The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-20
OUR AGENTS IN ST. PAUL.

I0SlSLoIcU d. W. OlOhu duu WIo nAu
A. Wickersham, all of Salt Lake City
the land of MormoLs. Mr.. Sloan. who
is manager of the SALT LAKE DAILY
HERALD, is q Mormon born and bred
and there was much of general interest
in an interview had with him by q
Globe reporter yesterday.
Never BEFORE" said'Mr. Sloan, "have
l known as strong community of inter
est in any specific direction as exists to
day in Salt Lake City, and really over
the Territory generally"
"You do not mean that all the citizens
of Salt Lake and Utah have arrived a;
tee millennium stage where they are OF
one mindf"
Certainly not"
Then in what direction does this
| unity manifest itself2"
In desire to further the materisl
| interests of Utah. | have slready toic
you that ] am al Mormon, and when
| was about to start east, they gave but
one word of advice. 1t was that |
should use what influence possessed to
induce the inflowing of wealth into
Utah, to give employment to our own
idle and to the Idle of other sections
who might hope to find home in Utah.
| 1t is popularity believed that Murmons
do not desire an influx of outside or
non.sympathiziug elements into the
Territory they have so long controlled
locally. But when we find a willing
ness on the part of these MoTmons-in
fact, an snXietY, as very many display
to advance Salt Lake City materially,
and that, too, by inviting foreign capital
to invest there, it does not look as
though the opposition Of Mormons to
the very end they are turthering can he
50 strong, after ALL
But is it not q fact that there, has
been opposition to the incoming OF Gen
u;as?"
No, think not. But there has been
opposition heretofore TO the selling of
homes oy Mormons to those whom they
believe to be bitter opponents. Omit
ting the religious features associated
with this subject, the wisdom of Nor
mons, as politicians. in
PREVENTING THE SALE OF LAND
10 those who would vote against them,
Cannot be questioned, though their
tarsightedness, as money makers GER
tainty, may not be commended"
But is this opposition not as pro-
noInced as ever"
Il is not. There are those who per-
sist in holding to their homesteads, as
they do every Where, and the reasons.
whether religious or otherwise are til 1se
j0mmon to men everywhere"
What attitude do the church leaders
assume on the Utah law question:
AS eccleSias teal authorities, none.
That their private sentiments may be
| 90 not know. But this [ do know
very day records the sale of land by
Hormous 10 those who are not of their
aiih and in some instances the trans
fers have been to men who have bitterly
opposed their faith and worked vehem-
antlV against them politically"
How is this to be accounted for 2"
You see We are in the world now.
thirty years ago our people were iso-
lated from the rest of the world, but
with the growth of time our boundaries,
which were then remote from all, have
peen gradually encroached upon, until
10 cay, surrounding us on all sides, are
communicates as prosperous in many
respects as our own, though by no
means so favorably endowed and en-
riched by nature. [ have already said
th-re was, to my knowledge, no opposi-
ton TO the incoming of Gentiles, hough
there are those who will tell you 1 am
astray
IN MAKING THIS ASSERTION.
But be that is it may; be the opposi-
ton what it may, we have come to
recognize the fact that this population
will come in despite of all opposition"
"Why do you say there will be an in
coming of population unsympathetic to
Mormonism ?"
II say it because l have yet to find
an opposition strong enough to deter
men from undertakings which they be
lieve will make them rich, and any man
who has made himself even slightly
acquainted with the resources and ad-
yantages of Utah must recognize the
fact that no grander future awaits any
section of the country than must come
20 our Territory. The people of the
United States know nothing of our Ter
ritory. Gould they only be brought to
feel that their money was as safe in
Utah SIS in any part Of the United
States, we would not be striving to
make known our rare advantages as we
are to-day-the only question would be
how we could find room for you ALL"
But IS capital safe in Utah? Is there
no danger of a serious rupture there
against Gentiles, if not against the gov
rnmentW
The idea is so richly absurd that l
have to laugh every time hear it sug-
.ested. Just think of the matter for e
moment, and you will realize its ridicu
lousness In the history of Utah the
reople have not suffered so much as
turing the last four years. l sneak of
course, of the Mormon people-because
Of prosecutions by governments officials.
Yet. when the greatest possible public
distress prevailed, no one had any fear
of harm [ have met Chief Justice
Zane again and again alone, and on
lonely streets. on very dark nights,
when grave bodily harm might have
been done him and do not believe the
Judge ever had
THOUGHT or PERSONAL DANGER.
II mention this merely to show the
temper of the people when. most tried,
and to convince you that the fear OF
personal or property dangeri is unknown
70 any man in Utah more than any