Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-07
AN INSULT TO CnARITY.

FROM Nllut 70 Alulb thN NiNn "N'
had occasion to call attention to tho
law OF the Lord with reference 70 the
saorednoss Of the Sabbath, and to
warn its readers ngnlnst the Increasing
disposition to make light Of tho Divine
command In seeking pleasure rather
than His worship on His day. IL has
seldom been deemed necessary to aim
cur criticisms against any particular
diversion or entlcoment prepared Tor
these violations Of the holy code; In
general II has been suiiicient 70 put all
who profess ths name Of Christ, but
hrs suboc, to temptation and back
gliding. on their guard against these
various allufcmonts Of the adversary Of
their souls.
The present occasion, however, re-
quireB specific aud deliberate mention
ola proceeding looking to the violation
Of tho coming Sabbath, because the
invitation to the oilonse maaquetadOs
under the cloak OF sweet charity,
which, though II proverblaliy covcfolh
multitude Of sins, cannot be stretched
far enough to cover this one. The
proposition Is 10 have n hundred moui
more or less, take railroad journey
next Sunday out into neighboring
county, and devote the day TO the
slaughter OF rabbits, which, having
boon slain, aso 10 be distributed 10 the
poor OF this city. Inurging the accept.
ance Of this plausible hypocrisy, those
having the affair In charge, ana the
papers that are lendiBg encouragement
to II, filppantly and irreyerently give
notice that "lho recording angelo will
make no black marx against the name
Of any who In this manner shall 10.
lieve the wants Of the needy and sup.
ply the stomach Of the rAbbit.ealing
destitute.
Waving for the present all comment
on the impudence Of this promise on
the part Of men VINO seldom speak OF
holy beings save In blasphumy, and ON
this absurdity OF tho idea that
tbs project, even n "a good
one, must 30 carried out ON
the Sabbath Instead Of week.
day, We PROPOSE to shed little light ON
the folly Of the charity halo with whion
the scheme Ia invested. Every hunter
who decldos upon going In tho party h
required to deposil sl.7j Tor railroad
and other transportation expense.
The further charge to each will be at
least Sl.2j for cartridges; this swim buy
fiity shells, and " there Is any kind Of
shooting, twice this quantity VIII be
required, II IL expected that at loast
a hundred gunuers Will go. There viii
accordingly DO for these two items
alone, an immediate cash outlay Of
$500. hut there are many who will
have to hire guns; many who viii buy
extra cartridges; an Of them will make
an outlay Of some kiud for lunch; and
many will buy liquor aud cigars TO take
along, Altogether, a very moderate
estimate places the outlay nt 5000. For
the purp0srs Of this discussion, how
ever We adopt the .ormer figure.
Now as to tho returns IL lisa fairly
good sportsman who averages a rabbit
Tor each i've shots. Jules the ani-
mails are particularly tame aud pleuti.
iul such a crowd o. viii go on this
expedition viii not do that well. but
giving them the benefit OF tho doubt,
they ought to ggt an average OF ten
rabbits apiece Tor their outlay 0fs ur
1000 rabbits Tor the lowest estimate
oftheir total outlay $500; making each
'Jack" cost 30 cents.
Rabbits boy the carload can be bought
IN this city any week Tor 10 ceulsa
piece, dollar % d.z en-, ana cheaper
still for wholesale quantities.
Butsupposug these thousand rabbits,
about 1000 pounIs, cost uuly s3u0--lu
that the most economical wayo. .ueui-
iug the money Tor charity? R,bbil
meatot 10 cents ap9und compsu little
high Tor mrl times. A leading butch.
or tells tue News that ho win sylI
any number OF ongca9sc8 of good bori,
dressed, for a! cents q pound. WIN
any one claim gnat j4ok.raub.tia more
nutritious or moro palat .Dlo to tho
average person than good beo? La.
stead OF 1000 pounds oftno former
why not iuy,slthe $500 0Gg1 pounds
Of beef?
Or, since the really destitute need
o'her things worse than they need
meat Of any kind, why not invest the
money expended "llr chadty'' In 400
'O'l6' sacks OF houi; or lD 10000 leaves
II bTeadi or IN l25 pairg Of good Provo