Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-09
Tng UNEMPLOYED.

According 10 tho dispatches from
Tucson, tho refusal Of the Southern
Pacific company TO permit tramps to
ride ut will on iis trains Il likely to
cause serious trouble. II would 10 an
awful thing II the threats made by the
Arizona vagrants TO derail passenger
trains should be- carried Into effect, and
a number Of lives ~ we'll as consider.
able property be sacrificed through the
spitoiulness Of vengeful loaiorH. Then
the officers OF the law will wish that
they had taken action ~ prevent the
crime, aud viii expend their awakened
energy against the offenders In partic.
ular, II they can be caught, anu unem-
ployed men In general.
II IL ali very well 10 manifest sym.
pathy for the unemployed who are
willing to work, and the proper way to
exhibit that . mpathy isby practice In
harmony with the profession made.
As Governor Lswslling, Of Kansas,
said In his recent proclamation for.
bidding the prosecution Of Migrants,
az IL no crime to bo poor" especially
Ia such financial times as these hut
the governor goes to the other extreme
whom he renders nugaiory laws en-.
acted 10 protect peaceablo oitlzeus from
being imposed upon by the loatcrs
which swarm the county. There II
no crime In being poor, hut when that
condition IL brought about 10y willul
avoidance Of work, the individual who
Ia thus reduced to poverty should not
be- given 10 understand that he h ut
perfect liberty 10 sleep In any barn or
enter any building when It meets his
fancy. There IL difference between
exonpting a poor man from punish.
ment because Of his d,btitutiun and
turning loose a horde OF loafers 10 prey
at will upon the citizen whose honest
toll goes to build up the common.
wealth.
There 10 now In this country u vast
army Of men who are willing 10 work
and earn their living II they had the
opportunity, and toward these the
utmos, lonienoy and Rindness should
be- shown. hut It h doubtful whether
any Of this class are among tho mum.
Der who threaten 10 wreck trains be-.
cause the railway company will moi
carry them free. The likelihood h
that the threats emauato entirely from
an element already fsr too numerous,
anu Increasing because Of official
lenlency, who would shout as soon
siarye M work ami would rather beg
or steal than DO either OF the others.
The loud demonstrations about non,
employment are not coming
from tho unemployed who dc,
sire work. THESE men proce Il on
legitimate lines. Tho noise aud intima
tons OF violence are mainly created by
the unemployed who wish Tor no
change In that relation, There was
very fair exhibition Of this In sau
Francisco a short time since. That
municipality iolt charitable toward
men who were without work, guvola
hundred Of whom were being led al
the cup HOUSES, anu II provided fol
,uc employment. Of "a large number i1l
four houH day, the pay Tor this lim,
100 be- seventy cents. ltwas tine design
and UNDERSTANDING that the plan wa.
merely 10 provide means OF sub.lstcuy,
anil something better should turn up.
pne men who accepted the oler had
most ot the time 10 hunt Tor a loO anu
hey could leave the o,tys service
whenever they pleased, The Jay tn,
RIDER went into enco, 45D allegrI uu
employed men had been led az q saliva
zion amy barracks, aud the captain
was called ON with nu official tondeI
u work ON the terms name,