Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-11
WHY rWO sTlrE UNNEHslnE-

why TWO STATE UNNERSlilL-'
We PROFOUND this significant qu'i-
ton early 10 the nowly.slcc,ed l'glsla'
tore OF this Territory, because Be- inn
poriant anu thcy should take ample
time to consider u well before coming
together. Il will probably require 90
answer ut their hanip, and w lhins
u essential that thcy prepare them
selves 20 answer It Alright,
Ithuuklnd 10 revive tho memory Of
the rather undignincd bartofing
through which, in confederation
q vu,cs promised and given, tho
Terrtory's funds Iout years ago we're
parceltd out 10 various iusIiutioue'
The Insane Asylum needed an nppro'
prlatlon, and 30 did the Utah univcr'
sits, but the representatives Of other
counties also iolt mat they ought 70
have q slice OF the irrasury's favor, ~
the Reform School al Ogdou and the
Agricultural College a. logan we're
called into being. We DO not here ssv
the appropriations Tor these insututioUs
were unnecessary; We merely allulc
now TO the program tnAt was conceived
ior getting every available dollar Rud
voting II hero anu there 10 pursuance
thereof A. the lime there vsfo a few
men, u W. remember rightly, who
had given the matter Of public
education serious thought, and
who advanced some wise reasons
Why the diffusion Of cnari, conlem.
plated BY the establishment Of the
Agricultural College o. a separate ana
10 many respects a rival unlvcrdty,
should be avoided. We recall, by tue
way, that macy Of these wise reasons
came from men who did not live IA
Salt Lake CITY, aud who could have
had no eoinsh OF personal mo.
tive, therefore, Tor ufging that
the proposed agricultural institu.
ton should be- united with
aud be an adjunct OF the one territorial
school already IN existence. Their
argument was that with the s1propr.-
ations which would, la the case Of
division, so to two slunted Hnd half
starved concerns, would be- sufficient
TO establish and maintain with credit
ono school which would answer every
possible requirement Of the uXua col.
lego, and At the same time constitute
head 70 the public school system which
would DO a source Of prize To the
people.
II has been a matter OF general regret
that these sensible propositions were
lost eight OF then; but there
IL hope that these same pprsUus or OF
least tneir arguments viii bo more
effective will cur now body o. l,ris.
lator. There bias been some oIIer..
ouoe acquired in the finances Of higher
education which we did not have nj
that time. We may possibly profit ~
little by the experience. Crfn,uiy 30
Il WAS Al error then 10 do what wac
done, II would now DO Tar more un.
pardonable one, " not a direct implu.
ton upon the people, TO psTpetuA,e lhe
mistake longer.
From a casual acquaintance with the
case wu should say that NJ least
$4,000 year IL now being absolutely
wasted IA maintaining this double
burden. Such c0mputiuOu is too c1st
ly; u the people d salt Lake, which
county has The Univs,sity, aud the
peoploo Cache, which county has the
College, DO not think 90, the people Of
the other counties Of the Territory
which have 20 bear their sharo Of the
load, viii doubtless think 10. The
Territory 80 now iu low state Of
finance, scarcely ablo 10 sustain one
capable university with credit and
do Justice 90 its other obligations.
Were the resources % the treasury
far more generous than tHuy arc-ay
what ton or twenty ylau % prosperity
would make llcm--lt would HIIll Doc E
question whether our educational Boo.
terests even lheu would Boz better ou
with two parallel suuuli1us %. hl4l,.
learning than they would with one.
Tho rHperr cu Of other COMMON.
weuilla is that, even where .Hr gu..
tiou Of funds 1.Js uU, need 90 lt con-.
s.dored, such diyriou ur diffusion d.