Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-08-11
NuuRE or wLsrEnN NrLuENcr'

" . = ~ W 1900.
There ls an idca among some people,
particularly jewellers IN the eastern
part Of the country, aud this idea
soaolimcs nnds parf1i.lise repetition
In the expressions OF shnllow.minded
persons VINO have dfiiiod westward TOT
n home, that the people " the west are
far removed from the oivilizlug infu'
enors OF tho home, the school and the
church. The fact IL that no more
mistaken Idea ever prevailed, at least
90 far 90 Utah aud contiguous localities
arc co1cerned.
The manner Ia which different
communities have been built up de.
lorminos the measure Of Influence Of
school, church and home upon their
civilization. n a state acquires iis
population from the dissatisfied OF
temi.lawless elements who know
neither religious, educational NOT iami'
~ ttaining, then the Influences OF such
training cannot bo expected 60 have
great hold among the people until they
are infused into the commonwealth
through the now blood which arrives,
either by immigration or by tho cult.
walton OF tho younger generations hut
tho population Of Utah ANA nearby
localities was not gathered from any
such source.
81 far a. the home influence 10 con.
ctrned, there never was a community
more subject or susceptible thereto
than the people Of Utah. There I, q
parallel In the history o. Now Eng.
land settlement. In Utah, rs In the
New England colonies, tho great
bulk OF the immigration has
been Of people with an in'
tense love OF home and family; they
came to make their new place Of abode
home whore all tho Joys OF oivillza'
ton, and none Of the elements oil
havageTy. should prevail, anu the re'
suit Ia manifest In the location aud sur
roundings Of the people. In oil the
land there Ia mot community where
20 large proportion Of the people nc
tually possess their own homes and
cling to their family relations with
such tenacity as In Utah ana the
country Immediately adjacent. Logi'
cally, therefore, there IL no place Ia
the land where the home influence I,
more potent.
" the influence welded by religion
OF the church, ns 10 IL generally OK
pressed, the same Il true In a NOR,
pronou need degree; as the early selilsfi
Of New England sought,as one Of tholl
shlei aims, freedom TO worship dod, th'
pioneers Of Utah dld the same; and N,
greater portion OF tho immigration e
these valleys followed a similar path
Il was tho influence Of the church, Of
Christianity, which lsd anu eslRb.
lishod the people here, which main
tAined them In all their tribu
lations and trlals. In no coun
Try on earth during tho building
VI It's foundations In popu
la,lon did the influences OF the Chris
tlan church extend more completely
TO the people than In Utah; hence Il
follows that the oivllizlng iufluenco Of
religion was a. broad here o. It has
been anywhere else.
As with the others, the school inilu
ence also has operated from IN ,
outset. Tho pioneers established
schools, and tue people main.
tain0d them, building on tho i0unda
ton tlll We now have public school
syAtem second 10 none. This sya,ol l
Il not grafung.in from somewhere
else, but the result " steady devol.
opment within the community which
gssimilaIos good whenever II appuafl
IN sight 30 far a. the work Of the
school IN Utah IL concerned, while the
more advanced inltituuous Of learn
ing are Of comparatively recent
growth, the civlllz.ug Influence OF the
school has been 10 iull operation from
the lrst year ot settlement, The per,
centa"e NJ illlleracy among the native.
born In Utah Is ana hiss been Tar les
than In uiue,lonths Of the Union out.
side.
The fact 10, then, that here the people
have not been aud sTo not far removed
rom the olvinz.ng influence Of tue
home, the school aud the church, bul
have been directly undor tho sam,
from the earliest days Of settlement o
these ,nlleyt They have been IRE,
from the unclviIzoI influence OF the
lJTelgiOn that attends hauuts OF vic,
in ovoIcrowded cities and am ng tnr
extremely poor thereof they hav.
escaped the samo iuhuence 10 the
training Of the street arabs aud crowd.
ed parrels, which c0unteraots the good
effects OF the scho1lroom; and they
have not had 90 submit TO tho home
dtstfoying circumstances which OF,
lgud dwelling Ia hotels, LODGING huugeI