The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-12
cpEATSaLTLA AXE CITY.
rYJoAQUN MlLLER.

Denver ItI.' va NNa" "t 50 1850 N@"-t'f
-,un3ed q the plains Of Lombardy
sr3hslf expect every moment to see
,to marble towers Of Bilan's cathedral
and ths lorses Of Napoleon's PlungeTS
n .ha air from their lofty marble
arches.
f1f here in this Industrious city Of
lees Cham fifty years, you soc al that
\ mas be seen in the suburbs of Milan.
Tfe '0ng. long lines Of LombsrdY pop
isiirees. the laden orchards, the com
ias and going Of laden wagons, tho
ruent people herding TO their work
from daylight % dark; the dust and the
swea. Of devoted husbsndry; the dairy
rancho. and the laden fruit trees then
hack ofitail the everlasting mountains
~ snow Just ike the mountains rise
t.rond aud about Como. Surely it is
dear old Milan.
you nil iu love with these people Of
Salt Lake a. you approach. The nearer
,oa come 70 know them the better you
come 90 love them. 1t is the long
haired mau and the short-hsired wO-
,,.n who want 10 lecture on "Hormons
and Wormonism. that don't know a
single thing about this people OF their
enk. who don't ike them. Let these
nmereaple first plant a tree, one sin
cler,e among thom all, where these
r..,'e have planted thousands and tens
NJ thousands in the desert. and then the
land may listen 10 them with little
ntencs. Bat until they have st least
.r.sl .8 mako two blades Of grass
er3u where only one grew before. " be
ait patient with a people OF whom
nov know nothing 1T all: Of whom
they ere actually incapable Of knowing
anything d., ul.
s9.a1n't accuse me Of beng friend
t0the n.les of this people until you
fret know tha. % was my book and my
rsr on the Danites that sent the
Dante leader ,o bis death. and swept
Mto-ler from the earth
Tam hated here heartily. There il
marya fanatic and fre-eater in this
aau who would think he wss doing
Gol service by taking my life at this
moment. Bot / have as little fear Of
to.. as have respect for the oilers
and ensliionaIis,s who write books and
deliver lectures abou. the Mormons.
I.taI such 80 To- work and work as
band as idsse .Mormous work, and they
vll have but li.tie time TO NEEDLE IN
it.... Chat they know nothing about.
and care but little about except as
matter of profit. Salt Lake City is
building right along. lt is now a Gen
-.e" city that D.. &C "a recent municipal
election those not in tAs Mormon
Church carried the day, as against those
who are in The Cluich.
Bltit dil not stop the laying Of a
single brcs n tie many new odifces
uuler way Mormon and Gentle; all
pun together in the national advance
ment Of tae great city by the American
"ueai sea." There is little or no feel
.ls 0i um.ly here. lt exists only IN
ihe minds oi the aforesaid loDg-haired
men aud .h3rt-haircd women, who, as
q RUE. oi9lru here but a day or a
yea. and never really know anything
atolt ether the place or the people.
D3goa know that we are ia the for
eiheie: Forty years ago only dust
and desert To-day more than two
huulsel llae brooks run through Salt
Lake City, On each brookiet, for miles
and mie. grow two rows Of trees So
yoa see eo have forest here instead Of
o1l and sage-brush.
And up through this forest there
comes tAe ring aud roar Of hammers to
uy house topl PARKWAY over the tree
y sec the black chimneys Of many
"smel.els.
Aud this brings me back again 10 the
question Of q mining school for these
k.c4y Mountains. j don't care wheth-
or B. is here or az Denver. But as 4
man who wishes his country well and
klows bow much the school is needed
b. tha. our young men may learn how
% engineer Ioad, q tunnel. drift, a
shaft without our continually calling
10 foreign help. / insist that such a
school shall be established somewhere
oai here aud sustained By the govern
men..
Out youdsr is a great fort, with full
regiment DO ils barracks. IL is beautiful
10 look upon. j. adds to the lsndscaps.
Toe officers are manly fellows; they
Htai me with great courtesy. But !
fil you they are idlers, every one IN
lai' great bsehive Of a nationl say,
's. us have a school there in the place
o. ihis fort IL would coat less. far less,
iud See what good We could do with
school. Or il the lovers Of brass bands
ana Of lanterns still insist on keeping
'oef costly TOY, why, let them; but
'si as have the school Of mines also.
When Congress sent for me. after i
laa published The Danites' in Lon
1on' and required me to say 10 it's com
ui'lee what would do to suppress
@o'monism, l said: Don't give them
outlets give them books. The boys
'u' there are mostly poor and ignorant,
scattered far out over land that il
largely desoiase. They grow up with
'n''f laces to the earth. grossly igno-
''n'' tefsile slaves Of the church, ft
0D'y 70 make trouble when grown 70
lanhooi' II trouble is in the air. Build