Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-11

| Most people are cuttint III ir ray,
especially the lucern, when 1t Is near y
| past bloomtbE roI ectually 81 anu
| the atolks have become 30 Woody no N
| bo OF little va.ue NJ FOOD for stock,
kept b Ike, p them from starving.
4 have raised beuts Gnd carrots lha @
eight or ten yoafs past to iced my COWS
with, and my ueighb1rs seams to
think that old Nos 10 queer old
crank. They keep on tue ola way ni
sending their cattle on the bills 10
elarve all the winter aud keep only
such Rs they absolutely ueed home,
ana even these are 40 poorly led tnst
they are pity TO lUok at In the early
spring, especially tue calves, which
moatly look like walking skeletons,
having nothing but the skin an! bones
ami great staring eyes that tell e. the
suffering they have passed through,
A good many OF the oaitlu die year
10y year anu, they ascrioe all 10 bad
luck instead OF to the real cGuae.
All OF these things lead Que to re-
fl OF and think thus: farm little ana
farm we'll; ana have fewer cattle and
iced them well and get good breed;
tne4e two thltgs will psy better II,
the long run by great odds, tnsu the
opposite course.
January opened with us with fair
weather and barely any SNOW In the
mountRint, anu IL seemed az II there
would be n repetition OF tho same
distress OF water this year ~ we had
last. But the last OF the month and NJ
to date the snow has fallen 10 such I'm
extent as to completely rteseute us on
that score. All nature looks like u VII.
..ls In. l,Ii t..af to- IN hes
and there on the hills some dark spots
showing the cedars and pine III b1iu
relief on the iDdstale.
/, for my part, AID few OF my
neighbors agree with me, am glad to
see the senatorial contest ended IN our
Legislature. And / hope that M
Rswiins will prove iai,hui and TN.
Gent senator and as such will advance
tue interest of our young State, as well
as OF the whole Union.
/ hope Congtess will ensct law
leaving to tue people OF the State nj
large to choose their senators instead OF
leaving 1t to the Legislature.
1 am in favor OF III > abolition OF the
poll tax; 1t lis reno OF feudal times.
Instea1, let progressive, graduated
Income tex be levied. 1t Is shame to
oblige the poor man VINO has ouly his
TWO starved legs, 10 work on The ronc,
while the rich man with bis many
team Ia spelling the roads. Let those
that use the road most do the most
work on them. To tax the poo. man
and rich man alike is unjust and un-
fair.
The election laws peed little re.
vising in SOME minor pointe. IA they
are now tDsy dln't work very har.
moDi0usly.
should iks to see Congress insti-
tnte aud establish graduated tax on
all pro gerties aud incomes.
The pOOr man has nothing for the
government 10 take care Of, whereas
the government 10 Obliged to take osTe
OF the rich mans property. So NY
idea Is that the more man has the
more he ought to ply Tor iss guarding
and preservation, 80 az to equslize
capital among the masses more tn nn II
Is now.
The Luculluses OF Rome corrupted
and lest the republic. We don't want
our Luoulluses to corrupt and lose
ours. Tuey must be maue to contribute
to its support, 80 the government may
have means on hand to give work to
the poor men by building harb1rS,
ievees on the riveIs, reservoirs ON TIE
mountsine, etc.
ri. EDoUARD DEsApLEs.