgent in seeking and demanding new territory to irrigate
and cultivate, in Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona, Idaho, and even
as far afield as Canada. The transplanting of a swarm from the parent
hive is undertaken with the greatest care. Let us take for example the
colonisation of the Big Horn Valley, in the north of Wyoming. Before
coming to a decision the apostles themselves inspected the locality,
which had been recommended as suitable for a new colo