The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-26

trade their trolley cars propelled by cleo |
triclty their farms and orchards the envy
OF the eastern husbaDdman, These and
other industrial developments lived In
the brain OF Brigham Young when So
years ago he looked from the summit OF
the Big Mountain upon the Salt Lake val
ley and exclaimed, Enough, this is the
right place.
with millions OF people living within her
borders; with Industries undreamed OF to-
day thriving and prosperous; arid aud
barren lands OF today producing boun~
teous harvests; every corner OF the state
reached by rail-. oil produced and used AZ
fuel: producing mines In places not
thought OF today, and all her citizenship
will thank God that they form II part OF
so happy, contented and prosperous d
commonwealth. This can only be brought
about by unity of purpose Of all the
people.
In Freedom g Cause.
Sons, and daughters OF the pioneers
Our fathers were pioneers in freedoms
cause They subdued nature in this
wilderness OF the Rockies. conquered the
savage, spread out from valley TO val
| ley, and met and overcame unseen prob
lens with courage and determination.
| Their weapons were not the saber the
muskct and the cannon; they were the
ammunition was not deadly powder and
ball, but living water and seed The
pioneers overcame the difficulties that
bcset the early settlers here, and taught
the world that this vast region was fit
for the abode OF civilized man. We have
duty OF establishing free and mighty
a part. and an important part, OF this
great nation. Our fathers have started
MS In the way OF making the hillside n
yieId l'e Of ig.u the staff M Of ife Le, me exhort
| you as son OF pioneer TO go on In
duty's path as did the pioneers, with a
Providence. bring out the canals, store
the waters, subdue the soil by cultIva-
ton. build mills and factories; delye
each hin and dale shah he crowned with
evidences Of progress In industry, until
the valleys shall sing ha!lelujahs and
the mountains shout for joy at being mar
sha!ed in the ranks OF usefulness 10 hu-
mankind.
Politics Injected,
There are individuals who are sowing
the seeds OF class hatred in our state
and nation. They seek to array one ella So
to create and promote anirnosities on
lines of religious Intolerance. They IND
a score OF pretexts to intensity preJu-
dice one toward another The encourage
TO our welfare as the sectional hatred
that grew and flourishea in the middle
and last century plead " Tsm scg gou
for your own sake: for Your children
sake; for your countrys sake: for the
sake OF the glorious Stars and Stripes.
!
represents, denounce II. When you FIND
persons or parties who seek TO lead you
Into A feeling OF hostility to your fellow
citizen on lines OF sectionalism of com
merce. or religion, or OF anything else
do not let the spirit OF such division de-
ceive you. OF course. 1t comes to you
truths TO obscure the heinous lie witt
which II would poison your heart; but
you may. know Ii II teaches you to hate
or ostracise any portion Of your fellow
: | Ici
true liberty, God knows would like tc
, see class hatred forever frowned upon II
T this state 7 have no hatred In my hear
and my only aim shall ever be to advance
the interests OF all the people OF my state
as we'll as the nation,
. Gives Little Advice.
: "The world Is moving rapidly In th
the new country, 1t has left behin'
, the cold ashes of the fagot in which So
crates roasted. and the wrecks OF th
pillorles in which the Puritans tortured
( the Quakers. and IT is remembering
. that the Redeemer. himself. said In, m m:
, years through which we have passe,
v is but the herald Of the years upon whicl
r we are entering, The pioneers have orok
: en- the path; II is for you. on. young me-
S and young women of today, to follow. |
e is for YOU TO correct evils wherever found
to give encouragement and direction t
the right, to broaden your Ideas OF char
ity. TO strengthen your discernment o
G error 10 teach yourselves self-Testraln
= and self-control. All honor 10 the pio
: neers. all honor to the Mormon battalion
all honor TO the patient, long suiierin
:. hand cart companies, all honor 70 tn
= Nauvoo legion, all honor to The India
c war veterans. all honor TO every friend o
S Utah that has contributed In any wa
e to her upbuilding and progress, whethe
r Mormon, Jew or Gentle. !. as son o
y a pioneer greet you this day and extern
:, 70 YOU the right hand OF Fellowship an
. gladly render unto each individual his o
y | her full share OF praise Tor the wonderiI
II transformations accomplished.
u u ~ am sure that my particular refer
= ence TO the early pioneers on this. LtaE
!, natal day. will not cause envy in IN
TO stand here today before this great audi
4. ence and testify to the high apprccia 10
y In which we, the beneficlaries OF thei
- - labor. hold our pioneers. living or deac
:. who made this beautiful city and III
a prosperous commonwealth possible. o
,, their arrival no welcoming hands wer
s stretched TO greet them. no golden field
g lurked in the dark shadows and pestllenc
n trod upon their heels. Only unhounde
X faith in the promises OF God, lndomitabi
! 10 be unsurmountable difficulties. wo
t the fight,
- Pioneers Given Praise.
n ''You. the early pioneers. builded bot
ter than you knew, for the lesson In irri
e cation that you taught the nation ha
: been the means of adding an empire |
e It's domain. Your labors and sacrifice
: made the pathway easier for the thous
y ands who followed YOU. The credit an
u honor of this beginning is yours, Other
"a have helped develop our wonderful re
y sources build our schools establish on
II commerce, but you were the beginner:
ee the pioneers, and may God bless you an
,. your descendants forever.
70 "a great majority of the early pioneer
e have passed to the great beyond an
~ each year sees the number diminished {
- those who first beheld this beautiful. bu
= barren valley. from the hillside of Emf
is grafton canyon. Through the mercy an
n blessings of God what changes have bee
d made, In the short space of three scor
,s years a western empire has been redeeme
r adding glory and power to our nation a
= an American. I am proud of the citizen
e ship OF the west. They have stablishc
o Il great industrial empire they hav
i turned the mountain streams into in
e Vulnerable channels and have made I'll
g waste places into happy and contente
ir homes; they have dug the gold and sil
Is yer from the hills and turned 1t into tn
J. channels OF trade. and at times when tn
natIOp's commerce was next 10 paTnlyZe(