Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-11-09

stone OF St4ta the Saa.a Principle of
Industrialisn-W WHIT lie Did with the
Pyobl..,, ,e rr~;...,..,,,
On July -, 1871, President Young
ard MS fellow pinn"c'# passed through
the picturesque outlet Of Emigration
canyon mt" tho valley OF the Great Salt
Iakc. Ctah N'S then Mc%.3>n SOL, aid
the leader u eyed ne o"oE-i found what
ever character OF INSTITUTION should Sult
nm and ms people. III tic bitter anti
Mormon cluSldcs OF TIE past it has been
aIle6ed th"t bf.@haha o"Ag had chalES
Oh men sous. 4i-cro 1@no doubt that
rellS GUS s'i.T"tltion, rendered effective
by thc marvellous machinery OF tic
chI'rcl' was partly the HoETco of the
leader " lIrcla;lb-H power With his own
people Dut D@rE OF tle r"L-,,;;-ous super
sutton ana the cAEiGh C-;5ll'&2tlCn
stood the BRAN OF q !lr>t and m&&terful
liiS'S he Knew th;,t hli power to be
enduring must rest nE@A something
material and taa%-h-e a4d thus some
tAlnS ne C."terheu to be the prosperity
Oh thc poop Q tAcln#cIVcS'
bflSham Young vas an organizer OF
prosperity. ms was the real source CT
MS strength Ho old not ann at mcro
temporary prosperity. OA the contrary,
ne lou2ii' everything 'h%t tended to that
ehd, gong % the length OF actually for
plddlhS the oEcnlng cf the r-ch mines i'll
the mountains near at hand, because he
aohoffed ID" Sp'fl5 OF SrecuL'tlon He
choSa 1uf tE"c3Ihe2Stohc CT his state the
prlhcllie CT Ih"o@tfiallEm, aud that prln-
clple lic5 TIC" yet at the b;.'e OF " no.
blN c''liilG Vi 'Ho'ioihic l"tt, reared Dy
human toll aHI hcld hrmly III place by
the average prosperity OF I'll No had
part III ITS banding, Ii the great &"chl-
tec5 ana I4!2 superlhtcA'leAta and fore
man VINO surrounded nm c2Joyed
larger Shlrc OF inc pro--'S tAlA the WOr,--
men, 1t IS also true that the hulnblest
newer OF stone and carrier OF mortar was
palu III proportion to the Importance OF
his labofS. and what far I@.nd c;n Oh
Ject to an industrial system tA&t yields
these results!
90 liif as can be learned, Ec1Gham
Young had no previous nGW."ise OF IL
rlgatlon "hcn he entered E"!t Lake val
ley. lie quickly realized t2"5 !.c had
come to an arid country, Wh.cA would
be hopeless Tor agriculture unless arti-
nclally "atcied. With marvellous rcTcep-
tloA' ne sl" '1at 1T Si'tlon was not Il
ara" oack' but al <IGVintase OF tho most
important sort lie realized tAat 1t
nle'tilI lfeedoil aIll'e from the dangers OF
me oronSht ana Oh 'i.c 1locd. lie dlScoV-
efeo 'ilat' haVlhS r'ch SOIL ana ample
SulSllille' ana addlhS moisture by the
construction OF bitches, 1t was actually
an Improvement upon nature to be able
10 1utn the ram either on OF OH with
equal laclAIy. AND therefore he nightly
cohcIuded that he mad 1ound Ill these
coh'tlIlohS inc p''SlS OF the most certain
worldly prosperity and the most sclen-
tlllc agriculture.
u renamed Tor later genus to re-
mark III. Satloh IS not substitute Tor
ram lam Is substitute tor irrigation,
ana Il mighty poor one, But II the
mormon leader dld not say so he eVl-
dcntly lelt 1t. lie perceived, further
more that irrigation was much more
than an insurance policy upon the crops
IL prou&ht al the processes OF agrlcul-
tufe WITHIN the realm OF known facts,
ana that IS science
III even rendered possible the control
OF the size OF vegetables, and this be-
came important many years atterward,
when the Mormon people added Il great
sugar factory to tholr industrial system,
1or 1t IS important to grow sugar beets
OF about Standard size to get the best
results. Moisture Is required to give the
beet vigorous growthat the beginning,
but when 1t Is well started weeks OF un-
interrupted sunshine are desirable III
order to develop the SacchaIine qualities
Much sunshine at the wrong time dries
up the crop, while much moisture at the
wrong time produces beet pleasing to
look upon, but Improbable at the fac
tory,
Brigham Young also realized, almost
at the first, that the necessity of careful
irrigation largely increased the labor
upon an acre of land, bat he found that
this labor was generously rewarded by
quality. And from this fact he drew