Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-04
ONE CONDITION.

The belief is expressed that the
Grand Army ancamprnent, If it can be
secured for this City, will be great
advertisement and result in the en-
coura gcmentof settlers TO come here IN
large numbers. It Will, If those in
charge of the arrangements can 81
Ience. in time, the anti-"M Mormon" howls
and yelpa that have made day and
right hideous here for the past few
; years.
The practice OF the nti-"Mormon"
organ has always been, whenever the
city has had n number OF strangers
4 to entertain, TO dish UP all kinds of
malicious stories about the Latter-day
Saints and their leading men, dead
and living, In the hope that the visitors
would depart with the impression that
) Salt. Lake is n hell-hole. except for
the self sacrificing existence here of
the traducers OF the people 1t Is evil
dent that that kind Of advertising
+ draws no settlers. builders are
not dying to move into place where
they find evidences of quarrel and
strife between noghbors, even IL they
do not believe the vile stories with
which they are entertained. And if
they do believe them they are sure
not to come. particularly II they find
6 tho cost of living high on account of
&Gxhorbitanl taxation. If they believe
THAT the majority OF the people OF
Utah are the dupcs OF "hierurchs," or
I that their religion is a system of trca-
n son: III they believe that the people
here are political serfs; il they believe
that vice and crime, as alleged, are
rampant, they are not going to come
s here TO live and rear children. The
economic loss to Utah caused by the
vile falsehoods of anti-"Mormon" agi-
tators Is simply incalculable, There Is
mo reason why this city should not
now have 200,0 900 inhabitants instead OF
perhaps 10000. But such is the effect
of the insane agitation. We say there
fore. in all seriousness, that unless
those lin charge of the arrangements
for u Grand Army cncempment can
remove anti-"Mormonism'' from the
discussion OF local issues, their hope
of beneticient results from their endea,
5ror will be doomed TO disappointment.
and theamoncy spent on entertainment
\ WILDE. to a very large extent. wasted.
Buff the VIII IS there, 1t should be
easy to suppress that agitation. There
lis really no antipathy between the
common citizens of the different par
+ ties and churches. Socially, Latter
day Saints and members of other
churches mingle together without
friction. "Mormons' and non-"Mor.
" n
without. even thinking Of religious die
ference. 'Mormons attend services
iii churches where the pulpits are &C
cupied Unpopular preachers, and thou.
sands of non-"Mormons' enjoy the
Tabernacle services and organ recitals
given In that building. Notwithstand-
ing the suicidal agitation OF anti
"Mormons, the citizens hero, as a
rule, do not hate one another. Tho
trouble is not with the people, but
With the agttators who find profit In
agitation. The trouble is with IL few
politicians whose desire for office is
stronger than their patriotism and 10y
atty 10 the community in which they
live. The trouble is with srafters who
support the agitators, for the profit
there Is in It. There Is no quarrel be-
tween the majority OF the citizens. as
the agitators would make it appear
This being the fact. an honest ondea-
Sor on the part of a few influential
citizens and business men would soon
eliminate the agitator and mako the
conditions here normal, II this IS
done. gathering such as the Grand
Army encanlpment would undoubtedly |
help the City materially. We shall he
pleased to welcome the Veterans under
any conditions, but we would doubly |
Welcome them IL we could say TO them
in truth, that there is here but one
class OF American citizens under the
one Flag, as there ought To be, and
that their motto IL: Let us have
peace"
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