Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-27
A PIONEERS VIEWS
WJTo WIlksd on Y allh Without
Knowing H.
50 was N wiu sugar you WHY way
Mt rhouehi. i.ablr nnt shin
sttr ta Lsnthctg

new questions by any muaua, 1ut boz
tho present tight TIMES afe brought
more forcibly 10 our attention with
renewed Importance A. 20 our 10.
sources, o. brings i1 nay mind The
rcmnias Of President Brigham Young
to tho pion,of i8 1851, about tuuu
Jnys nncf we had pitched OUT camp ON
tho site whore salt Lts1 Cuy now
slpnds. Some OF tHr company were o.
little dishoar.rnrI on account ~ the
di.mal aud iogUluIing appearance OF
this desert land ni 10 Do iici TO be at
that time. Tho idea % MAILING homes
aud "a living Tor thelr families
in county where there vas
nothing iu sight was very dho5ur.
aging. President Young was very
cheerful aud spoke fa.hgrly aud Kind
o. ua about tho prospects Among
other Things he told ua that OH tine
elements of wealth were hero lu these
vallcys and m1uuialns; they were mot
visible, they only wanted developing.
he slId there was brc8d here, meat
ana v so'ables, choice fruit. sugar.
honey, si.k, wool, gold auJ silver Iron
uuI everything nccrfsAry o. sustain q
people. Ihuu remarks maize "a duyp
imptc sion upon my mud, aud 4 have
watched with much HliIHihcii1n for
llIy.HiA years the truth 20. tuufr state
mCuts OF thptr0rly day, "a. tuc rrloutcus
Of the country have been developed,
aId tho work 70 Hilll gJiug Yu, W
man no that timu mad snl1 tho time
would come whom three tlus Of good
hay Go tun actr w8ul4 lo uf0iuced lu
one year uu the ury louChcs or n ton
~ sugar nu would have been con.
uijurcd % little Oh iu HE miui. But 30
% is today.
The rsliucllon OF leather has not
been achieved sufficiently yet, ul-
though many Efforts have been made.
We have thr hides, but have ult urou
abln o. utilizf sunlglcuily the tonic
acid which uu DOUBT exists ga hbunI.
gtu.; tut think We win yet hud iL
We could mot get hold of the sugar
shiloh exists iu b1undleu quantity
until we introduced little Foot
kuUwn AZ thr sugar hrut. Now,
with the uap ~ binin ami machinery,
We have tho iucst sugRF 10 the woTlI,
! NNNM ~ NNNNA NANN NNNN "HNANNN N|N.'NAN
land. We usHd % haul 0ut sugar one
thousand miles with OK teams aud DO
was worth o. dollar pound AZ the
same time We were walking on sugar
every day and eur cattle anu hursts
were ttnmplng 10 under tleir iuut
But there was veil over % uuI ID
could not ,bo seen, only with prophetic
Uycl.
1 now see an Interest taken in root
called cunaigrr, which perhaps when
introduced Will bo tue medium Ot draw.
ing tue ucCusHlfy element from our soll
20 make ALI the leather We nulI. lis
said 10 have excellent tanning proper
tios, especially IN making all kinds OF
soft leather but not 30 good Tor sole
leather.
have been thinking over this fea.
tutc OF the case, uul 30 occurred 60 my
mind that We nave un abundance ON
hand of the very material necessary to
meet this requirement. All that Il
necessary 10 the means OF collecting it.
It's found all over the hills aud noun.
tain slopes, iu what ~ called scrub oak.
know ig contains the unuiu, / have
tested Il ia small way. Utilize this
aud We can have oak tanned sole
leather all 40 home, costing nothing
but home labor Now, % some wlsu
head CAu suggest ubuCctssful plan 90
collect this material hg Will be
something Of buutlug,ur.
hn1O thought O' one plan, which
II Will give n8 suggestion
Tor starter, which viii cost but
tribe. Select "a spot la tho vicinity OF
the oak brush where there isHlittle
water, pui In a portable boiler sOmu-
thing liNca mOlassra boiler, only much
larger, with wide Hue underneath;
iiil the boiler with water; cut the green
brush line, which has bark all over It,
from the ground 60 tho ends Of the
twigr, which con 1ina tue acid; hll the
boiler and Toll ill all is extracted;
throw out The brush; M up again with
fresh brush. The boiled brush when
dried viii make all the fuel necessary,
already cut nud on hand TO run the
furnace. 10 can be handled w,th
pit1hiOTk. Repeat the operation
iill the liquid IL rs strong Oh
needed for the tgnuing; barrel b
~; tho large coal oil clfks would
answer every purpose. 10 can thou bee
transported TO the tauugry Ia small
compass ready Tor immediate use or be-
stored, The transportation would 10
less than on bark from the forest and
no grinding required like bark. Boys
could DO good work Ia getting and pre-
pairing the brush. No great SKIN rt.
quirod Ia the whole process. Tue cash
outlay fOr one plant wOuli not exceed
one hundred dUllafr, boiler plates, nNes,
bill.ho0ks aud a utohl0TE ARE an that
Is necessary. When tho patch !.
cleared move TO another, aud la about
ten years new crop VIII bp ready g.
harvest without any cultivation or caio
anu no taGcs % pay on the land. This
work can bee u0ue any time of the year.
The farmer can take his force when Il
can no spared from the ur0I; 20 RuI
gather his olze, take Il and uis hides TO
the tnuuuryi get his leather or boots
aud shoes Tor bis family, costing
nothing but labor. He can keep his
wheat aud not hp forced % sell 10 al
atty cents busucl. am fan uuu in
the belief that making tho u01o which
may be cJnsiIgruI tedious, viii pnv
LABOR better than raising wheat ~
HUyaniy-nve or eighty urnis a bushol.
joins EROWN,
lhlbafuBtInr)
ORDERvLLE, Kane County Ulal,
! March 20 1894
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