Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-02-08
BELIEVING DISTRESS.

BELIEVING DISTRESS
Utah has some people from whose
door the wolf Of hunger IL kept by the
labors Of kind charity; she alec hes
others who, al hlurh they arc not
compelled 10 depend on the generosity
Of more iorlunate people for the actual
neoessarlns Of NE, yet arc in aiiua-
tlon 10 require slight aid 10 procure
any Of H. oomiorts; aud there are still
others who have 10 DO some olore
mAneuverlng In order 10 make ends
meet for ordinary fare In these times Of
financial striugoncy. Butin no respect
have the people here been ~ unioriuu-
ate In this matter rs they are IN other
parts Of the earth. We read Il the
poverty Of Europe, and Of hardship
and priyalion In our own LAND; aud
even 10 that pant VI the county
dsnominaled the great West there
IL vast amount o, suffering on
the part Of the people who are
face TO face with starvation. In
Minnesota, the DAkolas and other
states, thousands Of the uncm-
ployed POOR are calling for food to save
them from psrishing; in stricken
Nebraska the condition is equally
bad with those whose sustsnhnoe
was swept away by droulh; paris Of
Kantas present almost as gloomy d
situation; aud even IN cur Immediate
eastern nelghbor, Colorado, are hoard
the piercing cries Of want
The condition in these various lc-
calities IL almost desperate before ap.
peals for aid become effective. In|
Colorado, for Instance, Il 10 iii,ially
announced that farmers In tho Affected
districts shave not money enough to
bury member Of their families should
ono die" This may be stating It In
rather extreme Language, yet II illus
trates the depths OF poverty 10 which
many people are driven; they are
destitute IN their towns and on their
farms and ranches; the cities offer no
work; tbs mines are deserted. This IL
the description given Of affairs In
thirteen Of the counties OF Colorado
Sedgwick. Logan, Yuma, Washington,
Phillips, Kit Carson, Arapahoo,
Cheyenne, Husriano, Kiown, Baca,
Conelos and Costilla. IL 10 this con-
dition which has impelled the house OF
representatives Of Colorado, this week,
70 appropriate nearly $50, coo to
\ relief fund, Notwithstanding the
fact that the state attorney
general says the appropriation ~
unconstitutional. The ground taken
by the Legislators 10 that unless relief
ia given many people must perish, aud
the demands OF emergency are higher
than the state constitution.
BY the tthte measures Il Is thought
tho distress can DO allevlated until
such time o. bounteous crops and an.
tlolpRted developments In 1895 will
inaugutaie more prosperous era gen
orally. Whether or not the latter will
como remains T. be- seen. Al any rate
tue Legislators Ia various states are
shaping legislation In view Of such an.
tclpation, rather thHn 10 any p0rma-
nent system Of preventing In future "a
repetition Of last years cAlamitlos
among the farming aud laborlng pouu.
lAtion.
Fortunate It is ior Utah that she 81
not required to cope with any such
painful situation; nor is there any pres
ent likelihood u her being brought
into such marrow straits. There
IL, however ample opp0riun-
ity for relieving more modified
diatro8s which should attract the 40
tentlon Of phiIautlropio anu practical
men IN the community. There are
hundreds II men who eau secure butts
few days work d month, aud thus are
barely able 20 gain subsistence iOr
themselves and their hmiues. These
men are willing TO put ln their lime
regularly ana faithfully 10 tIgrs D.
given the opportunity Tacy hav,
not the ability to create work, tulaul uh
out for themselves 0n come plan tina.
would mako them seIf-susnluiu hay.
iuR neither tle necessary capital nor
experience. II s0mrb0ly has plan
that viii relieve their mental uu
physical distress boy opening tie avenue
TO employment, however humble, nov
IL gool time 70 make 10 au.wu.
Ii bias been suggested tina. there
10 ynet smouu. a uucuuva,ea
land on which some Of these
men could make start TO
success II they would only g,t lut on
H. But to DO this they require some
directing. They have fumilies ior
whom their meaEer earnings afford o.
small pit,noei but they have no
means OF buying, renting, or even
working land II it could be ohtainsa