Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-25

| seed. Inc pioneers OyeTcame the diff
ncultes that beset the early settlers
mere. ana taught the world that thii
vast region was NJ for the abode o
civilized man. We have a duty OF cs.
tablishing a free and mighty pcopl,
In these mountain states to be part
and an important part. OF this great ma
ton. our fathers have started us In
the way OF making the hillside fruit
| ful Held and causing the desert TO yield
Of the stan OF life Let me oxhort you
as son OF pioneer to go on I'm duty
| path as did the pioneers, with "a firm
reliance in the protection Of divine
Providence" bring out the canals:
store the waters subdue the soil by
cultivation; build mills and factories.
delve among the rocks. and dig tun-
nels that each hill and dale shall be
crowned with evidences Of progress I'm
Industry: until the valleys shall sing
hallcluJahs and the mountain shout for
JOY at being marshalled in the ranks OF
usefulness to humankind.
TROUBLE BREEDERS.
There are individuals who are SOW
| ing the seeds Of class hatred in our
! state and nation. They seek to array
| one class OF people against another.
| Ihey endeavor TO create and promote
anlmosties on lines OF religious intoler-
| ance. They find score OF pretexts to
/ L.
| The encouragement Of such conditions
! ls az menacing to our welfare as the
| sectional hatred that grew and flour
| ihhed In the middle OF the last century
1 plead with you, fellow citizens, 10 dis
| approve OF such action, for your own
| sake: for your childrens sake; for
your country's sake for the sake OF
The glorious Stars and Stripes, and all
the liberties. Joys and hopes Il repre-
sents. denounce III When you find per-
sons or parties who seek 10 lead you
into feeling Of hostility TO your fell
low citizen on lines OF sectionalism, of
commerce, or religion, or of anything
else, DO not let the spirit of such divi-
sion deceive you. or course, II comes
To you IN specious forms. 1t may have
dozen truths to obscure the heinous
lie with which II would poison your
heart but you may know IL IL teaches
you 10 hate or ostracise any portion of
your fellow citizens, IT is contrary to
the spirit OF true liberty. God knows
! would like to see class hatred forever
frowned upon in this state. have
no hatred In my heart and my only
aim shall ever be to advance the inter
ests OF all the people OF my state as
well as the nation.
PATH TO FOLLOW.
The world is moving rapidly in this
the new century. II has left behind
the cold ashes Of the fagot In which So
crates roasted. and the wrecks Of the
pillories in which the Puritans tortured
the Quakers. and IL In remembering
that the Redeemer. himself said. In
my Fathers house are many mansions
The years through which we have
passed Is but the herald OF the years
upon which we are entering The pio-
neers have broken the path: IL IL for
YOU Oh, young men and women of to-
Ia to,
evils wherever found. to give encour- |
agement and direction TO the right. to |
broaden your ideas Of charity. 20 |
strengthen your discernment OF error, |
70 teach yourselves self-restraint and |
self-contrOl. All honor TO the pioneers, |
all honor TO the Mormon battalion, all |
honor to the patient. long suffering |
hand cart companies, all honor to the |
Nauvoo legion, all honor to the Indian |
war veterans, all honor 10 every friend |
OF Utah that has contributed IN any /
way TO her upbuilding and progress,
whether Mormon. jew or gentle. /. as
q son OF pioneer, greet you this day
and extend TO you the right hand of
fellowship. and gladly render unto each
individual his or her full share OF praise
for the wonderful transformations ac-
AN APPRECIATION.
Il am sure that my particular refer
ence 10 the early pioneers. on this
ttah's natal day, will not cause envy
in the hearts OF any class. and | am
very glad TO stand here today before
this great audience and testify to the
high appreciation in which we, the
OF their labors. hold our
pioneers, living or dead, who made this
beautiful city and the prosperous COM
monwealth possible on their arrival
no welcoming hands were stretched
to greet them, no golden fields awaited
la fs, |
the dark shadows and pestilence trod
upon their heels. Only unbounded
faith In the promises Of God, indomit-
able perseverance In the face OF what
seemed to be unsurmountable difficult
ties, won the hght
TRIBUTE TO PIONEERS
you. the early pioneers. builded bet
ter than you knew. for the lessen ~. ir-
rigaton that you taught the nation has
been the means OF adding an empire to
is domain. Your labors and sacrifices
made the pathway easier for the thou
lands who followed you. The credit |
md honor for this beginning - yours
others have helped develop our Won
ierful resources, build our schools es-
ablsh our commerce. but You were
ne beginners, the pioneers. and riav |
God bless you and your DESCENDANTS
brewer.
"A great majority OF the early MO
leers have passed to the greet beyond
md each year sees the number d.
nnlshed of those who first behcld this
but barren valley from the
hillside Of Emigration canyon Through
no mercy and blessings of God what
hanges have been made. In the short
pace Of three score years western
mpire has been redeemed adding glory
nd power to our nation As an Amer
ran I am proud ~ the citizenship 81
he west. They have established !
.reat Industrial empire they have
urned tho mountain streams into In
channels. and have made
he waste places into happy and con-
ented homes; they have dup the gold
nd silver from the hills and turned Il ,
nto tho channels OF trade. and at tines
'hen the nations commerce was next
n paralized. Where the parched des- ;
n lay. proftless 10 man. they have
odav rich Fields ~ yrain and orchards
Z uneoualed fruit: thew have huiidAd
iaces ~ WORSHIP and Temples to the
lost High and fhNir school houses ore |