The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-10-19
Gen. Booth
In Chicago
Preston NIbIey Writes Of His
Visit There.

Preston Nibley, who Is now In Chi.
cago, was fortunate enough to get In
touch with the great demonstration
in honor OF Gen. Booth, when he Wis.
tied the Windy City recently, and was
so impressed with the great leader OF
the Salvation Army that he has fur.
nished The Republican with the fol-
lowing account OF Gen. Booths visit.
He says:
Chicago gave General Booth a great
welcome. The veteran leader Of the
Salvation Army was met at the sta
ton by large crowd of citizens, 500
of his own officers and a band OF nearly
100 pieces. He passed through the
crowd, leaning on his daughters arm
and bowling and smiling to those on
his right and left.
General Booth bears a somewhat
striking resemblance to our own
president, Lorenzo Snow, though he
is perhaps not a. strong and healthy
a. President Snow was at the age Of
seventy.eight.
At the Annex hotel Gen. Booth
spoke Of . number Of interesting plans
he is working out for 1.-THE salvation Of
humanity"
Lack Of thrift is the cause Of much
poverty" he said. "This Is most no.
ticeable In the large cities. Condi.
lions In the large cities are getting
worse, because Of congestion Of popu-
lation. The Salvation Army has been
pushed into the emigration business.
In this work we expect to solve great
problem. Last year we sent 10000
emigrants to Canada, most Of them to
the farm lands We ship no emigrants
until occupation has been prepared
them In the new land"
Saving Lives Of the Babies.
Aside from saving men and women,
OF late Gen. Booth has instituted q
plan to start In with the infants.
"The hospitals and prisons are
filled today with persons who didn't
get fair start In life," he said. IA
large per cent Of babies are permanent
sufferers because their mothers didn't
know how to care for them the first
twelve months Of their lives. As an
experiment, In one town 10 England
we have established a Happy Home
society. It offers q prize Of Is to every
mother who presents a perfectly
healthy baby at the age of twelve
months, and who has reared the child
without the aid Of the bottle. This
experiment has decreased mortality
among babes from 80 to Is per cent"
Gen. Booth declared the churches
are not successful In their efforts to
reach humanity.
"The trend Of humanity Is away
from the church, religion, and mis-.
sions," he said.
"The fault Of charity In this coun.
try, as In others, especially In France
and England, is that 1t is wasteful.
Gratuitous giving produces a class
OF social parasites. In Paris one.
fourth OF the population receives
aims. The Salvation army treats
charity as science, distributing its
goods scientifically and where de.
served
What do you think OF the charity
of John Rockefeller, Carnegie, and
other millionaires?" was asked.
II think they should give their
money away. 1t is much better that
they should die without it," he re-
piled.
Talks to His Army at Night.
Gen, Booth addressed soldiers
meeting" at night IN Jefferson Park
Presbyterian church Ordinary civil
ians were not allowed TO attend, as
the church was so crowded that hun.
dreds of the army workers could not
get in. After telling of his own ex-
periences as humble worker in the
army which he has built up, the gen.