THE MORMON COMMONWEALTH 



river, iu Lower California, and the sugar 



plantation near Honolulu $1,500,000 



Cost of local telegraph aad railroad lines 3,000,000 



Cost of obtaining fuel, and building and 

 fencing materials, from the rugged 

 mountains and canyons many miles away 10,000,000 

 Cost of making settlements on the Muddy, 

 Call's Landing, Florence, Sunset, and 

 other localities, afterwards abandoned be- 

 cause of adverse conditions subsequently 



developed 1,000,000 



Losses by fire ($20,000 per annum) 800,000 



Taxes 8,000,000 



Miscellaneous expenditures 12,000,000 



$562,900,000 



Less the personal property brought into Utah 

 by immigrants, such as cattle, wagons, 

 cash, etc 20,000,000 



542,900,000 



In his note transmitting these figures Mr. Musser 

 writes : "The inclosed has been submitted to the inspec- 

 tion of Presidents Woodruff, Cannon, and Smith, and 

 Bishops Preston, Burton, and Winder, as well as to others 

 conversant with such matters. All agree that the esti- 

 mates are as fair as they can be given." And he adds, 

 with a reverence characteristic of his people: "While 

 much of our prosperity is due to industrious, temperate, 

 and frugal habits of life, yet we never lose sight of the 

 overruling hand of the Almighty in all these results, and 

 to Him be given praise and thanksgiving without stint." 



In a private letter accompanying these statistics His- 

 torian Musser directed attention to the fact that upon 

 this showing each Mormon farmer enjoyed an average 



