Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-05-21
THE BLESSING OF BRAINS
n lesson of Worldly Wis5ou Er,
the story of Joseph.

Sub;o4 e A"N dnsaIleS, discussing tn,
ioJo0C VI monopolies, the other evening
t Mnen the subject turned on the ware
nouse system, as practiced in yariou,
patts OF the country, by which a farmer
80; Cile faculties OF storing his own
ggraln is charged high rate for storage If
1lle elevators, or given low price for the
srah. Alter several had spoken on the
SUBJECT; one old gentleman leaned back
IN his chair and said
Ever since the beginning of the world
history tells us there has been an elevator
system, and those who took the precau-
elon 10 gather in the crops have ALWAYS
after while '''''' nv
lake, for instance, the history of the
sven s,,:T years famine in Egypt. Where
wan you ma more beautiful and Illus
S[allVe pastoral than the story of Josepb >
lou remember Jacobs family OF twelve
sons the youngest, bright, beautiful
iau' SOLD to passing caravan of Ishmael
ILeS lourheying through Canaan to the land
VI Egypt. The eleven brothers returned
nome nome with the ensanguined coat OF the
poy ana told gauzy story of how he had
oee en- deyoqred by hungry lions.
Wen, Joseph was carried to the me-
troP1olis OF Egypt and became a servant
IN the house of gentleman named Poti-
phar who occupied the honorable position
OF prime minister to the king, and lived
IN sort OF Mob Hill mansion. Before
long the captain of the guard discovered
that the young man had a good deal of
sabe, and, in the language of to-day,
Joseph thenceforth stood in with him
and became overseer of the house. Mr.
Potlphar became SO confident in Joshph
that he left all he had in Joseph's hands.
and he knew not aught he had save the
bread which he did eat
Mrs. Potiphar put up job on joseph,
and he was cast into prison. Now, in the
same tank with Joseph were a butler
and baker, and they presumably-had
a sort OF nightmare on account of the in
dlgestible food given them. Joseph was
fortunately able to make an interpreta-
ton OF their dreams which satisfied some
body, and the baker was pardoned out
the district attorney and judge signing
his petition, probably, even as in our
day and state
Then the king had dream which
worried him greatly, and proved too !
much for the abilities of the wise men. |
After communing with himself for some /
time, the butler went to the king and !
gave him pointer on Joseph, who was |
sent for to unravel the tangled fabric of |
the great kings dream-no doubt caused !
by a curtain lecture after cabinet meet
ing, or late repast on boiled lobster and |
SOnOma brandy.
Joseph came and explained that the
kings dream was intended to convey the
information that there would be seven
years of plenty, followed by seven years
of famine-cold turkey to-day, feathers
tomorrow.
The king thought Joseph was a pretty
smooth chap, and became convert to
his theory, and subsequent events proved
that an ounce of forethought is worth
hundred weight OF hindsight From ont
of a herd OF common bondsmen this
young Hebrew sprang to the altitude of
a prime minister and prince of the land
of Egypt-the grandest monarch of the
Old World
1.-The subsequent history of Joseph
shows that a man OF brains and ability
can always make circumstances that will
place him in the front rank of affairs, and
all that Joseph required was the oppor-
tunity to prove himself equal to the
presume it was a glorious fourth of
March when Joseph took charge of the
ship of state. AS soon as the Inaugural
ton was over he took off his coat and be-
gan issuing orders for elevators. From
the Nile TO the Nubian desert he estab-
lished storehouses, and gathered in the
grain of all these seven long years. The
king was on to the game, and let the
young Israelite have his own way in the
matter. The shipments to English ports
were nil-we may even suppose that the
treasury vaults gave up their
silver dollars and were turned into ele
vators.
" But it don't help the socialists, for at
The end of the seven years Joseph had
corner on the market, and the people
who had not been fortunate enough TO
have their dreams interpreted by him
found that the elevator system was q
"The king of Egypt has autocratic
power, and there was no governor to call
an extra session to squeeze taxes out Of
he elevator company.
"What glorious triumph The pre-
diction of Joseph came true. With him
IN the family there was no necessity for
local signal bureau to prognosticate. All
was in readiness for the grand squeeze
Of the shorts Joseph was, so to
speak, the combined Jay Gould and
Vanderbilt of the age.
''In the first year OF the famine-I sup
cose the usual spring rains had failed to p
the subjects to the ele
vators, and besought an opportunity to ,
transfer their shekels TO the Golfers of the
government in exchange for grain to sus-
tain the lives of their wives and little
ones. The next year, no better off, they
offered up in lieu of the money which
they had received of Joseph for their
grain, the asses, the sheep, the camels
and the horses, for food to eat And
they got it. The third year, having no
money or live stock, they offered to
Joseph mortgages on their homesteads,
tree-claims, soldiers home
their real estate-and he, out
Of the fullness of his heart, gathered them