Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-22
TWO OBJECT LESSONS.

The Germans have an expressive
way Of describing those who are par
ticularly shiitlosl and destitute Of snap
and energy and resource, yet not 20.
peoially lazy; 'such people slt around
with their moutha open waiting for
roasted pigeons To 0y In"
We wonder n there are not a good
many Of that Kind Of felix's In SAT-
Lake City ut the present time, men
who would perhaps Ike to work, bui
who, because some ono does not come
along and hire them, stand Ia the sun
on the street corners md rail- At hard
times and lis;lessly inquire Of each
other aud Of pasblng acquainiaucoa
when they can expect "something 10
turn up.D The idea Of tnkiug on
their coats and turning up some.
thing, not only their shirtaleovos
but tho hundreds Of Idle oppor.
tunllios that arc lying around
~, apparently has never entered their
minds.
At tho rick OF wounding their feel
inga, wo ADVISE them 10 stroll out
norlhward a lew blooks,-aay into that
section once known ~ the Nineteenth
ward pasture aud take y lessen from
tho Chinese. The heather out there
are turning things ur-tho sod aud coll.
They are also turning things down.
weeds and manure; aud into the land
ns thus prepared they afu dropping the
little dull, hard seeds, that Ia tho warm
bfuaal Of mother earth are n0uriahcd
and made to grow aud yield fruit aud
food for man. A month hence those
ChinAmen viii be getting cash Tor tho
work they arc now doing; Tor nature
never neglccts to smile upon those who
WOO aud conquer her. And some Of
these mon who arc now aud At that
time may stlll be- standing on the
street corners, viii crave tho suoculen'
wares the hoaihen's basket ooniainti
all the while perhaps complaining that
this not a Chinamun's country any
how, and clamoung for the expulsion
OF the quiet. neutrality-suspicious.
That ought 10 be one object lesson.
There Ia perhaps another East and
south and west Of this city, within iis
limits aud outside Of them but within
walking distance oft, are broad fertile
acres capable u sustaining hundreds
Of families. Their last years crop was,
aud their present years crop according
to every visible prospect Will be, a
goodly growth Of rank weeds aud a
great assortment Of big board sign,
giving the name Of the addition" aud
tho real estate agent, and thB price per
piece OF % feet OF "lheso choice resi-
dence lots"
Weeds aud board signs do not
support anybody. The lands bear
ing thom would support hundreds
aud DO ul the better aud thn more In
wiling because Of tho cultivation re-
celvsd. Tho owners or agents OF the
lands would n sensible DO ready TO lot
any willing, industrious man have the
seasons usu Of an aero OF two AZ a low
rate or even free, rather than have the
face Of nature marted through the
neglected growth Of unsightly aud
useless vegetation; nay, they would
probably bo willing 10 supply such a
man with tho necessary seeds, taking
their pay for the outlay In the produce
itself.
Now, then, arc there none among
those At present standing sr1uui idle
waiting tor something TO turn up, who
can DO apuTred on to go and turn s0me-
thing up, even az tho Chinese In the
north fields arc dolngg Are there none
upon whom the suggestions " these
two object lessons arc not wasiea.
Or, are they going TO continue 60 wait,
as the Germans say, with opcu mouths
Tor roasted pigeons 10 come nuIleriup
along aud drop Ia?