Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-06-18
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For go7 hari sense 10 grnrpling
wlththe d nj sulty Of hard tlmes, loss Of
employment aud probable hunger ifno'
s,arvarou, the palm must be awarded
the pr jcc, OF Mayor Pingtee OF Do
troit. Rsa iots Of the Ntw5 VIII
recall that the same plan was advo'
Gated By this paper many week'as'i
when spring was just opening ana
when this column criticized the ton-
denoy OF too many Of our population
TO stand around IDLY with their
mouths wldo open waiting Tor roasted
pigeons to fly 10.
Mayor Plugree proposed that the
owners Of idle lald In the suburbs OF
the oity-"addilions" We would call
suoh sections here-give t1eif land Tot
the season 1r the uso Of the unem'
ployed OF the municipality. He vet
turel TO predict, us We did wnon pro-
posing the same scheme Tor this local.
I,y, that the owners would rather see
the land beatlnga useful crop than
one Of weeds, aud tnAt they would
not ouly give its ire, uso Tor a year g.
any industrious applicant hut would
probably aid him u get tins necessary
seed. rne prediction has ouen amply
verified IN the o,so Of Dsttoit, lot at last
reports over 5000 acres OF araOle soil
hal been offered, the various kinds oi
seed we're forthcoming, aud there were
prospects OF generous response to
the mayors request for spare
plowa and otner agricultural
tools. Nothing but tho Willingness
Of the unemployed men 10 do thtil
part In now needed to Insure the CON
pletu sue e,s Of the scheme-hud tha
that may be depended upon Is oviien
from tho Stern hut honest mHudai,
that no far as the poor Of Detroit are
conotrnod, "ifa man will not WORK
neither shall he eat"
Within half days walk Of Salt
Lake CHS, on lhiSAs well Us On the oIheI
side OF the Jordan, are enough idle
acres to furnish sustenanco 10 every
family unemployed Ia this county.
Some VI these acres arc Of course MOI
the choicest, but they viii raise a crop
that will we'll pay Tor the labor pu
upon thum, Other parts, however, afi
as good ~ lie outdoors anywhere on
the planet and yot, with men hungry
End idle, this land Is allowed 20 pro
ducc nothing but sweet clover buTrs
supnowrr-, sagebruSh anu more VI
less abundant crop Of real estato signs
lEisgratifying 10 observe that 10 many
"aidiIions" the vacant lots arc thil
year producing corn and potatoes; bu
there 10 room Tor Infinitely more graft
lcation Of this same sort, aud until II II
furnished, we shall not as "a oommuu.
IVY have any right 10 demand that hell
from Providence which o0molh viii
most certainly TO those who Grst he'll
themselves.
Once more-sud this time ombolI
eued by the success Mayor Pin
gree II hchiuYlug-thu NEWS CALI
upon the reputable but un
fortunately unemployed member
Of this community to lsok about them
and make use Of the resources tina
may ue had Tor the asking, Cougre
eating In idle groups on the street cot
Eers to listen 10 some demagogu,
discuss silye5 the tauu aud othe
Issues on which to rnise roliIlcal ex
cltcment, Is not half so profitable, b
h0nyBl or no "hling" AZ TO 20 to wOrl
and raise brraIsluh. Out OF the eArtl
man came, into 1t no must return; 0u
while ho remains on It's surface II vii
be a, good to MIN as he Is to iJ, an
only waits his invitation to treat hir
handsomely.