there would be a great amount of labor for both men and women
A vote was then taken on the question “shall the printing establishment go on in the way it is now contemplated”, and it was unanimously in the affirmative.
said the press wants power and he moved that we sustain the press, and let them go ahead and publish the history, the book of Doctrine & Covenants the book of Mormon and the pamphlets, and that all these things be published here, and that we pay our money to our brethren and do all we can to sustain the press. The motion was carried
said there are a great many brethren in this who dont take the paper, they can take the papers and pay for them. The “Warsaw Signal” [p. [317]]
William Clayton noted, “It was decided to move the Printing office into the three lower stories of the Masonic Hall and commence the business on a larger scale the council all voting to do their utmost to sustain it.” Nevertheless, at the next council meeting John Taylor asked permission to instead move the printing office to a building on property he was arranging to purchase from James Ivins at the corner of Main and Kimball streets. The council endorsed the chairman’s instruction to “do the best he can.” (Clayton, Journal, 11 Apr. 1845; Taylor, Journal, [Apr. 1845], 55–56; Council of Fifty, “Record,” 15 Apr. 1845.)