Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-01
IoR THOSE our OF WORK.


Those who are Ia employ uoni AMI
are earning even small wages have
some means Of following the advice TO
provide for themselves n supply Of
breadstufi this fall; but how they who
have no work and nothing but idle
time on their hands may follow such n
desirable procedure II problem Tor
which one Of the longtime residents
Of Salt Lake county otieu solution.
The gentleman came here In the days
OF tue Pioneers, passing through the
experiences from lsi7 to the present.
He has had to cope with hard times--
compared with which these are days
Of pienty-and no knows how II
~; he has been prosperous
farmer for many years, but he has not
forgotten his early experiences In
Utah; and he thinks that what some
OF tho people had to do for their self.
preservation Ia days gone by, others
can do for a similar purpose ia the days
to come.
He states his plan thus; "ro me Il
appears clear that there Ia going to be
considerable destitution here next
winter and spring unless something IL
done right away to provide against It.
We have the opportunity tosaye great
deal Of grain, fruit ana potatoes for
the use OF the poor this season n the
poor who were out Of work but are
able TO do something will enlist them.
selves In their own behalf. Look Al
our grain fields, whore gooi erofs ART
being harvested. In this county alon'
there arc thousa Of bushels OF wheal
that will DO wasted unless there nj,
cleaners In the nelis. There Is no
cleaning done nowadays. Why not
have II NO the men and boys, and those
OF the other sex who are able, who
have no work could go anc
CLEAN the wheat neldtg Each
OF them could got enough wheat ~ iee'
several persons during the wintoL
will name QUE instance In early days
Ono lady here, the wife Of ono Of ouI
prominent Pioneers, gathered, will
her children, Ia one season, after har
vest, ~ bushels OF wheat Are tn,
men and boys now out VI work an!
better than this Pioneers wife an,
familyg 1 think not. have gloane,
myself. and know how II ~; aud
think that now Of oil times the when
that otherwise will be lost should b.
saved. Why, where there was on
head dropped In the old slyl
Of grading, there arc thIo
dropped now. On my farn
/ believe that not less than nve bush
els por acre can be CLEANED. Aud as I
fruit, the apples, ourranls, plums, otc'
are going 10 waste Tor want Of some
body to pick them. There will b,
hundreds Of bushels Of potatoes go the
same way unless something 10 done
The farmers need help TO DO their work
but We have not the money 10 pay fol
II, though We would be- glad to pay IL
produce. II any who are out OF work
want 10 CLEAN, there 10 my farm, anl
hundreds Of others ia this county
there are Thousands Of acre.
In Davis county. II any GU
Of work want fruit, they car
have II at my place Tor the picking s
long ~ itlAits. There are tanners all
over the county who would be glad 4
make the same offer Now is the tint
to start IN aud lot the unemp Logged saw,
for themselves the wheat the apples
plums, auj potatoes. Why should W,
waste all this substance while many
people suffer dtsutution9"
There are some good points In ou
worthy fhend's fuggeslious. ltisa Al
undenlhblo fact that under ordinary
conditions there 10 enough grain, irui
and vegetables wasted each year l.
supply many families n /
was garnered In season. To carr.
out his plan OF cleaning
the wheat frlJh gathering tho ex.u
fruit, anu picking potatoes, there 3
needed some combination ofetlort. IN
unemployed could not go out five, loi
or fifteen miles and DO the work undo
present conditions, and return hom
with lh0iT daily burden. But II lead
INK men were % take up the subjec.
auI 10y q combination OF those in tn
city with tbo5o Ia tbs country district
arfaug, menls were made whereof
those who are willing could Euo,
where to go TO work and whor
and could have some provi5o
for temporary support and for gotuu
lhs product OF their Labor shipp'd
their homes, many needy people mlgl
be benefited II would be- task q