Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-02-12
urAll A BEACON LIGHT.

Appearing undof tue above caption
Ia an Interesting subdivision OF the
drpur.men, healed "rhe Progress Of
Western America" Ia this Irrigation
dgs for February. AZ TITO.
ute which II has only lately
been deemed popular to pay 60
tho early settlers Of Utah, yet which
the ago And all iair.mindoi practical
ifrIga.ou and slale-builders have ever
been ready to recognize ~ their due,
we thlnk tue ox,ra't u well worth &c
production. Hofs u iH
Every dog has his day-oyory country
iiH opportunity. Tho day ui mlu is a.
hand Tor tho Creator Mosi. II 10 shall
prove 10 be the outiot for surplus pooplo
aud capital nt this critical umU Ia our
national history, then iis development
along conservative lines will soon begin,
aud tho movement must prove enduring.
What arc itA capacities Tor meeting this
supreme tostg Tho Foundation Industry
OF man l. agriculture. using tho term la
It's broado5l HousU. The Creator Yves.
Will furnish tho most marvellous fold for
the various forms OF diyordhol agrlUul-
turo that has ever boon opened TO cnier-
prise. Major pOw0li, who Will b1 ac-
copied as very conservative authority,
asserts elsewhere la thi. number OF tho
dgc that tho arid regions viii support q
population MS great ~ tho present total Of
| thn oniir1 United States. There IN not
/ space in this department 10 prove by
elaborate argument that tho agriculture
| OF afll America iH peculiar 10 IL promise
] OF almost absolute independence, whom
considered Ia connection with the homo
markets with which 70 IL everywhere sur
| rounded. But tho proposition may be
| proven IN dOLOn limos By reference 10 a
single example, the truth OF witch is boz
You'd dispute. Utah presents "a fair av-
OrngO ut tho conditions oxiHing ia tho
aria WCst. la altitude 10 IL tho mean
between extremes, Loss than ilfy year.
ago il was colonizod by pooplo who had
mo- assets except tho brain 81 mastorful
loader OF mon, Under tho guidance Of
this loader "a certain industrial policy wui
| applied. Tho farm unit WIS placed at
twgnty ncros. Ehch family was taught
10 produce nrst OF all what II consumed
and second, q surplus convertible iutt
some other form " property, This was
/ accomplished by diversified production
and intensive scientific cultivation. Upon
tho public range adjoining tho cultivated
valleys locks OF Hhnop aud hOrds OF uat-
Gle aud horses woro sustained. This OK.
] NNNANANNh III tNlNNla AHAuh was carried "a
| success without original capital. INC
people liyod' They multiplied and pros
pCrcdi they wrnnE from unpr0mising
hoil tho capital for cooperative Htorrs, iul
! factories, Tor banks. And Ritur paying
for all this, they had an ample Hurplua tC
carry on costly church enterprises, build.
ing massive temples and sending their
missionaries 10 tho utturmosi paris Of the
earth. Aro tho valleys hidden among
tho mountains u Utau any more prUdur.
] iiyO than tho irrlgnhl0 Lands OF Washing,
ton, Oregon, Idaho aud Montana ON inc
north, Colorado ana Wyoming on the
east, Now Mexico, Arizona, California
and Nevada on tho south ana wcstg Ar
tho unprosporous millions OF tho old
world and old states less capable of con-
quest over natuTe than tho simple fOlA
who compose tho mass OF tho Mormon
people, IL capital dlstrustfli OF Ia nbil,
icy 90 Ind security and create values 10
conjunction with enlightened labor in d
Hold whore labor uuAidti 10y capital ha,
alone created enormous yaluosg