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Show "LUUblMU IIAI kWallll." Tbe Inlerttl lb ubllo uoo took In tbe acbama of Edward Uellemy1 "l.ooklng liaokward" la now about over eo far aa any thought of practicable practica-ble application of bla Ideee le oou-oerned. oou-oerned. Tbo eloalog Incident which glvea eniphoala to Ihla Duality la r-purttd r-purttd from California, In tbe going to plecet there af Iba Altrurlau colony, eireeily organlied lo carry Into lleot the principle, of oo-operallon aet forth In llellaiuy'e work. Tba ooluny waa localed et Mark Weil, Honnma oourity, Cal. lu work brgan lu Itrnt, aud lor about a year all teemed lo ruu tiuoothly, lo the oultlje wurldal foaei; lliou rumort of Impending Impend-ing failure began to epread. Tbo acuenie waa fully deicrlbed lu Ibe N'Kuaal theouUet, wllb the eu.ea-lion eu.ea-lion tb.l one feature knowa lu be lack-lug lack-lug Ibal of rellgiout unity under di-rrcl di-rrcl dlvlue Implrallou wai ii illoleut to cauu dlilnlegrallou aooner or later, tioviral hundred aoree of fertile leud had been; tenured, having with II au abundance of water, eupplrlng all neede lu the way of power fur municipal munici-pal and mituulauturlug turpuiet; , heavily timbered lumber iraot waa cqulred, on which ataw mill of 10,000 feel a day oaptclty wai put lu opera-llou; opera-llou; a big hotel Wat erecleJ, OJtlagtii were built, and many other Improve. meuU made, Involvlug a great deal o' earneal, bard labor. Hut Ihu eoloriy bat capllulated le aa advene fate, aud the re.olullont ol dlitiandmeul ttate lhal tba aulion It laktu bacauae of "laok of retouroet aud dl-appolntiuenl dl-appolntiuenl In their eipeolatluaa." There hat been no charge or complaint that tba membere of Ibe colony werr oiber than good oILRene; lu tact Ibeli ooiiduat bee beeu exemplary. Many are tha reaaont uow edvanoei fur lallure. It baa been tbuwu thai from tha (.uii-l the col iny haa run Into dehl; and at He productive repeoiiy waa not tufrtolent to aapporl Ita (00 membere, the longer II continued Ibe werae It got. Himeof the member, were lea economical than o'.bert, and aa tba AHrnliU were aup-poeed aup-poeed lo be eiual In every way, tli le cauted ailverie crllicltm of each other, engendering anlmoiltlee. Then many were Ineiperlenced In cultivating cultivat-ing Ibe aoll, and could not cumpetalo the mirket with farmere and garden-era garden-era In lha locality outtlda of Ihelr (1,1,111 the tame waa true with reepect lu tha manufaotarere. Then wet leaking In Ibe organllttlon lha guiding guid-ing band Ibal could bring even a email auooeet toetcb deportment and uulte Ihe whole In lb grand Iriumpb which waa hoped for but waa not achieved. Looking backward over Iho blttory of Ihla Htate, one might tuppuee that Ihe Allrurltna bad a bundled cbanoee of auocett to one pottveted by Ibe early tetllera ol Ulah. And to they bad, fri m a material polot ol view, Tbey bad a fertile c unlrj and rlob material reeoureee with wblch they were acquainted; Ibey had a good tlarl In being well aupplled Willi buueee, Impleluenle aod meano lo be aer. Hut Ihey lacked Iwoiaieatial featuree lo tucoetit od balog the ntceailiy f galling along without Incurring oblliallooa cuuida of Ihelr own reeoume; and lh other and principal onr.lbat unity of fallb which remevea mouuialtit when neoeetBry and overoumia obilaolee by meane ol power and light direct from Ibe divine fountain of Inielilgenoe. lied tbey pLttteeed lb latter qualification, tbe former might bava been attained lu Iba way of luatructlon la prluclple; but without lielb, tbe blind leadere aud follnwert bev lauded la Ibe dllob their Bul-clpellona ol applying Holla Hol-la uiy'j prlnclplea ar now ragardtd at Imaginary al beat. A commit liae been Intimated be. Iween Ihe 'ailed Allrurlaoa and tbe tucoe.e ul Ulah ploLaeri; end II baa beea pointed out that th taller luo-oeeded luo-oeeded becauea of Ihelr Induelry aud applying Iba prlaolplee of Irrigation tj render fertile aaolherwlae deeerl eoll. But three alleged oautat of tuecet were merely Incidental to lha real eauae, which lay la tbo uuloa aud determined fallb af lha ploaaere. It waa Iba religion of Ihe Lailer-day Lailer-day HalnU lhal made Iba Ulah Wlldernaee fruitful Held, and tbe deterla of Ihla Stale 10 bloeiom aa tbo rote. With Ibat rellglna etipllel Iba Alliurlaat oould have aucoeoded fully at wall, and parbapa baiter Ibaa did tha eetllert of Utah) without, bolb would fall tbort of tbe tpeclal tuocoee which bat marked tb hletory of tbla HtaU. Th remit of Iba Altrolitio eflotl thould ba a leeaon tbal th world baa not yal learned all Ibera le lo know of trie mean! for ocmmunal trl-1 umpbt. By "lookleg backward" lame day thla will be more fully real I led Ibau at preaenl. |