The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-28

castles ia the air and all along the line
UP TO almost the present time the true
science of life has been overlooked,
More attention has been paid to the
unknowable or mysterious than TO
promoting the welfare and happiness
Of people here on earth. And as the
world has advanced intellectually and
socially-low animal selfishness has
ever been hurrying onward overbalanc-
ing the good and the true-continually
preyjrg upon the hearts and minds Of
men until now the devil sits upon the
high places of earth and almost rules
the world.
Thinking minds cannot help but
realize that this is an age of pomp,
greed, poverty and crime and it will be
so recorded by the honest historians
of the future.
Up to the present time civilization is
either a failure or it has but just COM
menced, let us hope it is the latter. In
the realm of inventions and discoveries
the world can boast of its achieve
n4erts and a few of the outward cruel
ties has been softened, but materially
1t has not Acknowledgements for the
many is as far off now as in ages past.
The achievements in electricity. the
wonderful photograph and telephone,
the steam locomotive with It's magnifi-
cent train of palace coaches, the
modern centriVanees in machinery, the
million dollar church, the marble palace
with humanity sJa~ving within the
shadows, the crowded howell, poor
houses. jaiis. asylums and penitenti-
aries with distress everywhere are not
proofs of pure civilization. These are
the conditions. Families are destitute
and cry for help, the only answer is.
the growing Of the wolf tof hunger.
These conditions exist in not only a
few, but in thousands upon thousands
Of so-called homes
Men plead for work at a miserable
pittance which would barely keep body
and soul together, yet this boon is
denied them. The wife and little ones
look through tears for aid, but hus-
band and father is powerless and by
force Of circumstances he becomes dis
couraged, loses hope and, in many
cases, becomes a, thief, an OutcaSt and
4 vagabOnd and drifts into life OF
shame and dishonor and his family
generally, travel upon the same road,
md the same level and drag out a
miserable existence until death comes
70 the rescue.
Forms and customs are being estab-
NsheG that are driving from the hearts
of me people the elements that kindle
and keep alive the fires of humanity
and love.
Wealth. titles and positions are the
ledge, rather than moral worth and
personal integrity. Women are sold for
titles, positions are gained by disrepu-
table plans and the end 1ustifies the
means in their eyes: through and by
wealth they ride the waves Of vanity
and look with disdain upon those who
ride in humble crafts, honestly bat
ting against the waves OF misfor-
ture
\ man once fallen into error if poor.
can find no forgiveness. Once guilty al
ways guilty. once convicted always 2
ticket O. leave"-no chance no work.
no hope. no home, hunted down. not
Tor reforma ton and with but little
thought OF preventing crime there is
no pity, no charity, no open door-onIy
the iron ones. The few who would help
him can not, for they are In poverty.
he is compelled to go "back among the
rogues that walk the broad gagged
track, and thus, through selfishness
and class legislation, lives are ruined
ana all the beauties of this world ara
belng Jeopordized by the producing OF +
serni-savages
Dear reader. do not misunderstood
me. I have no objections to the palace |
but have 10 the howell and Dovertv
l do not object to people enjoying lux
uries, but [ do object to seeing hu-
nanfty starve and the few turning
deaf ear to their pleading cases.
dwells, no flowers of love or intelIi
gence can bloom and blossom: curses
are hear in place OF blessings, educa-
tional pursuits are neglected. hearts
are filed with bitterness, the husband
despalrs. the wife weeps; hopes and
ambitions are crushed; intellect is de-
clining-thuS humanity sinks into a
sea Of ignorance and misery. to rise
again only after the waves of revolu-
ton have swept over the earth and the
clouds OF bitterness have cleared away
and the sunlight of prosperity once
more shines for the many Why all
this poverty and restitution in world
of plenty? Millions of acres Of land
are waiting for the pillow; scores of in
.Gustries are ready to be set in motion;
hundreds of avenues might be opened
for the support and welfare of the
people. But commerce is crippled; fac
tories are closed; the wheels of indus
try are silent and the toilers are out
casts. ragged and penniless, sinking
lower day by day into slums of
WretchedneSs and crime.
Intellectual progress, virtue and hap
plness are cast aside. The sacred edi-
fee of home IS trembling IN the bal
ance-through selfshness and stupid
lty.
Civilization should bring comfort and
'contentment to the many and lead to
Il MS IL anu Alt1pljAGl StdlE VI l-NlIlS.
Will ii ever be? AT the present time
man has no rights TO wrap himself in
robes OF egotism and boast OF civiliza-
ton, the only evidence OF it being
achievements in mechanical devices
and works OF art.
Some will say it is the peoples own
FAULT. To a certain extent. yes, but the
masses are naturally confiding and
can be led by those in whom they re-
pose confidence.
In the Battlefield of life there must
be Ieaders-and government must exist
and in the main everything depends
upon the men who take the RESPONSE
bifity Of government into their hands.
If they are stupid or dishonest and
sacrifice their country's good for selfish
purposes or self-ag grandizement, the
results are as we have them now.
Give every workingman a chance to
work out his own salvation and make
himself comfortably independent, so
that he viii not be a crouching slave,
or an object of charity, and rest as
sured the growing of the wolf at the
cottage door will cease; crime will be
on the Wane, and the sunlight of hap
piness and contentment viii shine over
all.
How can conditions be changed?
The rich are growing richer, the poor
poorer. The gulf between them is
widening. One despises, the other
hates. These two elements must be
brought into harmony, or the end