INDEX

Acreage in stewardships, 49.

Agriculture, importance of, in early Missouri, 160.
Average ability among stewards, 152-53.

Barnett and McCabe, cited, 141.

Barton, Walter K., note, 85.

Billings, Titus, his lease, 50-51.

Birdsall and Dean, quoted, 103.

Booth, Ezra, makes charges, note, 96; quoted, 111.
Black Hawk War, 103.

Cahoon, Reynolds, on committee to help church leaders, 40; operated a
store, 73.

Carver, Thos. Nixon, quoted, note, 43.

Capitalism, 54, 120, 133, 151, 158-59, 163-64.

Certainty, necessity of, 43, 56-57, 58.

Charity, 68-69, 85.

City planning, the plan of Zion, 88-92; use in West, 93-95; ends sought,
Clark, John Bates, quoted, 146.

Coe, Joseph, agent, 39.

90-92.

Communism, compared with United Order, 8-12.

Communists at Kirtland, 20-21.

Consecrations, Titus Billings, 50-52; avoiding 53; size of, 49-52.

Corrill, John, member of Council of Seven High Priest, 22, note 34;
counselor to Bishop Partridge, 22, 33; selected bishop, 49.

Cowdery, Oliver, on Lamanite mission, 21; assisted Jos. Smith, 28; mem-
ber Council of Seven High Priests, 22; asst. printer, 23; member
Central Board, 23, 41; member Literary Firm, 41, 80, 82; dropped
from Church, 82; rejoins, 28; biographical sketch, 28-29.
Cowdery, Warren, edits Messenger and Advocate, 78.

Cycle, control of, 137, 138, 139.

Davenport, H. J., quoted, note, 128.

Doctrine and Covenants printing of, 40, 81, 82.

Dunklin, Daniel, governor, attitude towards Mormons, 112, 113, 116;
Chronology.

Erdman Act, 140, 141.

Evening and Morning Star, establishment of, 75; destruction of, 76-77,

112; history of, 75-79.

Fitch, John, quoted, 159.

Ford, Henry, on charity, 68.

Gathering, plans for regulating, 59; reports concerning, 60-61; inadequacy
of measures, 59-62; notes on, 62-67.

Geddes, Joseph S., Oneida Stake ward teaching, 85.

Gilbert, Sidney, member of Council of High Priests, 22; keeper of Lord's
Store House, 23, 71; agent to purchase land, 33; agent of United
Firm, 72; writes letter of criticism, 99; reprimanded, 99-100; ability
of, 102; correspondence with governor, referred to, 102.

Groat, George G., quoted, notes, 20, 143.

Grievances of old settlers, 105; examination of, 105-111.

Harding, President Warren G., Unemployment Conference report, note,
139.

Harris, Martin, member of Council of Seven High Priests, 22; assisted
Joseph Smith, 28; member Central Board, 23, 41; member Literary
Firm, 41, 80; dissatisfied, 82-3.

Hatch, Leonard, quoted, 140.

High Council Adjustment Board, 143-45.
Hyde, Orson, donates to store, 73.

Hymn books, first edition of, 76.

Inheritances, size of, 49; plans concerning, 48; manner of dividing, 32,
133-36.

Indians, mission to, 21, 31; trouble with, 103.

Individual liberty, reconciliation of United Order with, note, 27-28, 133-
136.

Industrial disputes, settlement of: by state and national boards, 140-41; by
compulsion, 141-42; by United Order method, 143-45.

Industrial Democracy, compared with United Order, 154-157.
Independence, Mo., population of, note, 111; difficulties at, 96-126; early
discord at, 35, 96-7; use of consecrations at, 97; jealousy of Kirtland,
96, 98; antagonistic letters from, 99; replies received at, 99-100;
peace established in, 101; difficulties overemphasized at, 102; con-
ditions in, 59-62; notes, 62-67; poverty at, 49, 60, 61, 63, 106.

Jackson County, central location of, 17; natural resources of, note, 17-18.
Jenson, Andrew, quoted, note, 112.

Kansas arbitration law, 142.

Kirtland, Ohio, early conversions at, 20, 21; land purchases in, 38-39.

Labor Problem, United Order solution of, 158-162.

Lamanite mission, at Kirtland, 21; at Independence, 21, 31.

Leadership, 22-26.

Lenine, Nicolai, quoted, note, 148.

Lease Plan, comments on, 54-57.

