Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-02

our Tines Chicago lie cited for empi.
ton as sprlnging from the statu, of a.
Indian trading post to that Of riv.i,r
with any city OF this really wopde,t',
country, within the very brief psri,,,
Of one mans life. But are nuch
cities either heal by or desirable. win
the unlimited grandeur Of our national
domain Why should wa crowd un,ii
there Is created vetitable hotbed n,
evil such a. demands statesmanship n,
mayhap, In a while, forcs to restrain
within any reasonable bounal That
the old snatlons have large cities il po
precedent for this. They are limited
lands aud their cities are the growt,
OF ages OF repression and conservatism.
Colonization Is only a modern idea. al,
outlet made possible by the genius Of
commercc,anj coming In the las, days
Ne tue fat Of destiny for purposes fore.
shadowei for ages in the past. Asa
consequence these rangers Of the earth
follow In their methods the antlquated,
the experienced or observed; dupu.
eating ovorgfowth IN CENTER, when
rail-, steam, electricity aud pussibilltles
OF rapid movement say, "Spread out
make your factories anu foundrlcs In
iutelligontly g.sctcd localitics,and dis.
tribute your population where tboy
nave room TO breathe, TO plant
tree, to cultivate a flower, To
have a hobby outside Of toll, sny n
garden, cow, pony, few chickens.
rabbits, and sfeencry In proximity 10
rest the cyi, and glotiiy tho dwelling
places Of those who live by muscle aud
labor as much as the combined 70.
SOURCES Of such location Will admiip
We uro continuity urged to build Inn
this city, to make It attractive Tor
sirangers, to compel a population and
civilization. But why2 Shall we run
our hotels and public buildings into the
henvens, when we have rccn enough
on terra hrmA? What IL there TO pre-.
vent our Industrial Institutions from
reaching Ogden oh tho north and
Provo on the south, and then extend.
Ing or expanding 30 ~ TO "oovsr the
Acc Of tho land" as the scrIptutcs
have il2 This city, though nothing
comparatively, is following tho Old
ines. Think Of the price Of real a..
altl Think Of the difficulty oven tho
Industrious man feels Ia getting a
iome Of his own todryl Think OF tho
hunters out OF employ, Of the winter
inring them IA tho iac,l Think ofthe
iort needed and being made by
'h'laulhroplsts and religionlsts to
meet the situation, TO relieve the
ressuro Of consequent poverty and
estitutioul
Every Bishop OF the Mormon Church
urging tho people 20 donate, to make
iorihce, to fast M well as pray, aud 10
xercise sympathy for the distressed.
Tut after all this is but expedienoy,
ct statesmanship. Ais TeiiGG, not the
ioviding Of labor aud the fostering Of
idependenco. II lie easy to call on the
.adies' Relief soolely-if they have
nythiug; easy 10 call on tho tithing
nloo-ifit is overfiowiny; easy to sign
order or give u dollar. But what OF
morrow, next week, n month from
ow, In the springi We should be the
VI to fall back on the saying, "rhe
DOT 20 have always with your
might have done for that
ge, for the Gentle world. IL
tue mission Of the people here "ts
'tablish Zion on the eRrth, yand II pre-.
,sent Is valuable, there was once Emo
DOT In NIL her borjenW but Il needs
a c0nulave OF Blshops"-and Ia this
lew all the Latter-dhy Saints may be-
,emed Bishops-tO devise, TO plan
id reach out; 10 that the labors OF
lndreds Of missionaries may not DO
ruwn away or wasted. Every new.
mer needs a home. Every now
mily needa direction. We must "pro.
DO for our own" not ON the luke
arm lines Of charity, but on the broad
'd generous lines u Gospel duty aud
ivilege, un the lines Of revelation
ID inspiration; aiming with all our
arts for tho Introduction OF 0the
der Of EnoCh," the destruction of
verify, tho elevation OF humanity,
ID the creation Of Zion, the 10y and
ide Of all the oarthl