Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-01
ONE OF OUR ERRORS.

The transporting Of lumber to Oregon
or Michigan, Of coal to Pennsylvania
or Newcastle, OF iron to Cedar city, or
Of salt to sallalr would not be- a more
foolish aud unlustlnablo proceeding
than IL the shipping Of ffosh and dried
anu canned fruit into the Territory OF
Utah. lithcro IL any one thing which
more than another ha, been proven 10
be- within thu special reach Of,
and deserving OF special attention
from the people Of those valleys,
II IL this very business o'iruit growing
The world produces nothing better
than has been grown In the Utah or.
ohards; size, nAvor, souniues', keep.
ing qualities - everything that con.
tributes to cxcellencB has been devel.
oped TO remarkable perfection ia our
home product And yet We pick 20
California cherries Aui pears, munc h
Oregon apples, smack our lips over
Delaware peaches aud bathe our cheeks
In the luscious ooolness Of wa,ermolo ~
brought even from Georgia. To round
out and pu, n hitting climax on this
policy Of nonsense, We ought 10 cat
Minnesota -four, Mexican mutton aud
Missouri poIaloeii
But, says an oblector, our fruit has
deieriorated and IL not able to compete
with the imported article. The news
submits that the deterioration Is quit O
as much In the groworas In the product;
IL Is he who seems TO DO aflloted.
The soil Ia rs good as ever It was,
the walor lie as plentiful, the air as
pure; irosis come no earlier aud stay
no later than OF yore; tue sun Ia NJ
kindly, and the general labor Of man IL
an well-rewardod. Shall We thon blame
nature for what Ia clearly a short
coming OF our own?
IL is related Of an early resident Of
Utah, that, travelling ono day through
a little valley waving with luxuriant
grAss-said valley having since
borne his name-he exclaimed
"At last see how It IL
that am slill poor man;
II is because have not had great.
herds Of cattle eating upall this gras,!D
With far more Appropriateness may
some Of those who now complain OF
poverty anu hard times bring reproof
home 10 themselves In tho matter Of
iruit-growing. Thousands and hun.
dreds Of thousands OF dollars have been
aud are being lost by this community
every year because II does not proceed
TO earn and save them. II when
we failod TO produce that which we
can produce better than any one
else, we decided 10 20 without, the
fault would hein some measure at1ned
for by the penalty OF deprivation
which accompanied H. But We are
even without that saving grace; We
actually impoverish ourselves and send
away our substance 10 purchase that
which We are too negIec,iul AMI too
improvident to have at home almost
for tho asking
The NEWS Is bold 10 say
that our policy Ia this respect
has been worse than blunier
1t has been crime, Aud to the iu-
diclment thus plainly stated, without
further multiplying OF words or elab3r.
Hung VI argument we shall have {, ask
each head OF "a family mentally To
stand up and plead, guilty or not guilty.
In The case OF those who acknowledge
their error aud win promise to make
immediate ameuds, sentence will be
suspended during good behavior The
others viii be called up for trial on a
subsequent occasion.