The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-05-30
Deouled with happy. millions. n

increases the wealth of the world. Il
the most noble. even though It doe
over its son with sweat and dus'
That education which creates DISCUS
for il. a contempt for it, is faulty. L
needs amending. The class OF iaool
that is so universally dreaded IS tina
which has brought to the world IL
wealth. It wrings from the element
the substance from which We live Il
converts the wool and the cotton-dowr
and the shining thread of the sill
worm into clothing: it shapes the crude
ores into useful implements and ma
chinery and ornaments: it fills the
land with cities and towns and hamletsi
il rears the cottage and builds the palace
4. makes the white canvas glow with life
and the shapeless stone almost to 1--we
and breathe. In fact, it supplies al
our wants, our comforts. and our lux
uries. And again We say, that the
system of education that engenders q
dislike for this class of labor, and breeds
contempt for il is faulty-nay, more
the system of education that does not
train the hand and the eye to be skillful
in some one of the numerous branches
in this class of labor, is an imperfect
system.
Let no one suppose there IS no
honor in manual labor. We look back
to the time when the pioneers entered
Salt Lake Valley. then a dreary, desc. {
waste, through all this inter-mountain
region. they irrigated the land,
pIowed it, planted it, and continued
their toll until they mastered the stub
born elements and made them yield the
con forts Of life. Tn fruit of their toll
is our T rr.tory with its thousands of
cottage homes set in the midst of fruit
full o cl ards and well cultivated fields.
What matter il their hands we're hard
and brown by reason of their work;
what il their ia. es were sun-burnsd;
what if their clothing was coarse
and begl lined with dust! Any
one of them is worth
whole regiment OF lily-liyered dudes
with white hands. closely-cropped hair,
tight pantaloons. and with their respec-
tive spoonful of soft, college-trained
brains, who shipper about the vulgarity
Of manual labor. Some old Greek philos-
opher said: HE who causes two spears
Of grass to grow where only one grew be-
lore, is benefactor OF his race" Grant
ing that TO be true, then what benefac-
tors are the hardy pioneers of Utah.
who have founded q State and made 1t
possible for tens of thousands to find
homes where it was predicted a white
man could not liver How great is the
honor due theml
Palsied be the tongue that would rob
them Of their mead of praise! Cursed
be the hand that would pluck one leaf
from the laurel that shall wreath their
orowsl And as these hardy sons of
toll pass up and down our wealthy Ter
ritory, how great must be their satisfac-
ton and their iust pridel opportu-
mites in the same direction are not ex-
There are three hundred
million acres OF arabic government land
IN the United States alone, thst has
never yet been touched by the plow-
The possession of one hundred and
sixty acres of that land, which each
citizen is entitled to by the homestead
Avs, mean. independence, II not wealth.
Yet, our cities in the east are crowded
With men content to labor for a mere
pittance, and in q condition scarcely
sing e degree from slavery;
and al because they lack the manhood.
the strength Of character TO grapple
With the elements and meke them yield
up their wealth; il would. forsooth.
rob them OF their white hands, their
ne. perhaps Of q mistressl and
as they drag out q life Of servitude,
where life of Independence is within
their reach. they. yield 10 weakness.
instead Of cultiyating strength. Pray
God that Utah may never breed \ race,
Or adopt any system OF education that
would produce so weak. so worthless 3
race as thbl May her sons always
be worthy of their siresl May
heir hearts be strong enough. and
their hands willing enough to 90 to the
wilderness. erect an humble cabin at
irst and say to the elements, 81 am
master here. and you must give me up
God. rsiment. comfort. iuxuriesw This
S what their fathers did and this course
If life is not incompatible with the re-
inements Of life, and with the enjoy
nent of those real pleasures that emo
Ne our existence.