The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-21
GATHER UP WHAT Is LEFT OF HIM.

down town contemporary still asserts
that such portion of the wages of one-six-
teenth of the working population of Utah
as is spent for beef, flour and vegetables is
the sole support of this territory
The sheet winces under our statement
that it dares not let its readers see any of
the facts we gave, and bawls out thus:
'This lunatic says we do not repeat his
statements of facts correctly. If we do
not it is because we lack the ability to do
So" Well, that may be true as to the lack
Of ability; but the fact remains that the
sheet even this time dares not or does not
let its readers known the argument and
facts we have given.
First the sheet says of our facts: He
says but 7one-sixth of the people are en-
gagged in mining"
RThis is simply worse lying than tie
former statement We said no such thing.
The United States census says that about
one sixteenth about six per cent? of
the working population is engaged in min
ing. And when we asked of the organ
subsidized by nonresident mine own ers,
how the small portion of the wages of one
sixteenth of the working population that
is spent for home food products could pos
sibly support the other fifteen sixteenths.
the sheet replies:
He says but one-sixth of the people are en-
gagged in mining which while theoretically true,
perhaps, gives no idea of the facts. Miners as
a rule are unmarried. while two-thirds of the
inhabitants of this territory ten years ago we're
under sixteen years of age, and probably one
half Of them are under sixteen. When the
women and children are eliminated, it will be
seen that quite half OF the workingmen of this
territory are directly or indirectly at work be-
cause of the mines.
SIT will be seen that quite half of tn e
working men of this territory are at work
because of the Mines" will it, Well, let
us see if sit will be seen" Turn to page
S4s of the Tenth census, the volume on
Population. The number of adult males
engaged il agriculture in Utah is given at
1910. and the number of females, so; and
of all these only 1,36S were under sixteen
years of age. The total number of miners,
including coal miners, was but 1882, out of
total of 40,055 engaged in productive occu-
patious, of whom only 2,SS7 were females.
Yet this infinite liar, while actually pro-
testing that he tries to quote us correctly.
says if the women and boys were left out,
the other occupations would be so reduced
in number that those cat work because of
mining would constitute quite half of our
working population. Observe, too, the
phrase directly or indirectly" meaning
that since one-sixteenth of the population
spends some of its wages for goods pro-
duced by the other fifteen sixteenths, there
fore the latter are indirectly" at work
because Off the former.
Taking the sheets assertion that two
thirds of the miners are unmarried as cor
rect, and sit will be seen'' that about four
per cent. of our population are directly de-
pendent on mining; and the sheet assures
US that the home grown beef and yege-
tables eaten by four per cent. of our popu-
lation are the means of supporting the rest
of the population in comfort and general
affluencei
Then follows a piece of economic 'srea-
soningn that would raise the hilarity of
even JOHN Law were he alive 10 hear it:
Now. If more than half the product OF the