Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-07-20
"sOtILIY, IN SALT LAKE.

"NOtlLll" IN SAIL Ian T.
Ia this particular case We shall con-
descend 10 use the word "soc.uty" Boa
The current popular scuse, ~ distin.
gulshed from the more elevated and
consistent meaning u the term. Un-
lees we are greatly mistaken, the use OF
this word suggests % tho popular MIND
elias Of Iouons living IN large towns
who take upon themselves the task OF
determining the landmarks u human
iuiorccuur, apparently dcvoiing their
lives gfaiuitously to the establishment
OF lines u caste by which
persons occupying various stations or
occupations In life may know with
whom they may and may not presume
10 associate without Infringing upon
human rights. They take their
respective towns IN charge much after
the fashion ola commissioned surveyor
Of toe public domain, laying oil tho
municipality IN sections and quarter
sections, or 10 be more literal, strata
hnd subslraia, establishing themselves
upon tho upper plane, with the cx.
ciusive privileges Of eminent domain
oy right Of discovery and couqu ST..
Until quite recently, Salt Lake
was practically FREQ Of this
sort Of public nuisance. We had
few isolated cases among, ut to
be sufe, but not Of a sufficiently NAL.
iguant typo 10 breed contaglon or
otherwise 10 disturb the equilibrium Of
goodwill among the people. Bu. we
seem TO have II now In form thorough.
ly recognizable, and sensible people
are being affected by the double
nausea u "codhsh" aud plutooracy,
In ~ close a union that they cannot
always tell precisely which IL making
them sick. We believe, however, that
the people Of Salt Lake pretty generally
recognize the nght OF all mon and
women 10 bss,ow the boon Of their
society whore aud Ia Whatsoever
manner they plsasu that IL lawful. ~
the same II IA tho business Of news.
Iaprr TO watch abnormal develop.
menia everywhere and II disposed 10 DO
90. TO speak " vices that arc legal ~
vel o. those not defined by law.
This tendency OF certain portions Of
tue people 10 separate into castcs or
social fringe" based In great measure
upon the amount OF money the indi.
vidual members arc able or willing To
fquAndvr Tor irivolilies, we look upon
as n vice pure and simple, not ir.
deed one which could under
condition DO prescribed, except by the
pity OF durislon VI sensible people, but
which IL more vlci0us and damaging
10 society In iis true terso than are
many VI the other weaknesses Of the
race which tho law may ani does limit
by penalties. We speak from the cnrd
Ia stating that "slolcly," on wu are
getting Il In Salt Lake, has already boon
the cans OF running famil o. which 10
they had boon possessed Of tho good
sense 10 keep clear OF such imltIes.
folly, might have been easily classed
among the most thrifty ani progressive
Of the community. Many young men
whose incomes, habits ana regulations
might have made them independent
u not rich, have been guilty OF not
only spending their entire wages
In this stupid struggle Tor caste, but
have butdened themselves with debts
aud mortgages which they can never
Tuy. II this IL rot soon changed,
u will not be- lorg before our
city will DO througod with tho idle
progeny Of good iamlliey,whom every.
body who "know their father" will
pity ptotoundly,but whom nobody will
trust upon any condition.
Young men ought 10 have better
sense. There are examples enough on
every hand 20 warn boys OF ordinary
intelligence from tho folly ~ purcha,.
lug social caste with somebody els,'s
money. The cases are no rare iu which
the Just puuishments OF such u course
have been escaped, We may safely say
that degradation and ruin IL the Boz.
evltablb result. The whole subl oct Us O
large one, und 10 invites much more "a.
tentiOn than can be- given % within
the limits Of a single newspaper article.