Talk:Perpetual Emigration Fund

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At present time lds historic encyclopedia says that one third paid partially, one third fully and one third not at all. A recent church news article stated that many descendants of pioneers benefitted from perpetual education fund paid the fund back.

BRMo 04:20, 14 December 2006 (UTC)Reply

The author is Jensen, Richard L. Encylopedia of Mormonism

http://eom.byu.edu/index.php/Immigration_and_Emigration

Under Brigham Young's direction, oxen and wagons along with teamsters and other personnel from throughout Utah appeared in Salt Lake City as soon as spring grass began to grow along the immigrant trail. The men, for their labors, and the owners of teams and wagons received either credit for tithing or wages paid in goods from local tithing storehouses. This practice resulted in the Church's tithing system subsidizing the operation heavily: in 1868 teamsters and owners received about $200,000 in tithing credit, while immigrants were charged only $75,000, on credit. It often took immigrants years to pay their indebtedness for emigration, and many failed to complete payment. By 1887, about one-third of the emigrants had paid their debt to the PEF in full, one-third had paid part, and one-third had paid nothing.

So in 1868 of $275,000 of assistance, less than $50,000 was repaid.

Mormography (talk) 02:21, 31 March 2016 (UTC)Reply

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