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Show WHAT IS TO BE DOSE ! bli.' rti tilL-10 U iU illlint.dtJL'' ch ti.g'i !- -r tin; uett-.T in lite Kr'10r-i' , ih'hiitri..l;uh'i of the Trrituiy."ex'. Wit ij . '.'.11: ...id tr.ide hi-re in a more ; d' lU'M-.ui: d -lulilii-n tiian it has (.,,, in ibrji.-.ir,, and wu doubt not in. my h ull' a and aUu.uiS who i-.uiiM' i,i-L.li. rturk at their particular iri.d. t, ,,; j ;:.:. ui-A'.-i, v.':W IV cu:n-ptlld cu:n-ptlld V, : ive I.' tab, & .nic never to reti.r.i, a:. 1 r.thet'i t-) cmie hack wli.rii b',-iiK-.-s bc,;.ji:-S more brisk. Ahradv i-to.fial pe:jii4 havo .-one I'rnin the Toriit-jry un account uf the dullnr.-s of trad- . and within the next few uiui.l'ii v,c may expect other to , follow fur the eame reason. The history his-tory of this cjuiilry sin je it-i aeltl-mi'iit aeltl-mi'iit L that, no m tt'-'-r lnw bri.-k ai.d active bujlmias may have been during the rfummcr, in Winter everything, every-thing, as. it were, Li at a stand-hldl. stand-hldl. Kvery one who has kept at all ixjrtlcd on t aifiirs oi th: Terrilon for tho pasi few y- ar-, knows the clue. eauso of I'uc pivortit slate ot allau-s. All arc aware that is mainly due tn t ie crusade of MoKean W 'I'bc inauguration of that unholy, judicial war was the means ol" creating abroad a feeling of distrust in L'tah rtilairs, and the mora v goruus the war has been waited the weaker has become the confidence of ouUide capitalists, until the time has now been reached when it is next to an absolute impossibility im-possibility to induce a man to invest money in anything in the Territory. Then again the tclc-raph wires and disreputable newspaper scribblers have been cm ployed to increase this feeling of distrust by circulating throughout the laud, base lies of the country being on the verge of civil war. There arc hundreds ot moneyed men outside of the Territory who tire well satisfied that, did a difierent Btato of allairs exist hero, Utah would present one of the most attractive at-tractive fields for reiiuiueralivo investment in-vestment in the I'uited States; but theso men who care not for Mormons nor non-Mormons, religious beliefs or practices cannot bo induced to risk their gold in a land which, through tho action of Federal judges and other officials, is practically without courts of law and means of obtaining justice. Added to the above causes of financial depression some of the mining enterprises havo faded, either from bad management or the exhausting of the oro deposits. These have all had their eflect on foreign capital, and strange as it may appear the injury accomplished by the "petering" or mismanagement of one mine supposed to lo valuable, witt more than overbalaiuo the good which would result from a half-dozen properties turning out better than was anticipated. Again, of the many known rich mines in tbe country, for some cause, few only are being worked the present season; hence, in the absence ab-sence ol the money which should havo come from that source, other industries in-dustries have necessarily been stopped, (and improvements which would otherwise other-wise have lo'dowcd, have been delayed. de-layed. The result is, many of our mechanics mechan-ics and laborers have not been able to obtain steady employment this Summer, Sum-mer, and some of them, wc understand, under-stand, aro now preparing to go out of the Territory to secure that work which they cannot find at home. That many who go away will be disappointed dis-appointed we sincerely believe, lor in most places abroad business is little lit-tle more lively than it is here. More than any previous year thia should have been one of iutcrnaA development and improvement. The harvest will be bounteous, in truth, from indieat ions, the largest ever gathered in these mountains. Tbero will be au abundance of grain for all here, and thousands of bushels will bo scut out of Hie Territory during the next six mouths. But with all this supply of brcadturti in the granary, how is the day laborer, the carpenter, the mason or other mechanic to obtain ob-tain what he requires if there 13 not work for him to perform ? It is humiliating to acknowledge that 3ttch a depressed state of allairs exists here, but as public journalists we believe it to be our duty to call attention to the fact iu the hope of its being comprehended compre-hended and remedied, or at least in some degree modified. There is plenty of work here wTjich should be pcrformnl: there are urtizaua and laborers here to perform that work; there is sulJicient means in the country to pay for doing the work. Now, what is to be done'.' Simply, the men who have the means to pay with should employ the mechanics and keep them in the country. All must admit that bone and sinew has been and still is Utah's greatest capital; capi-tal; and every able-bodied mechanic or laborer who goc3 hence leaves the Territory a dtgrce poorer. Will our property-owners, and those interested in the welfare of the Territory, think of tiiis, a;;d then act for the benefit of themselves and rh-sr ' |