Literary Firm, organization of, 80; members in, 80; misfortunes of, 81-82;
resemblance to partnership, 83; to corporation, 83-84.

Lucas, Governor, quoted, note, 107.

Lum, D. D., quoted, note, 94.

Mercantile operations, organization of United Firm, 71-72; business
methods used, 72-74; notes on, 72-74.

McClintock, quoted, note, 94.

Minutes of Jackson Co. citizens' proceedings, 122-26.

Mobs at Independence, 112.

Morley, Isaac, member Council of Seven High Priests, 22; note, 34;
counselor to Bishop Partridge, 33.

New Jerusalem, site selected, 17-18, 31, 33.

Newland Act, 140-41.

Old Settlers, settlement offer, 114-15; override law, 117, 119, 121; combine
against Mormons, 13, 112-13, notes, 121-126.

Oneida Stake, ward teachers' record, 85.

Owen, Robert, effort to establish New Harmony, 20.

Owens, Samuel C., active against Mormons, 13, 115, 116, 117.

Phelps, W. W., member Council of Seven High Priests, 22, note, 34; printer
for the Church, 34; member Literary Firm, 41, 80, 83; letter of Joseph
Smith to, 53, 110; dropped from church, 82; readmitted, 83.

Pratt, Parley P., Lamanite missionary, 21; quoted, note, 108.

Private Property, 127-130, importance of in United Order, 32.

Printing Concern, cost of, 75; probable income, 76-77; work accomplished
by, 77-79.

Rappite experiment, 19.

Redistribution of property, 31-32, 48-53, 131-32.

Rigdon Sidney, his communistic effort, 20, 21; member Central Board,
23, 41; member Literary Firm, 41, 80, note, 81; writes Bishop
Partridge, 52.

Roberts, B. H., reference to, 95; opinion on responsibility, note, 147.
Ross, E. A., quoted, 47.

Simpson, Richard, chairman Old Settlers Proceedings, 126.

Seligman, E. R. A., quoted, note, 142.

Seminary lands purchased, 36-37.

Separatists, 19-20.

Shaker communities, 19.

Seven High Priests, special duties of, 22.

Secret Constitution, notes, 121-22.

Slavery, 104-108-09, 111, 121, 123-24.

Smith, Joseph, influence of, 16, 17; tendency towards wide viewpoint, 16-
19; informed about current communistic efforts, 19-21; claims divine
origin for United Order, 21; member Central Board, 23, 41; member
Literary Firm, 40-41, 80; means of support for, 40-41; comments
upon means chosen, 43-47; charged with seeking power, 97, 99; writes
to W. W. Phelps, 100; quoted, note, 27-28, 110; biographical sketch,
26-27.

Smith, Hyrum, member Temple Committee, 73; given stewardship, 41;
writes letter to Zion, 99-100.

Snow, Eliza R., quoted, note, 73.

Squatter holdings, 38.

Stewards, 31-32; of superior ability, 150-51; of average ability, 152-53; of
inferior ability, 153.

Standard of Living, 52-53.

Surplus, disposal of, 132, 146-47; means of enforcing provisions con-
cerning, 147-49.

Thayre, Ezra, agent, 39.

United Firm, see Mercantile Operations.

United Order: outline of, 31-32; program concerning, 33-34; method of
adjusting disputes in, 52, 140-145; approach to major economic prob-
lems-private property, 127-30, redistribution of wealth, 131-32; con-
trol of, 150-57; future of, 164.

University of Missouri, established, 36-37.

Wage earner, under capitalism, 159-60; under the United Order, 160-62.
Ward Teachers, organization of, 69; notes on, 85-87.

Wetmore, Alonzo, quoted, note, 104.

Whitmer, David, on committee to provide help for church leaders, 40;
dealings with Literary Firm, 42; given stewardship, 41.

Whitmer, John, member of Council of Seven High Priests, 22; note, 34;
member Literary Firm, 42, 80, 81 note; dropped from church, 82.
Whitmer, Peter, assisted Joseph Smith, 40; Lamanite missionary, 21;
allotted a stewardship, 41.

Whitney, Newel K., agent of United Firm, 72; member Central Board,
23, 41.

Wight, Lyman, enumerates losses, 84.

Williams, Fredrick G., agent at Kirtland, 39; counselor to Joseph Smith,

12; establishes printing firm, 78-79.

Young, Brigham, leadership of, 24-25; quoted, 55, notes, 30, 149.

Zion's Camp, 14, 15.