Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-16

heafte Of the people are qualling
aImoai with fear Mt the prospect which
IL presented for the coming winter.
why 81 tbis2 IL TIA fact that here
In Utah our crops In previous yearA
have been less than We anticipAted2
IL there too little food produced2 Have
we too little land tor cultivation? Are
our streams too meagfe 10 water the
soil and cause 10 10 pr0duc. In III
richness for our sustennnct2 You are
my Witnesses, my brethren aud sisters,
who live outside the city and know OF
the iruitfilness with which God has
blessed tho lend, that Hu has not With
held His blessings FROM us In this
respect. There IA abundance produced
Ia THIS Territory and In the nijoiuing
states aud territories TO Hustain the
population, aud Ear grpAior NUN.
Der Of people than those VINO
now live IN these valleys Of the
mountains. You utc also witnesses
that there u an abundance Of wtai.h
wiihin tho h1rdoB 81 Utah Territory
20 sustain this people, without their
having 10 call upon the east or the
wosi, The north Or the south, for any
assistance. We have within our own
grasp, " we only had the sris ion 10 uao
u, the wealth necessary 20 make ofthis
Territory one ui tho brightest aud
Richest spots on the lace 81 tic earth.
Hut We have lost sight, In some
nuAsurn At lcnsi, u tho object Of our
gathering 10 these valleys. NO have
forgotten the call which was rcnt 20 a.
through the Elders Uf tho Church, that
we should come out ~ Babylon aud
gather upto Zion, that We miggt learn
OF tho ways Of God aud walk 60 Hls
paths. NJ cnll was made upon Tire
people 20 gather up 10 Zion that they
might accumulate wealth, that they
might extend thn limits OF their nolIi,
that they might build up mansions,
while under the shadows NJ their man.
sions the poor aud the hungry cried
for food, for shelter and Tor nlment.
Instead Of seeking to learn the ways ot
God aud walk In His paths, We have
sought ~ learn the ways OF mon aud %
walk ia tho paths Of men. Wo have
looked after the golden calf Our eyes
have been turned toward that imago
which God requires us 10 fofsako. We
have gathered wealth, wo have
hOardod IL, aud we are using u spar.
ingly for our own benefit, forgetting
at the same time the necessities OF our
brethren AMI sisters who arc living
Around ug, who have lust a. much
claim, though they may not possess
equal ability with Us for the manage
ment Of financial ntiairs, upon tho
blessings Of Almighty God as we have.
In this Territory we have enough
land 10 divide among Tho people aud
provide each family with more than
twenty acres for cultivation. Ac.
oofding 10 statistics, We have some.
thing over fifty-two millions Of
acres Of land. OF this there arc two
millions that can be reached by the
streams Of water which God has ~
Abundantly increased during these
latter timer, In fulnllment OF prophecy.
OF these two millions OF acres. only
about seven hundred and thirty.hvs
thousand acres are really under cult.
walton and producing that which they
are capable Of yielding for the support
OF the Inhabitants Of the Land. Aud
the land which We do cultivate, how
is II treated? Is It producing In itl
fullness2 Does II yield richly Of ils
fruit 10 the husbandman2 No, II does
not, because II II merely scratched, and
the full strength OF tho soil haa not
been found scarcely by single person
living In this Territory, good FARMERS
though we may call Ourselves. IL was
told me "A short time ago that In Davis
county one man sustained himself aud
wife and several children and had
made n comfortable living for years
from an acre aud quarter VI land.
could scarcely believe it, but seeing
the person concerning whom this was
said, onquired OF him as to the facts
In the case, and no told me that he
had had an abundance for himself and
family all the time he had been living
there, which was for seven yeArs, /
believe. asked him now he managed
II. He said he cultivated every foot NJ
land he had, and he found II required
all his time, MS well Us the time Of his
two boys, to keep that land In proper
cultivation. He had part OF II In
fruit, part In vegetables, and small
Patch Of graln-all ON tho acre aud
quarter; anu he was considered ono OF
the most thrifty meniu the settlement.
The land TO which God has brought
~, forbiddinga full Of alkali M aOmo
OF II may be, is the strongest, believe,
that eau be found anywhere. When
you have once Hubduei the mineral
that In In the soil, there IL no
land In any place that have visited
that yields 40 richly Of vegetable, Of
grain, Of fruit, and everything that Is
necessary to sustain man. We have
hundreds Of thOusands-I might nj
most say millions-of acres OF land In
this Territory that arc yet unoooupied,
and TO which the attention Of these
men who are without employment
should now be turned. This Ia only
one Of tho sources from which profit
can be derived. Just turn out upon
heso barren lands-to which the
water can ho brought by q little labor
and the expenditure Of very little
think Of the results that
would accrue TO this Territory through
tue employment OF these hundreds OF
men upon these landtl They would
not only provide for Themselves nnd
ihelr families u comfortable living, but
ihey would enrich the Territory; aud
they would bless not only lhe land
which they cultivate, but they would
bless all their neignb0rs; because ns
land Ia cultivated and brought under
control, 40 the elements soem 10 work
la harmony with moti'a eNerilous, aud
rain becomes more abundant, aud the |
blessings Of the Lord descend upon the |
whole country through The Industry
and labors VI the people who cultivate
the sail.
II the people could feel the spirit OF
liyiding up their farms into three or |
'Our parts, or more n necessary, and |
men could ba sent out OF the cllius,
whore we are becoming 80 crowdoi |
.nat we can scarcely get pure air, aud |
they be given n ohauOB TO make s1ms. |