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

other and see scores and scores Of acres
OF rich ground, that will bring forth food
for man and beast, being uncultivatcd.
And you can see scores OF old trees that
ought to be taken down and used for
iirewood, and new ones planted In their
stead. Then we say there Is no employ
ment Aud this is the case throughout
the whole country. The country is not
half developed yet. 1t will sustain five
or ten times the present population.
When we have nothing to do, we should
look around our neighbours places and
see II we cannot induce him to make
some improvements. whereby the city
and the country may be beauiifed and
Zion be adorned We have done very
well In the past; but there Is room Tor
improvement everywhere. there is room
for improvement in the farms and In the
orchards, north aud south, east and west.
To say that We cannot find employment
shows that we have not looked Tor Ii IN
the right direction.
There is also plenty Of means where
by the people may be sustained. /
endorse the remarks OF the brethren IN
relation to people becoming scared aud
drawing their means from the banks.
II is all ioolishncss and all wrong, !
have never been one that has believed
In borrowing anything In my life, and
have never encouraged people to borrow
and TO give notes, with mortgages. etc.
In my view, It W. all wrong. OF course,
may not be right rs ! am not a fnan.
cial man; but / believe that we, as a
people, should be lenders, and not Dor.
fowers. A great many Of our people
are lenders now, and / would that they
were all lenders. But now, Il Is said,
we owe each other. What Is the best
thing to dor The very best thing to do
is TO pay lust as soon as We can, and
then profit by the experience we are
now passing through Let no man In
Israel say that his paper will be out
lawcd IN q few years. and then he wont
pay IL. That Is dishonest In any man.
Pay every man what you owe him, no
matter whether that man be lew or
Gentle, saint or sinner, Just as soon as
possible; and do not sit down aud say,
"Our brother will be lenient with Us,
and will not sue Us, aud lie can wait. W
Make an effort; rustic around and Try
and meet your obligations, and keep
your word good, that people may have
confidence IN you. There are people
that can be trusted implicitly, and there
are oiheB-l.atter-day Saints. too-that
people arc chary about trusting.
This should not be. Our word should
be just as good as our note. But we
should not be in a position to have to
give notes, u Il is possible to avoid IL.
Il Is true, there are industries and enter.
prises to be established for the benefit
of the DgoDle ia which IL seems to be
necessary TO borrow, as, for instance,
the sugar factory. do not believe that
there was one man connected with the
Inauguration Of that industry that went
into Il with a view Of making himself
rich. II was done to benefit the people
and the country. / know this TO be the
case, and II we, as a people, had risen
up IN our strength and with one common
consent had said. Eyes, we will sustain
this home industry and give our means
to support Il, aud had taken up the
stock OF this institution, we would In n
little while be glad of It. This thing will