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

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COW or more IL theirs. Tney have n
few chickens. They do no. pay cash
tor butter, milk or eges. II chance 10
work for others presents itself, tuete lie
20 much TO the cool. Failing this, n
thrifty man eau employ himself lie
can make some improvement on the
litile place he calls bic own. He can
raise his vegetables - HE bread per-
chance. He's IN fact creator, an
Independent ono at that. He plants a
tree; he builds q shed; he does a little
thing today, tomorrow, In weel and
gradually from toll he evolves a HON,
an abode OF peace, bis very own, the
asylum Of his family and place Of
welcome for his friends.
Said cnpilalht one day 10
the writer, ave want to encout.
age immigration, 10 bring in the
people, ~ we may rent the houses we
have builii" No, sif, was tho response,
the iabofs Of the Elders IA not Tor this.
Thu sacrifices demanded "a the mis-.
eiouary field are not for this. These
have gone into the nations proclaiming
salvation, temporal hs well ~ spiritual
anu eternal. 80 mAn has gone forth
inviting his fellows to come ami rent
a house he owned. II has been, "Como
thou with W, and We will DO
thee good, Tor tho Lord hath
spoken good concerning Israei."
"You have been subjected 10 land
lofdism long enough. You have been
trammellci ami Ia bondage long
enough. You shnll have your owl
home. You shall eli under your
own vine aud 6g tree, with
none to modest you or make you
afraid" "Fccmon shall yo be-" is
the blessing, Tor the mouth u the Lord
hath spoken II
Now, money alone will not do this.
Money is butasymbol-it is no, wealth,
homes, farm', orchards, meeting houses,
school houses, fimilles aud culture.
These are wealth; and Utah never In
her history had 40 rapid an increase Of
true wealth ~ when her population
hardly ever saw dollar. To be sure
money IL convenience, or as thr
man said, ga handy thing to have Ia
the hous,; !" but peace Ia worth more,
freedom from strikes IL worth more,
deliyefanCo from accident and calamity
IL worth more. Aud whom this great
and marvellous community fll M their
destiny, the treasures Of the world will
be theirs Indeed. Yet they viii not
worship Gold, they will worship God.
They will not raise mau 10 omineuco
and power because he ia multi.
millionaire, "lhe poor and the humble
smoug men will rejoice. when the
Lord shall bring again Zion"
1, would pay many Of the Mormon
population Of our cities to migrate.
They have no homo here; they never
will have by dint Of toll; and there
are more than few In Utah
who are land poor. Even In this
Salt Lake county there are too many
acres unoultivaled, held In large
patches, without a tree, or house, or
any Improvement. This IL no, brother.
~; II is not praisBworthy nor cconical.
Not that the owners should give away
their possessions: but transfer should
be easy, credit IN whole or In part
should be extended to Industry, nj least
10 those Of "the household OF faith"
Many Of our settlements have not &c.
ceived an emigrant for year,. Thesi
close corporations should relax then
excluslveness, and where persons A.,
moving out OF any place Tor reason
satisfactory to themselves, their Inherit
auocs should DO bought Mt rcasonabI
nguro by the ward or by combination
and new blood should DO Invited {.
"come In aud possess the land" uu'i
they could redeem themselves On
their inheritanccs. IL Ia not goo
generAlship TO allow every piece
land coming into the market 70 O.
seized by stranger and an aliri
Union would buy, wisdom would
vide or hold until desirable ow