Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-25

coroner was called 90 % family OF huu
band, wife ami child which occupie,
two rooms, ami where the child, d
babs OF o few wcsss, had Jici from
starvation, whilo tho parents wero sd
nearly iamlshod as t1 boin immiuou
danger % flll1wlng tho child within
shor. limo. The rooms were absolutely
barren % furniture. one by ono DO,
hou.ohali effects had boon Iisul cd %
! by Tho unfortunate couple In order %
obtain money with which 70 putcbla,
sufficient food 90 sustain ne. Even
tho bedding had to bo sacrificed, aud
finally tho stove. on % straw pillow
On tho door Of ono OF tho rooms 10y Cine
white ami drawn form OF the little in.
nocrni, which had waited away auj
died ,f starvation. Tho only Cjnf0'a'
li1n tho grieveI parents bad was that
it was be,tor on, iu that lla mortal au.
ierInsa were over.
Oitho m1l, 30 be- blhtol that "ho DO Ga
industrious man when he can nnI
any Thing 20 DO, aud 90 honest" lie
had boon out Of employment fjfsnverai
months. Try De ho would ho could nnl
nothing o. do by which no could earn
an honest dollar. his wife fora lime
suocooiod in earning o. 6cauty llyir g
Tor the little family, but finally sho fell
il with rhoumaiI.m aud was unablu 90
leave hor bed. Nc was then that tho
household SIegti, poor and scarce as
they were, had To go. VITA the last OF
them went ull hope Of raving the life
Of tho babe. Tho mother ia her
starved aud Frustrated condition, was
unable % furnish the little ono the
ulcrrnry uourIshm5nl, and death on
tered lhs dlEmal home.
Il, such ~ these were Isolated calUs,
thoro might bu hope Of correcting
Go ovil with small degree Of
effort, and industrial conditions
Ga tho country would NOT boo ~
menace 20 10 iualiluliona. HJt tho1car
not sporadic case; ,hoy nte an iliusifa-
ton Of the doaututlon that is ON zoo
pfeyalrntum0ng wofkingmon Ia many
sections, and which tho poor cangot
avoid. The waihus OF tho uucm'
ploYod iu San Francisco IL not more
pIuiul than tho CRY Of dibiresl in the
Hooking Valley, Ohio, or elsewhere.
Both arc a warning note OF something
moro tumul,u0us 81 not more toul1Ie.
WIN there DO o. change, and how
and whom? Ism question often asked
Tho history Of national events on this
continent pfcsago tho oIangc, and
porchnnco they also indicate ths man
ner anu the time in u general way.
Tho antiquities OF America bear
wi,nols b tho glory nnd mag.
nlncoug1 Of nations that have
louri8huI here. People have pros
p5rod ami grown rich; olals dis,iug-
tons have boon established; the
hlfUlins has been oppressed Ia his
wugca, ami the poor have been made 20
mourn In hardship aud want ut tho
oppressive burdens hgnpUd upon Thorn
while thclr cry has bees unhosdoi by
the rich and tho powerful Ia this land
ofploniy; greed Ct power and wealth
has run riot, ami immortality gained
fIllswlug. Then olml Internal dlB.
sati5inciion and disseusiou, anu the
crashing Of national disaster and
disruption.
The United Slatol i8 travelling over
tho cams c0ursa a. lts proIoc,sslra, and
Is nearing tho polDL which marEel
them for calamity. Il was wnuu
tho poor aud tho innocent were
houdlossly permitted 10 perish; thon
Justice in,grpossi with nn avongiug
hand. Tho prospect 10 not very bright
Tor the national legislative power TAX.
hug those stops which viii correct thu
evil, and unless relief appears in some
form there So great danger Of matters
| growing wore. But 10 ,hcy do, tho
world viii have another illustration of
sowing 20 the wind and ruaplug tue
whlIlwinI. Through ages past men
have persisted IA trying 20 gather
grapgB from th1gnB, but have failed;
nati5nB cannot hope for bo,,ur rllult,