Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-06

There were great crowds and most
enjoyable times at saliair and other re-
sorts yesterday. the occasion being the
gathering of those who earn thoir hread
by labor. together with their friends.
some Of whom DO the same thing and
Others do not to any marked oxscnt.
The politicians and would-bc candi-
dates were there galore. and doulhitna
some OF the horny handed" had oc-
caslon to observe that they were never
before quite 20 royalty eaqulrcd by
those who have hitherto sought thcm
chiefly at the polling places. II was
not out OF the way at ALL since n0ih-
ing. not even the right ihlnE, comsa
wlihou, the agency OF means. and 20
long ~ the end sought In every case
jurtlncs ihcm no one should complain.
The cause OF labor IL one that an.
poais 10 the better judgment % all
classes o. people who are wen Informed
withou; being narrow or biased. II
ouEh, 10 be understood by oil and Is
by great many that the men who toll
are the ones who are preserving the
original plan and thus become at once
the motive power aud the balance wheel
OF the social mechanism. The producer.
the fiahloner. the hnishcr. arr the nrui
great causes BY means OF which the
consumer ana the user have func-
ton among their follows. n Is idle
for any man OF aggregation Of men 10
Imagine that they have or can ever
have SUFFICIENT money to get along with
through life and BE- altogether lndc.
pendent of the laborcr. No such con.
diiion ever existed or can exist. A.
easy 10 have the locomotive run with.
out nrc IN Ia gorgon stomach or water
In its iron veins when production and
preparation cease. money no longer
possesses value. Il would BE- worthless
At any time Or In any place wiere there
was nothing else and besides Is Itself
the creation Of Industry aud Intellect
Labor 10 ennobllnE when Ii IL homes
and honorable. and degrading only
when made the means Of opprcsslns
other labor or other divisions OF life
NHAAs ~ n NRNNf - - lAANhANNa w
serve unfair. diahonorablc ends.
The late President Young took a
siatcnmanlike stand regarding this sub
icct. az In fact he did ON almost every.
thing. When nrai the Pioneers began
TO build UP n commonwealth IN ths
midst q barrennsss the work per.
formed was chiefly each Tor himself
There was no opportunity for lmmc'
dlate production. 20 this was not onll
proper but necessary. ~ growthl o
Fustenance began 10 appear and In
tereata 20 spread, work OF various kind
ramined and In a measure became ad
iuaied. SONG were more shlfiy an,
thoughtful than others and their pos
sessions and corresponding need OF AZ
Sslance grew. thus oquailzlnE natter
ksmrwhai. the more fortunate belnl
able ~ divide with the others BY en-
ploylng thrm. A. time advanced then
was Of necessity greater demand 10
employment on both sides, and thon
who looked 90 Il as means OF llvinl
grew more rapidly than the avenues o
occupation did. II IL very much IN
same case everywhere and all the time
Employment had TO be found. not onll
rs means % support 10 those depend
ms on Il but TO keep down dlsconten
ana prevent social conditions from run
ming 20 extremes II was at this juno
turc that President Youns's far-reach
lng ludgmsnt In practical things be
came unusually valuable. II thtrc wa
not enough private work 10 ~ arounl
which was the case--thvre must need
be labor OF another kind provided. II
accomplishing this, men were not 10 b
set 70 doing things that were useless
In Themselves. which would have been
source Of humiliation and oyontua
iois OF self-respeoi, hut giyen employ
ment at what promised 60 have a use
fui purpose. The Indians were trouble
some and threatening becoming NOR
10 all along and Il was ma cScollen
thing 10 surround the sottlement-u1,
the cliy-wllh a substantial wall. Thl
took men and means, the former boIn
much more plentiful ghan tho latter
but tho work served the purpos5 OF get
ting what little surplus the p1ssessor
OF II had into circulation whore q Yield
ed susienance II not comfort oihe
works were got nfoot when the wa
was finished. and by holding fast t
solll principle the severity Of the situa
tion was at las. broken and scattered
See where We are now nnd os,imat
whore and what we Nigh, have beo
had no, the social fabric Of early wor,
era been hold together by the cemeu
OF honest toll directed By the nagaelil
energy and philanthropy OF the area
leaderi lie made work frs, attain
able, then profitable, and throug
these. wonderful Great Is the cause ,
woll-diroeted labor.