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Show XECESSARV COrtRECTIOJiS. Iu the course of his upoech at the opening of the Salt Lake Exchange and Heading Rooms, on Saturday night, Mr. C. H. Hempstead intimated inti-mated that that was the only institution institu-tion in Utah to which free access could be had by the young for the pur-P'lM pur-P'lM of acquiring information by reading, read-ing, &c; that the development of the mineral rc-rouroea of the Territory had Iw-D frowii'-d down by the authorities here until very recently, and that lie Lad attended the inauguration of the lirv.t Sunday School in Utah; referring, ire presume, to the one commenced in Independence Hall. 'J'he-e, wo think, are the ideas briefly .tui:&. The Major while baying k pi.i.J coinpli-;ncnts coinpli-;ncnts to the iuduttry and labors performed per-formed by tho soiiWn thin Territory. W Itwliovo Mair through beinj u isiuformed, or lacking information. There were Suuiluy Schools in operation in the ' Territory at the timo he referred to uud had been for years. If he steps up to the Deeret Mueum he will see a nice bar of iron ic; 1c in Utah of Utah ore, ycura belbre the date at which he placed the inception of mineral developmeut; and thout the seeking for the "precious nic -als" was neither encouraged i r followed, many thousands of doi a s had been spent, years before that i " was made, in the attempt to devt4 irou, which inauy people consider -practically a more precious metal than even gold. The Major is a legal gentleman, und can hardly help knowing that there are on the statute books of tho Territory, Terri-tory, a number of enactments organizing organ-izing library and lecture associations. If he thinks they only exist on paper, we can refer him to some of the best public libraries in this Territory that we have ever seen in places of the same size; and believe those of Coalville Coal-ville and Tooele might be named as specimens. Further, in this city are a number of free libraries, which, as far as we have had opportunity to examine ex-amine the books, do credit to the city. We might add, too, that previous efforts ef-forts have been made in this city to establish public reading rooms, though they were not suocessful. Having no idea that Major Hempstead Hemp-stead made the statements with a view to disparage what has been previously done in the city and Territory to spread useful knowledge, but believing that what he did say was said through not having a correct understanding of facts that have now become a matter of Territorial history, we make the corrections, cor-rections, deeming them due to a people who have done so much and received so little oredit for what they have done. |
