Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-11-26
HE DIDy,r MEAN 1T.

WE had OCCASION on MONDAY 10
refer to an article in the Tribune as
evidence that its editor was becom-
ing more and more illogical and
absurd. He seems TO take umbrsge
at this, and comes back with a long
harangue that is even more ridic-
ulous and irrational than the first
And he makes q wearisome effort TO
convey the idea that his Mondays
article, the production OF deep Sun
day thought, was written merely
as an "extravagant possibility"
sort of serious humor, as it were,
not intended TO mean anything in
particular, or with any thought thai
il would be taken as IL was written.
In order that our readers may be
able TO see exactly the kind OF thing
which the ex-candidate imposes on
the public as alleged comic reading,
or ''extrsvagsRt possibility we in
sert the article entire. Il is headed,
"rhe End of the Earth"
Belief is extending in the theory
that as man in his savage state Is
largely carniverous, with the progress
OF civilization he Will GRADUALLY change
and become ~ last entirely vegetarian.
II ha> been found. too, thai could this
be 50 there would be vast saving of
land. ina>much AS me acre OF land de- |
voted TO rails ng cereals Will produce rs |
much food as five acres devoted TO |
raising beef or mutton That idea |
foreshadows the millennium, because |
it pictures in THOUGHT the time when |
the world viii be so densely peopled |
that all the land viii be required 10 |
Iaise 10 "a. All animals being extinct |
and the world reduced TO a |
vegetable diet, naturally all COM
baiiveness will die out of mems
nAture-; there Will DO a struggle
for food; the race viii deteriorate in
status and courage; men will gradu-
ally become merely 4 race o. dwarf-,
one after another Of their passions will
cease. and a. the Old earth becomes
shriVelsd. mankind Will il the same |
way become reduced. physically and |
mentally; there will be no more con- |
quests. for there will be no courage,
either for attack or defense; there will |
be no energy TO forge out fortunes;
there will come u second childhood to |
the world, and then the earth and its |
people Will only be iii To be broken up |
and sent to the junk shop Of eternity, |
or TO float around in the back yard OF |
the universe even as the moon is now |
floating
In a brief paragraph or two we
treated this batch Of nonsense with |
the same grim "humor" that smiles |
all through it. And for this We are |
complimented with the pleasant |
title OF ''an inspired IDIOT Any
body who thinks the writer of the
foregoing piece of profound philoso-
ply meant what he said, is in
formed that nc is an 'fdiot so
colossal'' that it would take
nearly a column of Tribune print
to describe his imbecility. |
We commend the above bit
of logical deduction or exquisite
humor, whichever the author
pleases to call it. as specimen Of
his reasoning like philosopher"
and the epithets he bestows on thos,
who differ from his argument or
fail TO perceive his wit. as a sample
of his writing like an angel"
II the article in question, which
was the leading editorial in Mon
days Tribune, was meant for fun.
it ought TO have been labeled like
one Of the lamented ARENAS
Wards flights Of fancy, ''this is u
COAX" Think Of either the reason
ing c. the hunor of an argument
that starts with the premise that
vegetarianism is increasing, and
ends with the conclusion that. |
therefore, "there will come SECOND
childhood to the world and then tn.
earth and its people will only be fit
to be broken up" etc. Also thai /
call coDbativeuess viii die out o.
mems natures" and. as a conse
euence, ''there will be a struggle"
ETC., and because men cease to eat
flesh, ''ene after another their pas-
sions will cease,o and s'then III
earth will become shriveled.v AM
what kind of wit is that which take.
the greater part of a column to ex
plain a paragraph, and requires 8
number Of explosives wheregith T.
pelt those who fail to perceive either
its sense or its humor?
The long explanation is worse
than the short essay, or little joke
or whatever it may really be. Their.
is no need TO retaliate, and say thai
the suthor is either an ..inspirei,'
or uninspired whats-his-name. Tn.
Intelligent reader cannot fail TO per
ceive the unfortunate condition OF
the writer's mind, or 10 class his
latest production with those brillian'
flashes Of dense stupidity which h,
has so long va:nly imagined wer.
against "Mormonism.
"THE IMPOSSIBLE Is
nRSlIrTE