Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-09

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DEsERET AGRcULrURAL AND MAN
uFACrURfNu SOCIETY.
The only business to which this socl.
ETY. haa devoted itself for many years
hsB been the holding VI annual (0f
bieuniA) fairs, slthou h it, charter
and the various amendments thereto
/ authorzs this collection oil statistics. BY
the provisions II an act NJ the Assrm.
bly, u March TO- 1892, a bureau OF sta
Titles was created, anu the statistlcian
was authorized Co collect, tfieunlally,
the same oT similar statistical dhla TO
that which the society Il authorized TO
collect, There w0ul1 be- n conf ct OF
nh hority hofe,eEcopt that the stalisti-
clan IL provided with al appropriation
TO deifay the expense Of his work,
while the society ~ not. recommend
revision Of the soniety's charter,
with the view Of eliminating its obso.
lete and antlquated pOWefs,snd yesllug
II wi h new AMI Appropriate ones,
calculated 10 encourage home indus
Try and Develop the natural re-
sources Of the State. while the hold.
lag Of fairs leads In lhs direction indi.
Gated, II does not 70 fat enough. The
society should have power and means
TO cOllate information relative 10 tue
most approved methods TOT cultlvsting
tho toil and Increasing tho yield Of
crops; Tor the proper breeding OF live.
stock and the prevention oi contagious
diseases among them; Tot Kidding our
fruit Of Injection, etc, ami TO dis'om-
inate this Information Tor the siucA-
"a Hsss ~ l.. -
IN these pursuits. II you should decide
II better 10 repeal the sooiety's charter
entirely, AMI establish instead a State
board OF agriculture, having the powers
mentioned aud others " similar
nature, such action would have my
hearty approval.
1 recommend, In any event, the ap.
Precipitation OF 5000 10 assist In pay.
ing premiums TOT n lair IN 1895, and
$1,000 for the expense OF the society or
JoAtd.
EXTRAORDINARY FAIR.
On the 24lh OF July, 1897, a half
century will have olapsal sincs the
plouoefs entered this valley. The event
Ia OF suoh Importance ~ to be- worthy
OF fitung uotnmemofAtlon. 1 recon-.
mend that tbs board OF directors OF tue
Dgscfet Agricultural and Manu- ac,ur-
log society or such other sutnntity M
you may constitute, beldirecled 10 con.
slider tho advisAt l ~ VI nOidiug an
inteTmoun,ain lair In 1897. Ia case
the proJecg should DO determined upon,
recommend that no state fair be held
In 1896, but that nil our energies and
funds DO reserved for the inturmoun.
tain fair, which, n properly managed,
would prove Of great advantage to
tho new State.
EDUCATION.
An efficient system Of public school
education IL one Of tho safeguards to
a prosperous common oalth. No peu-
pie can for n long Time maiutnin their
liberties OF n free government whef.
Ignorance and inoapapity prevail
among them. II cannot, therefore, be
said too olton, nor advocated too ift-
quontly before those who hold this
risht Of suffrage and who have the
present aud iutufo welfare Of tue State
NJ nustt, that sur public schools, when
conducted with efficiency, are inIeed
the buiwAtk Of our res Institutions.
The Constitution Of our State IA
ample iu Its fundamental provision Tor
liberal legislation on the tubjtc. ~
popular education. With Reasonable
care, Therefore, In direeliug, through
appropriate enaclments, tbs favorable
public sentiment that exists among
tue people for liberal education, We
should build up public school system
not 10 DO sxcello1 anywhere. The
Constitution ptoyidts for u complete
system OF public instruction, from the
klnuergarten 10 tbs university. IL Ia
hoped that you may mud II possible,
without burdonsoms taxation, TO pro.
vide for the maintenance VI n course
VI study, extending through the entire
system. free OF charge, Tor tuition 10
every child Of the blate.
Besides adjusting the present school
Law 10 the new condition OF Statehood,
you will need 10 provide, IN some SAFE
anu definite way, to secure the benefits
OF the constitutional provision Tor tue
Establishment anu growth Of a perpet.
uAl anu inviolAble aohool fund. 10
secure oonndenos Ia our system OF
public schools, these must be- behind IL
the means Of permanent aud uniform
support and efficient standardization.
an object Of Jealous care aud guarded
with deepest concern.
Tho schJal lands acofuing 10 the
Slate from tue general government for
the benefit OF schools. a. designated iu
kinds and grade, should DO ~ con.
lrOllsd by wise legislation as ~ secure,
without delay or lose, the purposes
designated Ia the grant.
ELHCrIos LAW.
For nearly fourteen ysats tho cleo
ton machinery VI Utah has been opet.
atou ny n commission appointed by
the President OF the United States.
During that period great progress has
Jeen MADE In many Of the states IN
prrfecIng their election laws. Utah
10, therefore, lamentably behind the
times In ihis important particular. Tue
perpttuiIy VI republican form OF gsv-
eminent is dependent upon the purity
VI the source rom which IL springs.
That source 10 the will OF the governed.
The ballot box 10 the means by which
that will 10 expressed. Therefore, the
prg lection OF the purity OF the elective
franchise In OF primary Importance.
the universally favorable reports upon
thu advantages derived from the Aus.
traiiEn ballet system, strongly osm.
mead II as worthy your careful eonsid-
Grafton. The notifications and i'm.
prOyemonts TO the system adopted
within the past two years by several Of
the states should BIO carefully iuvesti.
gated, to tho end that we may pronl
by tuu experience OF others aud avoid
their mistakes.
IRRIGATION.