Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-02-08

With their destruction the reclamation
OF the arid lApd ceases 10 be problem
and becomes an imposslbllity. An
efilclen, and Just system Of
PREsERviTG the Fonrsrs
from destruction by FIRE and applying
them, under proper restrictions, TO the
use Of the settlers, can not b. other
wise provided and administered by the
States.
The second Of tho above resolutions
addresses itself TO a subject that can
not fail TO commend itself 10 your
favorable consideration. IL IN lncon.
ceivahle that Congress viii make any
disposition Of the public domain with.
out first securing 10 the Territories
their endowment for the support Of
public school. The arbitrary selection
by law Of the sections dedicated to this
purpose operates as gfsat Injustice 10
the Territories In the arid region. BY
far tue greater number VI the
school sections are located on
mountain tops OF other places
where they cannot be cultivated,
and IL follows that nothing can be- to.
allied from their sale. The liberal
policies Of the government, dating
from tho passage Of the great ordnance
Of 1857, In all that partaius
10 IIIE EDUCATION
Of our youth forbids the thought that
any discrimination wiz be exercised
against the newer portions OF the
Union, or that they shall hc less than
equal sharcfs IA It's bounty. The petit
ton embodied IN the resolution is
simply nm appeal for Justice. The con-
ditiOn Of settlers on lands with II the
semi-Arid belt was felt 10 call urgently
Tor relief at your handf. rh0usnnds Of
people have settled within this area
Ia reliance upon the assurance 0illci-
ally extended by the government that
they were agricultural" which was
naturally presumed 10 mean that they
were capable NJ producing crops by
the usual method " agriculture. They
have found thnt the faininli h highly
uncertain In quantity and seRsonsble-
bess, and that year after year the lab0r-
which they have bestowed upon their
fields have been expended In vain.
The consequences have boon most de.
plorable. Without fault on their own
part, acting only upon the impulse that
has been
the CiIIEF FACTOR
In expanding the domain Of civlllzh.
ton, they now find themselves aud
their families confronted with actual
destitution. The government sold 10
them the lands that they now occupy
nj no lees prices and upon no other
terms than such az obtained In more
favored localities; and II has received
into IL treasury not less than :l2,OO0,.
600 a. the purchase price. We submit
that the circumstances elgquently sup
port their prayer for relief, aud that the
government may most properly dcdi.
cate q portion Oi the money which they
have themselves contributed 10 the
work Of developing and applying the
water supply In such n manner as to
make these lands habitabls and pro.
ductivc.
And your memorlalists, as In duty
bound viii ever pray, etc.
ALEX. BOrSlS, Chairman, Mon
Nna;
a. d. FoorF, Secretary, Idaho;
q. G.. WRIuHT, California;;
FRAsK BoSD, Wyoming;
j. II. Abbott, " ebrnska;
j. IA. HAMILTON, Oregon;
q. w. lmsif, Nevada,
PLAT RoDuERs, COlUfadO,
W. II. KIS0, Utah;
J, II. THOMAS, Washington;
ID. II. WINuER, New Mexico;
OF the Committee on Memorial.