Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-24

WHAT is AND WHAT OUGHT TO BE.
Some Plain Tru hs Very Plainly Told
by Correspond n'-lIow will the
Desired Change be Wrought
soUTHERN UTAH,
March %. 1897.

OF this important subject. thank
the writer from the "cily OF homes"
for the kind reminder and additional
Information as set forth In your Issue
OF the 18th. One is rs important rs
the other, the spiritual or intellectual
as the temporal or financial.
As travel through our fair State
and witness the increasing crowda oil
unemployed, consider the number Of
our boys who are forced to 20 to the
mining camps, the railroad and other
away.irom-bome places, where not
much good 10 learned, and comparing
our boys under these conditions TO the
daughters Of Zion, who are at home
under the kind influence Of mothers,
in Sunday schools, NJ. [. associations,
and other enjoyable organ cations, and
by the way, cultivating the mind by u
perusal OF Z cd literature, W lie the boys
away from home are reading trashy
reading matter, II perchaRcc they rend
at ALL s'y, contrast the girls under
homo influence to tho boys situated
VIII agree with me that We ehoulu
have industries established at the
mouth OF every one OF our canyons,
that cur boys may be Kept at work IN
the various svocations OF lie.
Again thanking my friend for his
reminders OF hGme literature, / viii
adopt II in my home talks anu dea.
vOr TO encourage both the publication
and patronage OF all good wholesome
home work.n
While on this line of thought | am
reminded Of the tendency OF our peO-
pie TO run after imported entertain
meDIs. AT the same time there lie In
almost every settlement an array OF
talent not outdOne by those who carry
away go many hundreds OF dollars
which the poor people c1n i'll afford to
spare. Are we dependent on the world
To bring TO us Information? I think
not. Look at our missionary systom,
the greatest cleaning factor In the
world. From a thousand to twelve
hundred bright boyP in all the civil.
lied world, gathering information on
ell subjects. which, II encouraged,
could be drawn out in the form OF
literature and lecturer, and thereby
bring the world at our feet. We DON'T
halt appreciate our talents hnd on
many OCCASIONS bright Elders, on re.
turning home, are quietly lard on the
shelf and their gleanings practically
buried. AT the aame time We will 20
wild over q circus, quAck medicine
show, or n suide theatrical troop, be.
cause II comes rom abroad, ian Idle
brain is the DEVILS workfhOp." We
may anticipate "a qualification in
uuanfal nnnnpfaI A..
our great commonwealth IL we do not
utilize our material and resources. |
lhinR an close observer when
travelling; indeed, observation is my
school. likeness seems more apparent
here than any place L chance ~ 90.
While converting with an aged
Iowa inrmer s0journing in one OF cur
beautiful cities for the benefit OF
his health, he conceded to US the best
climate Ia the world, but had no
word Of praise tor our industry, push
or energy. POssiOly 1t was buosu,e,
he, like myself, observed on the sunny
side OF prominent building in that
city, scoTea oi men idling away their
time. We were informed that this
was not an OcCuEranCe OF tn occasional
warm day, Just for little recreation,
but regular thing, md IN this partic
ular town the numOer had increased at
times to two hundred. Is ali this idle. |
Htss? l hope DOt-would rather be-
lieve some mad no work to perform.
As this gentlemen and others might |
observe, fences needed repairg,
CJTTais and bsrnyards need cleaning
out, ana indeed thousand things
done by way Of preparation for busy |
season.
II those unemployed would but en-.
gage in literary research or do some. |
thing by way OF development, 1t could |
be reused. This condition OF iule- |
ness Ia not confined 10 the one CITY |
but is the appalling condi. |
ton Of the majority OF cur aeltle. |
ments.
The indisposition on the part OF our
people to encourage home industries is
becoming more apparent every day,
anu It looks rs though they were really |
aposlatlzlng from that patriotism 30
pTaiseWVrlhy among our people in
former limes. Our oId.tlmnrs well
knew the wise course of President
Young wherein lie taught snu prac.
tIced the rinclplo of employing pe0.
pie Instead Office ing hem Ia lndlenese.
this great man was always
Ia |
and even at the time when there was
no capital on which TO work, ia.htr
than allow the people TO be feu the
bread oil idlenGss, the old dirt wal,
remnant OF which ia now visible, on
Capitol hill, was thrown up. Those
good Old.time leaders wouid ia her
hife man TO dig 3 hole In the ground
and then iii It up again than allow
people to remain In idlenesf; Tor they
well knew the unoasiness AMI Iisre.
gard that would grow cut OF such
c mutton. Why GlJ not our eJple
rush into California after gOi4 Ia IN Sc
balmy dHya OF 'ss? We wsro close at
hand. Because Brigham YouDg,
backed OF course, by strong supporters,
said, No, lot Us build On an sgrtcul'
Iural foundation, the golc dRgeTH VIII
come to US for supplies, anu We VIII be
better of than they. l. this n0l trIs,
and hao not the home policy slways
Deea the best.
Between the cotton fields OF
81. George ana the grain pTOduCiI g
districts OF Cache, the lnGian lands
VI Ulutah and the desert west OF thu
treat Salt Lake, We hGvs one OF the
sreutest countries on earth. A eli
mate unexcelled, soil in which any.
hing VIII grow, mountains Of wuoH
and precious stones and sparkling with
The choicest metals, ana u goUu ~ op Q.
fee, believe that within these mJuu.
aims reeide one OF the best peoples IN
he world. But Notwithstanding cur