Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-07-06

inseparable from the subsistence Of
those teeming millions, VINO are en-
Raged ia supplying the markets 0f the
world with manufactured goods.
We were once struck with Ciruum.
stauce which exhibited the almost
idoIatry Of land and Its rare AMI PIE.
clous value. We happened (when on
o mIssionl into the town OF Sheffield,
aud IL proved 10 he a day OF general
holiday BHd rejoicing; the shops we're
All closed and business suspended; the
people were IN holiday attire aud the
streets crowded with children; the
local officials, In thelr robes Il office,
pryceded and followed by bands Of
muslc, lodges and orders In iull regn-
Lin, with general turnout OF Tue
population the day being set apart
for tho reception OF ten uores OF
land, donated by the BaiVness Bhfdetl
Coutts IA n public park iof tue people
Of that burg. Many sections OF lanu
In America could hardly haze pro-
voked more enthusiasm than ths
gfaolous AMI splendid gut, yet but the
sizs OF one Of our city rl0cks.
Probably this eouuiry 10 phenomenal
In lis resources ~ to land, and this
accounts In part Tor that furJte Of emil.
grafton which for forty years n; least
has helped to Jeplete ,he congeelod
centers ci Europe OF no wonderful
proportion Ut their redundant pOpula.
ton. Most Vt these, or mapy NJ least,
found themselves (and probably with
out meaue) In the large cilies, aud ~
virtue Of "magniiicont uistanocs" iat
from this coveted land. Full employ
meat for n time ,atislsI every AmIi'
ton; wagCs wore good, fool cheap,
/ homes Of modern character IN the iay'
\ ored place., aud tor the M msnt tne
! original stimulus Tor nuiigfRtiOu
was lost night Of In the tunsnina q
| prosperity anu continuous prospective
work. hut the last two or three yeas,
/ has worked n good deal Of a change.
Tbs element Of uncertainty has be-
come more marked anu general. aui
the taste already enjoyed OF good con
| ditlOus eagerly looks into tho future foI
some way Of making this continuous
90 that unwOnted attention has beeu
directed towards the LAM; irregular
work and wage reduction have made
II impossible to provide against n rain >
DAY In tho old employment; 20 ms
cha mics Of all gtadsU aTo Juylng smsi
farms, aB an auxiliary TO family subiisi
ence aud something to fall back 90 Ia
thtss Or any future tiacs Of depression
Tue frantic rush which has becu
made 10 the lately opened reservation
owes something % this interest 10
land, although partly speculative
for every one can SEE that thil
wtetrrn driit Ia partly With anu partly
without reason, for II 10 OF
record that even Ia New YoIh
state hnd several olhufs government
land IN yet reaUhable, aud cultivated
lands IN Nil the old states now half Vi
wholly abandoned can DO had almUs
Tor Sung, anu these are NJ least nea
10 q market Tor all produce, anu withoI
the necessity tor breaking aud irtga
ton which belongs TO the moro dis,an
| West.
Thls IL not the only time IN whicl
men have hunted = distant EldOTHd,
whom n veTltsbie gold mine was be
meath their feet, nor IL this the onll
problem waiting solution by the SUDDEN
VI hApless human nature; even wbci
that IN presumed 10 be controlled b!
l0ftier principles tnau the average
there IL TesllessueIs, Inconsistency M,
sn overlooking Of blessings which al
at the very door. AM where gather
ing 10 fundamental Tor "OiienBe Ot DC
Tense" the spirit OF rambling aud scat
tefing lor the securing VI land n IN ~
general than counsel or circumstance
seem TO Justify ,odsy.
It's well known that mapy eyes at