Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-26

people VIII not nlmit an error
in Themselves, no matter how
strong the proof, hence cannot
rsc,gnlEe cure for Ills that
.fl ct. 1t ia very popu-
lar thing to say the fault for the
present condition lice with the admin
istra,i1n of the general government
that tue cou try ia going TO The dogs
because OF the Encouragement OF
those who hold political Office. But "
the masses OF people who do not hold
flee were light, could the others mii.
mausge them lon? Hardly. Therefore
there must be- something wrong out
sid OF the oificeholders, whatever
here lie within their ranks.
There are some pe1ple, and 1t mus
be admitted that In many respects
they display sound sunse, who do not
hesitate 10 say that the fault Is with
the people ,hemseivos; that the trouble
with business and Industry lies wb3lIy
In the excuses OF which the masse, Of
business people and workers are guilty.
TIE people 20 beyond their income
they buy son tick"--lhey spend
more than they earn, when their
earnings would keep them, and there
fore they are ruined by their extrava.
gsnces. Among those who believe
that the burden Of present dlfli cultles
is due to this csuee Ia the Denver
Field and Farm, and In response to
the claim that farming does not pay
as well as 1t did number OF years
ago, 1t points out that before the war
prices were net q bit better than now,
and claims that the tr, uble lies in IA
departure from former conditions a.
thus described by 81:
Farmers forty or fifty years ago bought
and sold Tor cash. Their wants were no.
nearly AS numerous as the wants of this
average farmers today. They bought
what they really needed, and what they
did not need and could do without thoy
did no. buy. The furniture in their
homes was good and comfortable; but it
was not gaudy or expensive; their vict-
uilN hNttN anu NIultaDIllts NO hthllllE
apparel in those days was chiefly OF
home manufacture, and was clean and
warm. There was none of this modern
splash and empty style about anything.
They did not purchase u $50 carriage
simply because their nelghUor had one,
or because the old one was out Of fashion,
but they made the old one do; they kept
down expenses, they lived within their
income, and at the ond of tho year they
came out right side up.
The condition suggested, with lew
change in detail, fits the ms
chanlc as well as the farmer, in very
many ways. The tendency to extrava.
gance has been followed 30 long,
and the credit syslom has come 60
thoroughly into vogue, that the means
OF wsge-oarnefs and OF pfo1uosrs Ia
gone ia advance, and 1t ia O hard
struggle to keep the wolf from the door
and TO maintain at the same time the
| appearance OF "style" taken on when
the extravaganza was entered upon. The
facility OF producing vt home, OF fix
ing up and keeping In repair the house
and It's furniture by home labor, Of
working over many things that are
now thrown away, seems to be- almost
work TO save, and altogether too much
worry. Many are crowded to former
practices by necessity; but the quicker
all return to non.oxlravagant
methods, the better It Will be for all.
And one thing is needlul as gooa
starter, that people direct more grum.
bling to themselves, and throw less
fault on their neighbors.