Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-08
THE PROBLEM or POVERTY.

"denerarD Booth, Of Salvation Army
fame, In a letter 10 tho New York
World states somo OF his impressions Of
the conditions prevailing In tho United
States and hls plan Tot the redemption
Of Zee mserab'ss.
The conditions In this country, Mr..
Booth says, are essentially the same Ne
those Ia darkest England. Our civil.
zation IL advancing ON an Inclined
plane. Tho millionaire 10 on top and
the great crowd 10 struggling beneath
In misery. Poverty IL breeding
crime and crime bego,o poverty
and the end Will be revolution
In which II ia by no moans
certain that the modern Bansculloltss
will restrict themselves 10 tho usr Of
the ballot. Seeing this Peril impcnd.
ing, the general" IL concerned for tho
American people. He had expected
them TO DO wise politically, "but," he
says, ~ don't think ever saw 90
much humbug. There Ia 10 much
claptrap, no much appealing TO prrju.
dice, 90 little Of sound reasoning anu
calm decision In mat .cfs affecting pub.
lilo safety" Further "Youts II the
country meant to DO tree. You're 10
government instituted to guard every
mans right to llfs And happiness.
When It guards the light to life anu
happiness Of every man and woman,
the poor fellow In the tenement house
as well ~ tho millionaire,
then there will be- no datkest
America and no darkss. New York"
Discussing feasible plan for tho O..
demption OF tho poor anu fallen, some
means Of making good citizens Of the
unfortunate oLts, tho famous phllaE-
thrOpist remarks that society 90 under
obligation 20 rescue the lramps, The
criminals, the gamblers; calling them
had names does not cancel that re-
sponsi0ilily. Bellamys plan would
work we'll In an angelic government,
but New Workers are not angels.
Henry Georges proposition involving
the oonhscaIlOn OF property len per.
hapa to widow with children g.
provide for Is iloonpfthensiblr.
Then the Salvation army scheme
Is outlined. Tue general" ha,
twenty thousand acres OF land
In view In tho United States.
On this land no would like TO t,tAu.
lish colonies OF TOJr people IN tui,
county an well ss impuEaaons from
Scandinavia, Holland, Germany anu
Belgium, Tie oolouuti would live iu
little Villages, each msu boiling allotted
six or eight acres with common lor
nis COW. There would DO novels Tor
pigs aud chiokous, and Gait would
come around at regular intervals aud
take the produce TO market
The co0nia,s would not own the
land. The "genonl"Aimsclt would like
TO have the government give him a
deed IN trust 10 twenty thousand acres
Of land, with the privilege Of alternating
b, OF disposing Of It In cases where II
would be- absolutely necessary fOr the
success OF the scheme. Tho c0lonlsts
would have the use OF tlu land iroo ab
long ~ they chose to work 10, Tho
money 90 build the cottages, etc., woulu
be advanced TO them aud deducted
from their earnlugs, 50 that In ease
any one should decide TO Iuu away, he
w0ull only escape rom bio own proper
IS, lesvlog tho managers Of the scheme
that much Weather,
This Is In brloi tho plan d.
"Geuora" Booth Tor tho adjust.
meut Of tho Hucliued plane" rn
which our civilization 10 said
TO be advancing ; the remedy
against poverty aud crime Rul
a means OF av,r,iag the threatened
repetition In this county OF the French
revolution. Any honest effort to save
modern society from the fate Of en-