Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-22
A CONDITION AND A CrRE.


Refsrfinp 10 Hu editorial 10 thi'
paper q few days ago touching th'
ptsblem OF the unemployed durlns
the winter now drawing near cor
respondent, who writes from the stand
point Of "member Of the Mormon
Church needing employment Tor
himself and Tor the support Of
family" makes n sugses'
ton which the News cordially
approves and urges upon the al'cn'
lion OF those whom II may concetn'
THIS IL to tho effect that u committee
Of practical and energetic men be se-
lsc,ed $50 inquire into the actual oir-
oums,ances o! the unemployed Latter
day saints, ami help furnish employ.
ment Tor them, anu thus mitigate a.
far ~ possible the unhaliowod condi'
ton Of enforced idlenesa In this local.
ily."
The lo,ter from which this eElrac, IL
taken points out that many OF those
who find themselves out Of work have
10 the past performed effective service
In the interests Of the Church NJ home
and abroad; also that many more have
Of recent years come here as emigranis
from foreign lands and have had little
or no opportunity Of obtaining homes
OF Of making provision for future ex'
igenoies. The onerous burdens OF
rental bondage are feellngly dwelt
upon, ~ Is also the pefplcxlty therein
10 an honest man who finds himself
quite unable u meet his engage
menn To his landlord. IL IL hinted
that on the part Of those who
are able TO give employment there II
indifference TO the request t9r labor
ana that ''the tendency and spirit Of
the times Ia to dishonor the tollcr and
permit the poor and helpless to drift 10
condition OF despair and ruin"
Gloomy as Il the view thus taken ol
s3s conditions sarrounding us, wo fec
called upon 10 say there IL too much
truth In II. 10 an industrious mar
nothing can DO more whitening aud
baneful In IL effects than enforced
idlsness; nothing more quickly destroys
his usefulness AZ a mentor Of the COM
munity or sooner roba him Of the self.
respect that should belong TO and be
characteristic Of man created In the
image OF his Maker. Humiliation and
hopeleasnoss swiftly come 10 hin
whose appeal for employment eH
cites no more thought or sympath,
than the wall OF tho professions
mendicant. Men may button up thoi
pockets aud pass swiitly by the persol
who makes begging his business; bu
they can never DO justined-least q
Nil In this oommuniIy-in turning
deaf ear TO the petitions Of those whS
having the inallenable right to lly,
ash only TO DO put IN the way OF earnin
that which Ia necessary to life.
On tho part Of immigrants, however
we believe there has boen altogetht
too much OF an inclination to crow
into this and other cities instead Of goi
ting out into tho smaller settlement
where the cultivation Of the earth /
the pursuit OF most OF the people
The tendency Il unfortunate aud, n
has been frequently shown In thes
columns, grave mistake. II 1t ha,
been adopted from the beginning
Utah would never have won the prou,
reputation she holds today as com
monVeRlth Of homes aud OF indie
pondenoe. There should be no chang,
In tho policy that has produced goo,
results In the past; tho borders OF Zloi
still should be extended, her cord
heightened, her stakes strengthened
In secondiug, therefore, the motion 10
n committee TO Inquire into the cor
dition that oonironts " today aud Il
devise means for Ito correction, VI
trust this phase Of the subject vii
receive consideration, and that TN
soil, with Ito powers Of suslenanoe anu
Its invitation to Independence, b
placed In advance OF temporary expe
dients that ofler a continuation aud a
best only an amelioration OF the ever
present misfortune complained w.
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