Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-19

IL IL curious how whole populations
OF Intelligent people jump at conclu.
sious that are Watering "a Themselves
while utterly in contradiction Of the
best established historical facts. One
Of the most widely accepted 81 these
piecus Of nonsense IL the dictum that
human enemy IL affected by climate.
Now the fact Ia that human energy
has reached Its fullest development IN
every kind Of climate AMI IN every
latitude except the iflgld 19ne. The
equatorial reglone furnish uz Wits the
history Of Carthage and Egypt, the
heated lalitudes give us Tyre aud
sldon, Troy and Babylon. Then,
In those ATTITUDES which are now
-necrcd at ~ cficminalo and "nervat.
Ing We have the unequallod science ~
Greece anu the mllchloss mastery
OF Rome. But, nonsenic, say our
theorists, do you moi BEE with
your own eyes that people will not
wut, nj the South, while they will ut
the North? IL not that tue effect Of
climate? IL not that better than his
tory? TN the contrary, We iind that In
our Southern States an extraordinary
amount uf energy has developed since
the war. We fnd that population
which under former conditions was
charged with Incidence unI negligence
IL under the ncw conditions credited
with an energy and an enterprise that
have redeemed it, country from the
defolatlon VI ruin amt brought II ~ tie
front ~ progress AMI prosperity.
Thun look abroad. In the very same
limo " climate, everywhere, you
will hud tue two extremes
Of Industry and Incidence.
The Sluthcfn Chlnamau, Siamcc,
East lndiAn, Egyptian, Is lnb1flOus
| aud industrious; the West Indian aud
| Central America refuses 10 work. The
enterprising Yankee himself lives In
/ the same climate nnd region who're
primitive savages tcofued 70 labor
Tho hardy, industrious, perevcring
ontcfptlslng highlander Of Scotland,
the SWelc, the Norwegian, enjoy about
! the same icy surroundings MS the lazy
| Esquimau who hibtrnatCr like n bear.
What, then, "a tho explanation Of this
vastly varying experience OF human
energy that infusea one generation
| with enterprise aud Industry,
while leaving another In the dir
graceful fcttors Of sl0u and indilirr'
enco? Why, II IL simply-motiye.
The motive makes the man, aud popu'
lati0n Is the repetition Of the man.
The greatest Of all human motive
power IL hunger; tho next IL ambition.
| Hunger does not move the West In
dian or the Ccu,ml American because
the fruits of nature are for him both
| plentiful aud free. The climate eK'
cmpls him from the necessity o. roofOl
clothing, while the wild banana forest
generally feeds him and his family.
lie knows no other needs and does not
comprehend the philosophy Of makius
himself tired. Hut " some American
natives were transported 10 slam OF
China, where eVviy Inch d
land IL under fence nj higl
rent, where nature IA In slavery
aud where food Implies incessaut labor
he would soon ind himself working al
hard n his neighbour. Contrast IN,
ancient Roman and the modern. Th'
former was consumed with the fires o
ambition. Conquest and mastery wa
his dream day aud night. There c0ul,
H. no rcst, no reposc while somcthin.
remained 10 be- conquered; no danger
no bodily labor, no intellectual train
lug was avoided that might help 10 thl
coveted end. But such fires burn out
modern Rome Is but the scoriic u th'
ancient volcano. Is all this climate
Would Nesuvius be more active at tn
North PolcG-ET.