| Show 1 HARMONY IN UTAH I Moiraons and Gentiles Putting Aside heir Differences for the I L mmon Good i I ilr R W Sloan the manager of the SALT LAKE DAILY HERALD is in the i J j 1 I I city doing missionary work for both i Mormons and Gentiles He said yesterday J I yes-terday that they had been trying for some time to stop quarrelling out in i j i Salt Lake City and had succeeded admirably ad-mirably There are as there always is likely to be differences of opinions between Gentiles and Mormons he I aid but the animosities no longer appear ap-pear in business dealings nor in local public improvements At the mnnicipal election held last February Mr Sloan said four prominent antiMormons were made members of the City Council by Mormon Mor-mon votes It was the result of a concession con-cession by Mormons and accepted by Gentiles On all questions of local improvements im-provements and of the advancement of Salt Lake City materially both parties stand as a unit They go into business ventures jointly they celebrate the Fourth of July together and they contribute alike of their funds to popular subscriptions devised for the purpose of setting forth our natural resources re-sources and advantages I think both sides are pretty well tired of quarreling It was a constant drawback to Vie city and the desire to participate iu the prosperity of other western cities has had a great deal to do with bringing about a little community com-munity of feeling Any marked material mater-ial advancement was impossible without united effort on the part of all classes of citizens There never has been a time when property and life was unsafe in Utah though such an imdression has prevailed But wo are only now awakening to the fact that it is not enough for ud to know property and life to be safe nor that Utah is so wonderfully won-derfully blessed in minerals and in agricultural agri-cultural and manufacturing possibilities possibili-ties We must get tbee facts before the people ot the cyuntry and convince them of our sinoerety and determination determina-tion to build up a grand State there one of these early years So every man is doing all he can to forward the cause We hope to induce menof means to investigate in-vestigate the possibilities of our ways for investment and we are sure an examination ex-amination will be frllowed with the result I re-sult we desire Induce people to go to Utah to live Let the papers convince men of mean that there is no safer place in the would than Utah Let them tell the truth I When our people find your money giving giv-ing us employment and when you get in a population of nonMormona by the very weight of adverse opinion coupled with association and comming ling in a multiplicity of local interests you will have found a surer method for disposing of the undesirable features of Mormonism than have been applied so far The great damage to any faith is I in the thirst for wealth and power These desires are being rapidly imbibed I by all classes of people in Utah If you inspire a growth of them in the young Mormon coupled with the weight and moral effect of adverse opinions not un kindly manifested what fear need you have of the outcome if there is a higher civilization and morality behind you I The Mormons Mr Sloan said have helped to bring about this change and they know what will be the result if successful and invite all people to come in and assist in building up Utah Polygamy he said is not preached and those who have taken the oath to obey the law will keep it As a Mormon he said he knew that the adoption of the antipolygamy plank in the State Constitution Con-stitution recently formulated was a sincere sin-cere movementNew York Sun |
