Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-20
ADVANTAGES. DISADVANTAGES,

true The people here are congenlal
and sociable. The climate Is much bet
ter than that enjoyed Ia some other
sections of the country, The school
system IL developed TO a high degree
Of perfection. Visitors who pass
through here, taking observations. do
not fail to notice these and many other
advantages
But the City viii not grow as rapidly
as II could do. until some OF the dlsad-
vartages under which II has been
placed are removed. Real estate men
may try ever so hard to create boom
and the public may assist them with
ever SO much enthusiasm; II is up
hill work until the remedy is found for
the evils that can be removed. The
united efforts OF all good citizens will
be needed for this
The evil or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is one
OF the most crying ones There is no
doubt that the public funds of the City
during the first year of the present adj
ministration were squandered so reck-
lessly that at the beginning OF this
aied, which has never yet been salts
factoriIy accounted for. Nor is there
any doubt that the greater part of
the Citys Income for this year had
been spent in advance at the end OF
the first six months OF the year. The
prospect Is that the debt will be still
more Increased and then foisted upon
the next administration.
II should be evident to all that, UNI
I'll the City Is redeemed from she
wreckers, horne-seekers will not stay
here In considerable numbers They
are not looking for communities that
are loaded down with debts; they are
not looking for charitable opportuni-
ties OF helping TO pull them out of the
mlre. What attracts them is the cer-
tainty that their taxes are reasonable,
and that every cent they pay into the
public treasury is honestly used for
some honest purpose.
The necessity of honest city govern
ment makes IL incumbent upon every
citizen who has the interest of the
community at heart. TO cooperate with
other conservative citizens for the cleo
ton OF honest administrators of public
affairs. And such cannot be found
among the gang whose motto is, and
has always been. rule or ruin"
Another evil that must receive due
attention OF the citizens Is the Haunt
ing of vice Of all kinds in the face
of the public. We are not clamoring
without reason against the existence
of vice, for we realize the lamentable
fact that even the best regulated COM
munity Will have its problems to Crap
pie with. But when we notice that the
very business center Of the City is
thickly dotted with saloons, and that
the streets all around them are crowd
ed with men that reek of tobacco
smoke and whisky perfume, and who
sometimes are not very choice in their
language; when we notice that parts
of the very center OF the business dis
trict are devoted to the unmeutlon-
able deeds Of darkness. and that fire.
quently the poor beings that make
living out of lust, ply their
trade in the streets; when it is evil
dent that the officers of the law do
not even make an effort to regulate
the evils that are everywhere recog>
pized as stains on our civilization; we
cannot but ask the question, whether
this neglect does not drive many home
seekers away. There Is no doubt
about this. Salt Lake City IS adj
vancing, but slowly. It's progress
win not become as rapid as II ought
to be as long as the OWLS here re-
ferred to are Haunted In the very
face of every man and woman who
comes here to look over the situation.
1f the real estate men, and others,
interested In the growth of the City
will consider this seriously. thsy will
agree with MS we feel sure. that such
evils mean great loss 10 the city,
Many who voted for the present
administration were induced TO do so
by the promises that were held out OF
reforms" In this very line. They
have been sadly disappointed. The
City was never in worse condition.
morally than II Is now. not even
under the administrator that pro-
tessed lts belier M the effectiveness OF
the saloon and the brothel ms an ans
u-"Mormon" agency Never before.
did this city have a chief OF Police
with MeWhirter case haunting him.
The voters who placed the present
administration in charge OF affairs.
honestly hoping TO secure an efficient.
honest government, were, as they
know now AsSeoed, The evil IS done.
But IL rs not too late TO mend.
though the intending viii, no doubt BIO
costly
Milton POLITICALLY represented Satan
as toad Whispering seduction into
the ear Of our maternal ancestor
This WAS TO pave the way for the ap-
poaranee OF the serpent. The tax
payers OF this city listened to the toad
and then to the serpent. only to flnd.
later. that 20 follow the seductive
whisperlngs was both financial and
moral ruin FOR the City, Is the mis-
take to be repeated?
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