Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-26
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SHALL We ANSNLR YES, OR NO!


IL IL a matter II query with some
whether the MORMON people do really
consume the amount (Vlther In weight
or dollsfs) OF the three articles named
Ia a late issue Of the NEWS. To be sure
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars
docs seem an immense sum; but some
pains were taken 10 verify thoao tigurCs,
which were undris,atci rather than
exceeded. In analysis, the estimate
given for tea AMI coffee Is much below
tho average elsewhere. he English
use more tea poF head, ns the Ameri.
eau. use more coffee. For the Nor
mon population Of Utah, or members
Of the Church NJ they were assumed to
be, II Il alter oil but one round pcr
capita annually OF the former and
little less OF the latter. The incongfu.
ity OF the statement IA based on the
assumption that the nTst two articles
are practically iabootd, which IN the.
Dry they are; aud II the isc,s are
against the people II viii hardly DO to
sly 80 much worse Tor the facts"
The two arc indisputably, ar,iclea
which can TO fairly clRrsed ar lux
uries, cave To the poor woman whose
fare Is meigre, ami to whom after
life's use asprinkie Of tea 10 cup or
two Of water eau do hut little (savu Ia
ianoy), either 6feoial harm " good.
Such habit or weakness has not inife.
quently teen inttmperA,oly de.
nounced, however, by enthusiastic
sticklos for the "WorI Of Widlm,"
those, too, who at the table would IN.
murmuringly "get away" with ooHsd
eraoe OF animal food, which II
specially restricted In tue same "cov.
enant with promist!~ That much
violence IL done to the human nrgaui.
1,tion by the uao Of these beverages,
extra strong ana far too bot, cannot DO
disputed; that much Of our drinking
water is hard by virtue Of the lime
which 1t holds In solution, aud that
special diiolaes are common from lhis
cause, Is generally acknowledged, 30
that boiled water aud warm drinks
are an improvement, II not adulter-
atcd unwisely or at too great a oost.
For the use oftobaoco In any lorm but
little eXcubo IB iltfeJ. Chewing Ia "a
dirty habit, smoking an offensive one,
particularly TO nunusers, aud cigarette.
smoking, indrlged In mainly by YOU x
dudes, IL dtcred by tho highest
Gcdicni authorities Us the mcst IN.
furious u MI methods OF uslug tobacco.
The use Of all three (tea, olneo and
lotaccU) Is "a custom which mig DO
"more honored In the breach than IN
tho observance" aud were they all
discarded tomorrow, 1t would be a
greater pleasure to mention tina, flc,
than 1t Is 10 10 able TO say today Tia,
much lesa Is utoi In Uah now than
anywhere else IN Christendom with the
came populati m.
Reference was made come weeks ago
to the continuous imp rta,lon Of hog
products into this Territory, anu *.
perionccs were quoted ns 10 tho wis
dom ngd profitable use OF wheat iur
feeding, u we must have FORK ~ ul!
Almost every family uses ham, bacon,
larl, etc., O. come extent, 80 that upon
the surface Of things It might be con,
cludcd that imporiaiious woulI
be- heavy. Hut even the IA.
formed hardly roal'zs an aggr,g cato
which astUunds, It "1gurea do not lio,"
Calculations nru not made flr this ut
ranlom. No sensatlonaliam Ia IN.
tended. Bu, 1t 10 intended to supply
lcston 20 the farmer feeder, cufer
aud consumer In Utah, sO that II pork
products arc ds9irable, our prolific
lucern-now selling In the country at
three d5liars per ton--may be triplcd
in value, aud TINT rye aud surplus
wheat may supplement- the lucern and
surplus milk, ETC., In tho production Of
meat, vastly sweeter, as experience
has proved, than the most choice i'm
porlalion, II We have enterprise and
force enough to mako self-sustonance a
living article OF a living and effective
rrtedl
Can the U,oulans give any reason
why they should buy annually over
halta million pounds 100000 really
Of dry salt bacon; over three hundred
lhouaand pounds Of ham;nnd nearly ten
thousand pounds OF breakfast bacon at
"A cost Of eighty-fve thousand dollSrsg
l Or that they should pay the rail-