The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-09-17
FUCKERS STRONG ADDRESS.
SAv" OF
in Cdoan Cdnon

IN every sense to be converted into a
Verltahle Door mans paradise.
What magnificent outlet is here ar
torded for the lamentable congestion Of
our great cities. How unspeakably sad,
nay, how incredible must il appear. that
IN this great, rich prosperous country OF
ours no less than 300Q000 Of our fellow
idIa zeR 5S me women and ehldren-at
ieast % per cent OF them agriculturists-
should be "cabinned cribbed. confined''
IN the unhealthy tenements OF our cities
while there exists at the very Eateu-avs
or our civilization these boUndless prafries
with their invigorating breezes!
Suffering Poor
No thinking person can view without
regret mingled with apprehension. the
solroWs Of our suffering pOOr-needless
suffering. I venture 10 say, in view of
the possibilities created by this irriEatfon
congress. The hunger-wan of helpless
children, the secret tears OF sad-taccd
mothers, the suiien despair Of worthy but
hoNerty-strlcken fathers, the coalless at
TIC, the empty cupboard, the scanty cloth
ing, the cOmfortless home, the Crim
etefhai' hopeless battle with the wolf az
the dOOr-all these are facts. not fancieg
verify The hunger roars OF the lion Of
poverty are already heard i'm our midst
ana II Is well that we should give heed
Hitherto society has had little to offer
hGt the brand OF pauperdOm and the an
limitation Of the home as a condition of
It's assistance. Domiclde. or the destruc-
ton OF the family. is surely one of the
worst signs of modern civilization IT
nave nave three brothers said one of our
VII which characteriZes this class ''but
only one is living, the other two are mar
President Roosevelt smoke m. the .l,e,rt
OF the nation when he pointed out the
udhSefS or race extinction and the i'm
portance Of the femily-the large family
TO the weI-oeing of the nation. The
pivot Of true social reform apDears 10
me 70 turn upon the preserva ti0n and In
necessary. the restoration CO the family
unit DESTROY the home ana Won destrov
the nation. We must show the Door man
now ne can afford to get married and can
Drlng up his family i'm dccency and com
d lg ana become q home-owner. If this
cannot De IN the city, let us throw open
70 MN our irrigated lands ami provide
nm With the means for making 4 start.
Inere IS no need to treat him as a pauper.
we can charge him with every dollar that
we e&pend upon him, and make him pay
reasonable interest into the bargain
HOW mucH better would it be If the fifty
70 one hundred million dollars now eX-
pended annually in the relief Of poverty
IN our great cities could be devoted to tn
placing OF worthy families on these rich
become tax producers. PauDer depend
e4LS on charity would be converted into
al1luent home-Owners. The so 900
annually expended for charitable OBJ
lecJS would be turned into rich
investment which would be amply Sc
cured and ultimately repaid out Of the
I
Years the money thus invested would
amount to $500 600 OOO which would
suffice to locate 100000 souls. upon. saw.
1O.UVO.OOO acres Of irrigated land which
would produce to its owners am annual
income Of say S4OO. OO0O COO while rha
value OF the land at $50 per acre-a mod
crate ,estlnate for land so closely settled
would be no less than a billion dollars.
Opportunity Desired.
81, What hat our American poor ask for is not
gress then throw wide open before our
WORKING classes that door Of OppOrtun-
ity. Let II place within the reach of the
ldnulesS man our manleSs laudsI Let IL
speak with a voice which cannot be mis-
understood. and let it thunder at the
doors OF our national capitol and Of our
states legislatures, TIL colonization is
mace as much an imperative and practi-
cal question of the hour as by its bril-
llant and persistent efforts irrigation has
ALREADY become. The association of these
two powerful factors irrigation and
colonization in the welfare of our nation.
VIII be well nigh irresistible, and with
these mighty levers this congress viii lift
from the nations pathway the dead
weight OF poverty and congestion which
has obstructed our national progress,
created internecine struggles between
capital and labor, and threatened to ship
wreck our future prosperity
You viii have heard the story of the
eastern prince who gathered together his
tenants fer the removal of an immense
main thoroughfare they had driven
their wagons on this side of the rock and
on the other but none had manifested
the energy TO remove it, Finally with
one united effort is was rolled away.
when lying beneath il was found great
bag Of gold. This said the prince,
was intended to be the reward of the
tenant who. of his own accord. unaided
and unasked, should remove the stone,
but since all have accomplished the task
which individual enterprise has neglected.
the gold shall be distributed among the
many which might have been the reward
of One!'
Reward of Industry.
Gentlemen, lying in the pathway Of our
national advance is the rough rock OF
poverty. Beneath il lies the golden re-
ward of industry 20 those who shall, with
Gods help and blessing, remove it-may
not say. TO this congress. and TO the
multitudes whom it shall help to col
But it matters not. methinks. whether
the question be viewed from the stand
point OF the sOciOlOgist deVising a way
or deliyeranee from the. perplexing prob
lens OF poverty, the philanthropist desir-
ing to permanently better his feliOWmeu,
the millionaire wishing to leave an ever
Iastlng monument % his name, the states
man desiring 70 build up the future vel
rare of his nation, the politician seeking
lOr desirable plank in his party's plat
lofn, the manutaetuTer welcoming a vast
outlet for his productions in the creation
OF a home market the newspaper with
us tnger upon the thrObbing pulses of
tihthdAlt9t the ldn0ON ner hoping to en-
nance the value Of his land. the capitalist
requiring a safe and profitable invest
ment, the WOrklngman labOring to carve
out for himself and family a reasonable
hVing, or the religious leader aiming at
the happiness of his flock on earth and
their eternal welfare hereafter colonial
ton presents TO each and all a common
ground on which all may meet. none can
alIIer, aud our entire nation, from the
w mite House 20 the dugoUt, from the
mansion % the attic. will unite i'm rising
up and calling blessed that congress. that
nody OF wise men from the west, that ma
tlon, that society, that statesman. that
Individual. who shall make habitable and