Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-11-10


lavished upon Joseph smith, is much
diminished Tor his successorsi II Il
evident that times, seasons aud necessl'
iy produce the man for all human
interests aud progress, bit The IRE OF
his advent coOls down TO modera1e heat
and a lessenoi activity In after yeafs.
Patriotism, religio1, science, seem to
have their periods Of obb aud now,
the strain Of mental activity cannot be
sustained at an undue tensioni Net
impressions often fade, fret love some
times cools, and n iirst enthusiasm, hav.
ing accomplished lie purpose, higs
alter effort, and some who were amoug
the most earnest, warm aud devoted,
would nlmot conclude that part o,
their labor was hbOfivc, and success
was iar from being as great As the frst
iiIsn Of purpose July * ygcled.
Who does not know Of tho txuber.
anor Of youth, Of hut experiences Ia
married life aud dist associations Of toll
In an un,ried dirco,ion2 Who has not
observed nature Ia tue glory and
beauty OF SPRING marked iis forces
silently but slowly aiming ~ ptriec-
ton snd Reproduction, Or seen the bloc.
SONS expand, mature aud ial2 Cut
iu,so early anu new iorou IL aroused
i0f re.ulooming and u this IL continued
beyond tue normal limit, busy nature
Noafler, and there IL no increase; b.
and by there l. 10 general stripping Vi
leaf and flower ami iruit, aud an AZ
pesranou ~ u Of death, the clOsu
watcher sees though 10 the bare twig,
the ewayiug branch, the prophecy Of, a
future resurrection, lesi buua are there,
fruit buds are there, tue sap In part
may have descended below the earth,
win rr Is tho time when roJts anu
hbres reach out, sprctd iar anl wide,
storing up ability Tor the coming spring
aud summer, Tor leaves anu bloom anu
ffuit again. - many principle,
many n man, many an organization,
alter special activity seems bare OF
lie or beauty; tut II IL not
20, there Ia rect or change,
time Tor the storage OF added anj
needed force; there 10 life, increase,
vitality, but II is unseen by the com.
mon eye; tue eye Of faith, Of under.
standing knows that oenea,h tue
surface, nii from the force Of wiuos
ana storms Of persecution, there IL yet
the power Of All oadlvss lite.
Even booms aud panlcs have their
law anu orbit, their periods (as IL were)
Of revolution or teActoL-lon year.,
or thoreab1uts, a. hlanoicfs assert;
anu science atiltms that "perpetusi
motion" Is beyond man anu cannot BE-
discovered Ia mechanics, though ma
turs shows II time AMI time again.
Man Is subject to routine aud to forssl-
iulnrs,; they remember not the "wiu'
ter Of their discomfort" unul some
what simiiar conditions quietly return
again; thu days aud months o. 1874.
when 0anks collapsed aud Old HOUSES
went down before tue financial simeon
WAS forgotten soon alter II had spent IT,
force, and la the sunshine OF prosper.
ily few counted on a repetition until II
came to Us unherallei, "as thief In
the night" and today, when tho tide
Of prosperity IL o1ce more setting In,
there IL already partial forget uluoss Vi
the hardly past.
Not because persons In business and
In debt have not sceu--do not sec,
wherein they mads mistakes, weI,
unwise, were too easily led, were too
hopeful, speculative aud sanguine; Lul
the lesson Of restraint Is not fully
learned, the ability to cay, NJ! is moi
quite acquired; 90 VI this particular
season, with holiday times aud e1'
penditure At the door, mth In busines,
may order goods too largely, tuy agaiu
from too many places, decrease thell
indebtedness and give credit Ne Of old
This Il this evidence that the suggestiv,
future is being discounted by hope,
anticipated by the anxiety Tor trade,
aud peril IL continued when II should
be ayerIed ana destroyed; conoentTs
ton is ~ yet only partial, dealers az,
far too dilluso. their business " not ~
well In hand Us It should be, nor as II
must os until the danger liue Ia past;
when that Ia turned II wisdom rules,
there will be greater security, more
Astounding financial health, and such
foundation as means tho continu,
ance aud perpetua'ion OF prosperity.
Much OF Utah Indebtedness
was Incurred when wool was fifteen
cents per apound; wheat, seven.
ty.hvo cents per bushsl; pola.
toes, sixty cents, and wages TWEEN
ty'flve per cent higher than they are
today; so It takes more produce and
more labor to cancel an account than
It would when made, and n mortgage
Is practically doubled II tho money Ia
to be raised from the farm or rented lot
acoruing interest.
'che remedy is patience, but a fearful
transforenge OF property is weekly taxi
ing place, and the only remedy for In.
debteine,s is to once get square and
then keep 30, In spite OF temptation,
desire or opportunity "too many irons
In the hrep Is An old story, anu hun
dreds Of apt, stirring and successful