Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-20
A CITY OF HOMES.

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latest issue has the following editorial
which we commend 20 the attention
Of good people who imagine that IN
opposing the "Mormons" and seeking
to obtain special legislation and mis-
slonory labors for Utah, they are strive
ing for the supremacy Of what they
call 'the American home" ignorant OF
the fact that In this state there are
more people who own their own homes
and who are interested In home living,
than IN other communities Of equal
population anywhere. Read what the
Catholic has to say about home build
ing in this city:
ANYONE walking or driving about
the streets of Salt Lake CITY ut the
present time cannot help being i'm.
pressed with the large number OF
houses being erected. Some Of these
are palatial residences, some terraces
and flats, but by far the largest num-
Der are cottages OF about Ave rooms,
intended for homes for the ordinary
family A daily paper recently stated
that there We're Ave hundred OF such
homes now under construction, They
are Invariably of pressed brick, and
present a very substantial appearance
Inquiries az rental agencies disclose the
fact that the supply is unequal to the
demand, and that the growth OF the
city has been such IN the last few years
that they are obliged TO turn away
daily, people who want houses.
Home ties have a powerful effect on
the moral nature OF the family. A man
and wife are less apt 10 have disagree
ments when living In their can home
than when wandering around from
place TO place, children, too form early
Impressions, In which the moral teach
ings are interviewer with their material
surroundings in such a way as to in
fluence their entire lives. A man or
woman, looking back TO childhood, re-
calling the old homestead and the
happy times enjoyed IN It, will neces-
aarily recall the moral teachings OF
that time and be a better man or wo-
man for the recollection.
TT is also fact that the city OF
homes IS Invariably u prosperous,
peaceable and thrifty community. The
home-Owner Is Interested In seeing
that honest and capable men are Sc.
lected to fill the oillces lie Is interest.
ed In seeing that the money derived
from taxation ~ not wasted or stolen,
that the government ~ economically
administered, that necessary improve
ments are made, that there shall be
no riotlng or destruction of property
and that all the affairs Of life shall be
conducted IN a proper and aw-ablding
manner. Each new home erected helps
the rest OF the community IN regard to
taxes, as, by Increasing the amount
OF taxable property, the rate OF taxation
ia made less burdensome for each in
dlvidual. The man who owns his own
home has also the satisfaction u know
ing that IN case OF his death, his family
will have IT'S own roof over its head ana
will not be in danger Of being ,urned
into the street. The owning OF homes
IL the best solution OF the local prob
lens In Salt Lake city. II WIN solve
them In a peaceahle, natural manner,
without dissenslon or bitterness. We
trust this campaign Of home building
will continue, and that within the next
few years Salt Lake will become dis
tlnctivey a city Of homes"
From the time when the Pioneers Of
1s47 entered this valley, down through
all the Intervening years until the pres
ent, the influence Of the Mormon"
leaders has been exercised In urging
upon the people who have come to these
valleys, TO acquire piece Of land and
build on II and own "A home OF their
own. That has been the policy pur-
sued, and there are no people on earth
In whom the home spirit has been fost =
cred and enjoyed TO n greater extent
than they Brigham Young was the
prominent pioneer In that good work
and he never tired OF H. lie was
himself home-b builder, and he In
spired the people with the energy and
desire in that direction that no himself
exhibited
We suppose some objcctor win ny
all TO pieces and explode with a slur
about "harems' and their difference to
American homes" Wei, there have
been no attempts here TO erect domi-
Giles upon the oriental plan. and the
great majority of the houses here. even
IN the earliest times. were homes In the
fullest sense, even II most Of them were
humble and poorly furnished Each
family regarded home as a sacred place,
the beginning of that heaven which the
"Mormons' expect win be on terra
firma when the earth is redeemed, and
not built in the clouds or founded upon
the sky,
when a lot Of professedly Christian
women who live in hotels or city aats,
and have little or no love for or knowl-
edge OF real home life, assemble and
shout about "Mormonlsm" and the
American home, we OF Utah listen
and look on with mingled amazement
and disgust Home, sweet home" Is
Mormon" motto. Around It cluster
and cling our hopes and Joys and fond
antlcipations, and we COLOMBO new re-