The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-08-22
PREJUDICE,
Editors Herald:

hGtCoTS Herald:
AS you and every oae knew,
ninety~nine out of every hundred
strangers who visit our lovely city
come here prejudiced against the
MOrmons, the country and every
thing else in a thousand miles of
MormOndem; and [ am sorry to say
that in our midst there are q class
OF people that seem to think thew
are not employed if they are not
keeping up continued bowling
about polygamy, and creating all of
the prejudice, strife and bitter feel
ing possible, They.do not have to go
into polygamy, and they do have the
privilege of entering into any kind
OF business, and making an honest
living for themselves and winning
a place as respectable business men
among men. But why is it that
people with eyes can not see, and
people who can write cannot tell
the truth? l am honest enough to
admit that when l came here three
years ago I was very much preiu-
diced myself But when l see with
my own eyes, l can trust them bet
ter than l can hearsay, and any
thing within the range of reason [
can believe. But l cannot under
stand why men of intellect educa-
ton or good common sense, cannot
represent this people with more
truthfulness. The MOrmonS re-
ceive the city's guests, wine them
and dine them, run extra excursion
trains to the bathing resorts in
fact, treat them with every courtesy
that these Warm-hearted, honest
sons Of the west are noted in, and
in return they get the dirtiest, m )st
contemplate abuse. They cannot see
our lovely, fertile valleys with their
beautiful gifts Of grain and produce,
in reward for honest care and toll;
our mountains, with their lofty
grandeur, and tons of precious
metals; our railroads, with their
immense traffic; our natural tacili-
tics for all kinds Of mills and
manufactures; and last, but not
least our healthy climate that cannot
be excelled anywhere under the sun.
l see all of this and much more to
inspire good feeling within my
self, and a more charitable opinion
of others. 1t seems to me so ridicu.
lous that some of those writers see
in the faces of our women 80 much
despair and a heart-broken, crushed
to. death look, when | can only see
a healthy, willingNto-do and no~
paint-or>poWder look. It is really
funny. To them the men look
coarse, british and lustful; to me,
they look as though they had put
in a pretty fair days work, left off
their best clothes, and the SUM-
beams had been playing hide and
seek under their hat brim, perhaps
stealing kisses they were reserving
for vile and babies. You will ex-
cuse me if intrude on your space,
but [ must tell you something
that I saw the other day. One of
my near neighbors welcomed to their
home little sister that is likely to
remain for while; III the afternoon
l went over to pay respects and Of
fer congratulations, when on enter
ing the door, I saw the husband was
on his knees by the bed caressing
the hands Of the wife, speaking
words of encouragement and en-
dearment. I disllked to disturb so
devoted and, to me, interesting a
picture. But the idea flashed
through my mind, and this is a
Mormon" and I laughed heartily.
1 wish some of those writer's
would lay aside their prejudice
smoked glasses, and look with eyes
of reason and give us what is rights
fully ours-justice.
LOUIE.
August 10, 1883.