Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-23
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~ Nato Of Idaho, Governor doodihg
gayo tho ladies Of the East who are
IN great anxiety about the condition Of
social affairs IN that state, over what
they regard NJ n Mormon menace,
sharp reminder Of conditions existing
IN their own ncighborhooda and eug
gcstlng that they might ind plenty OF
work TO do win realities m those
places, without spending their time and
mourning over imaginary evils which
have no existence AWAY ont here IN
The West, We copied his remarks ns
published IN Idaho papers ana con-
Mdcred thom very pertinent and timely
We have now before W. q copy Of the
New York World containing u plea
for the waits Of that great city whose
plumbers are constantly increasing un'
III there are 10 many Of those found
llngs left NJ the institutions which take
cnro OF them M 10 Justify the worlds
headline Of "Baby Dcluge oyorrunS
Cltys Walf Asylums" From the ar
,lclc on this subject we mako the fol-
lowing extracts
New Yorl's waits are steadily on tho
increased
"All the institutions for the care OF
the anonymous baby--lho worse than
fnthorloss ana molhorloea little stray
left 10 drift upon tho rocks or the shore
as Fate may docido~1ro crying OUT
Accommodations are oVercrowdod, tho
greater tho mass the less the welfare
NJ tho individual, More money, moro
help, more homes. are the claims heard
on every side But e,ill moro and more
babies, strong IN their hclplcasnoss,
come 10 be pensioners ON our bounty
aud two causes arc contributing 90
make the pride OF tho most charitable
city IN the world IN those tiny rescued
lives u threat which promises serious
consequences IN the immediate future
THE action Of the Gulld of the In
FAINT Savior IN publicly offering ono
hundred and four babies between the
ngos of six weeks and two years for
adoption, during the last week, Was
brought about by the unusual number
ON hand~a number greater than could
be comfortably handled
What the cause N ! cannot say"
confessed Miss Madden, the Suporn.
tcndont hut more babies are con-
stantly being abandoned, and to meet
the Increase we must doploto our stock
more rapidly than we have hitherto
done, OF course, out OF many oflors
Of homes comparatively few are found
10 be desirable for one reason or am
other, ANA oven among those placed
There " always a possibility that some
difficulty may arise during the proba.
tlonary year TO force Ms 20 take away
Nnn "A
great many under our care all the time,
outside OF our immediate charges. Z"
This Is n state OF affairs that Ia truly
horrifylng to people like the"Mormons"
who believe IN family increase and IN
the acknowledgment Of and provision
for their onaprng when the good
women Of the East raise such mn up.
roar over the family affairs Of the poo.
plc Of Utah, about which they know
nothing we cannot help thinking OF the
thousands OF poor barc'footed, ragged
children who roam the streets of the
great citIeB by day ana night and are
often without either food or shelter
ana then comes tho picture " unwod.
died. mothers leaving the proofs OF their
shame In the baskets or nc the doors
Of institutions, established for the pur.
pose Of caring for the little ones Nbpn'
doncd by their parents,
Tho bonoyolcneo that provides monns
for the rearing OF the illoglllmaloB and
placing them IN families where they can
DO employed when arriving AT proper
years, " worthy Of the highest praise,
But tho contemplation Of the evils pre-.
vnlllng In those great Christian cities
gives u shock 90 people in thlH part Of
the country, fully equal TO that which
agitatos thc ladies OF the East when tho
false stories concerning conditions here
are told TO them by pious preachers
aud political adventurous, who know
that they are prOclIong deception lor
their own Interior purposes
Tho mmonso number Of abandoned
babies IN the city Of New York is
duplicated, or nearly 80, IN other p0pul.
Gus citIos The great responsibility
for this cyil rests, Of course, upon the
unprlnolDlod llborllnoe who lead women
aalroy and then leave thom TO suffer
the consequences, regardless Of what
may happen TO The fruits Of their m.
lnwful passions II All gives evidence
Of the terrible state Of morals In tho
great Christian otIog and suggests
naturally, the question why In thoro
~ much concern over the supposed
condition OF 0l0lrs An Utah. while those
ACTUAL evils and horrors 80 greatly
abound, near tho yoryNwcllngs OF tho
people who are thus ogltntcd over what
they imaglno 10 oNst away OF ON the
Poclfc slope ~ The Rocky Mountains
We do not attempt to make amy
apology FOR one alleged ovll hero by
tho existence Of real and monstroua
wrongs elsewhere Utah " not any
the moro pure because Of impurities
IN other places. The wrongs That
oSlet I'm the East do not justify any
thing improper In the West The
contrast between them Ia great hut
thni does not Justify anything that Nv
oyil IN either place fhe point IN Wow
IA. Al