Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-12-11
BEGIN AT HOME.

Chesrfulnese, and confident and
courageous trust In tho future, are
qualities that all people should Guilt
vate. But q disposition to ignore evil
conditions that sxist, that produce
Widespread distress. and that can and
ought to be rsmedied, should not be
INDUCED In. The truth ia. always all
powerful In the long run. There is NO
such thing as permanent success In
denying or ignoring II. 1t should be
recognised and frankly confessed, and
then conformed to.
A day or two ago there appeared In
these columns an announcement Of
tho organization Of = Bureau Of In.
formation, whose chief object was 10
labor for the development OF tho re-
sources Of Utah by inducing the In
vestment Of capital and an'iniiux OF
population. In referring to the
material possibilities OF our young
Slate. the. language Of the prof.
peotus Of the Bureau was en-
thusiastic TO the verge OF the
grandiloquent, and was well calculated
to make stranger believe that We
have In these valleys great riches CT
easiest access.
And this is true. We have here In
Utah riches Of inestimsble extent, and
1t 10 not difficult for man to put him.
self In possession Of them. But the
newspapers Of this city have, within
Q few days, published facts not easily
reconcilable with this statement, In
the estimation Of a stranger. The
local press has told how two hundred
suffering families applied for o moiety
OF the thousand dollars bsqueathed to
the poor Of this city by the late Fred
ii. Auerbach, and accounts have been
given of the poverty and suffering OF
many Of these families, which would
better correspond with the destitution
seen In the old world, than with the
conditions that DO or ought to exi.t
mere.
Then there IL the tax list for this
year, which snumerstts, In this
county alone, about seven thousan nd
Pieces OF real estate that are TO be sold
for taxes. This short tale is sufii clent-
iy eloquent, and ita Significance is
sufficiently obvious. Then there Ia the
army OF unemployed nen who would
gladly accept work at any price, and
to this showing might be added the
multitude of people who are receiving,
through church and other private
channels, charitable aid.
What consistency lie there In pub
fishing broadcast throughout the con.
tinsnt, glowing accounts OF the
resources and possibilities OF Utah, hei
attractions to the home sseker, etc.,
while the above described conditions,
In her most populous and prosperou,
counties, remain without q remedy
Common sense wouli indicate the
wisdom Of providing homes for the
homeless, and employment for the un.
employed, who are here already, be.
fore bringing to the State any more OF
sither class.
With genuine admiration for the
patriotism and public spirit OF the
gentlemen who have established tht
Bureau OF Information, the NEWS ven
lures to offer TO them = suggestion oil
Two. There are many wealthy men
right here in Utah; let some OF them
DO called upon, and shown where
they can Invest money profitably t.
themselves and in q manner that
would furnish employment to idl,
labor. Let them be persuaded TO organ.
20 and set on foot new industries ard
enterprises.
There are many families In the
State who have no homes, and there
are many owners OF lands who are
anxious 10 cell. Let these classes be
put In communication with each
'Iher, and particularly let the
and owner be prevailed apon to make
erms which ths home sesksr can
each. No better plan than this fol
,oloniEing unoccupied lands can easily
De formed.
II a Utah capitalist cannot be In.
iuced to invest in Utah enterprises,
low can we expect to prevail upon oil
Eastern or an English capitalist to dc
iCa II homeless people in Utah
;ities cannot be Induced 10 settle on
he vacant lands in the State, how cal
We expect to induce desirable immi
grants from other states to do so?
Common sense again suggests tha
he Bureau begin at home; that 4
irst take up labor with home capital
sis, land owners and home seekers
hat II do something to relieve the con