Zion's Central Board of Trade

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In the Utah Territory in 1879, Zion's Central Board of Trade was established by John Taylor, the newly sustained President of the LDS Church, not long after the death of his predecessor Brigham Young. Young had attempted and failed to successfully institute the United Order a second time among the members of the church. President Taylor had seen the success of the Cache Valley Board of Trade and saw it as vehicle to prepare the people for voluntary economic unity. [1]

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Purposes & Objectives

General Purposes

The long-run purpose of the association was "to prepare the way for a more completely cooperative society" among the Mormon settlements. [2] Utah historian, Edward Tullidge, reported that the movement promised to overcome the perennial conflict between Capital and Labor through the creation of industrial cooperatives. [3] This perspective was echoed by the editor of the Deseret News at the time, "Here is the grandest opportunity for the building up of a self-sustaining, industrial and powerful system of cooperative effort ever offered in the history of the world.... What is needed? Practical cooperation. Union of capital and labor, mutual interest between consumer and producer." [4]

Specific Objectives

The Preamble of the Articles of Association of Zion's Central Board of Trade offers a long list of specific objectives for the association: [5]

Activities

Central Board of Trade

Stake Boards of Trade

LDS historian, Leonard Arrington, reported the following activities of the local boards of trade: [9]

Demise

"[T]he enforcement of the Edmunds Anti-polygamy Act in 1884 and thereafter destroyed Zion's Board of Trade. There is no alternative explanation. Board of Trade activities were not declining, but gaining momentum when 'the raid' started." [10]

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References

  1. "LDS Journal History". September 5, 1878.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Arrington, Leonard J. (1950–51). "Zion's Board of Trade: A Third United Order". Western Humanities Review. V (1): 5.
  3. Tullidge, Edward (October 1880). "Zion's Central Board of Trade". Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine. 1. 1: 418.
  4. Deseret News. April 20, 1881.{{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Articles of association of Zion's Central Board of Trade. Zion's Central Board of Trade. 1879. p. 1. 330 A1 no.99 via Americana Collection, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
  6. To the Stake Boards of Trade. Zion's Central Board of Trade. 1881. p. 3. 330 A1 no.84 via Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, Americana Collection.
  7. Arrington, Leonard J. (1950–51). "Zion's Board of Trade: A Third United Order". Western Humanities Review. V (1): 14.
  8. 1 2 Arrington, Leonard J. (1950–51). "Zion's Board of Trade: A Third United Order". Western Humanities Review. V (1): 15.
  9. Arrington, Leonard J. (1950–51). "Zion's Board of Trade: A Third United Order". Western Humanities Review. V (1): 17.
  10. Arrington, Leonard J. (1950–51). "Zion's Board of Trade: A Third United Order". Western Humanities Review. V (1): 19.