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Show TH JioiMiovs i;i. t'tHli Described ly One ol llie oii ol lhe Prophet. ttciid!iiS the Iron Hail nntl I ii vit tug Civilisation iroii ami orI lor nil ihe lVorld 1 hv l.l lo Storiv Told ly tun j Mi KM. , Mr. John W.'Yuung, the v:u!n-ust sou oi Brigham Young, and Heber ! P. Kimball, a sou of the lata Heber , 0. Kimball, were some dave a'nee : stopping in the s?i. Nicholas" Hotel. I A aV,i reporter called upon Mr ! i oung. He fouud-'-Johnnv," j Mr. Eimoall ailcetionateiy culU him-in him-in the reading room, and when Ihe; reporter made known his errand Mr. ' oung courteous! v lid the way to "the parlor, and intimated that be w:is willing to answer any leionable questions. "I am utterly eppised to interviewing inter-viewing in any lonn, ' said he, "and I hnpe you will lake pa;ns to i e ac curate in your r. ports ol what I may' 'tay. I thould nuie.i prefer that my , nunc be omitted entirely if that were possible." i The reporter assured Mr. Young 'that it should be his endeavor to make a truthful report. "in the first place," said Mr. Young, "there is a prevailing opinion that we have not rightly estimated I lho good done by the introduction of i the Pacific Railroad, and that it has done 'much harm to our religion. Now I say that no people have felt the advantages of a railroad more nan we. A people isolated for yeans from civiliiation and compelled to transport everthing in wagons 1.200 miles, at a cost of twenty cents a pound, must be uncivilized and bigoted big-oted indeed, if they did not appreciate the advantages of a road that brought civilization to their doors. We are notwueh a people. To be sure one effect ot the railroad has been to t introduce moelern fashions amonn our I people, and those living near the road are already assuming the dress of the period. Then il there are any dissatisfied dissat-isfied persons among us and in what people are there not some dissatisfied ones? they invariably drift to i?alt Lake City. Strangers meet these peo 1 pie, always ready to pour the story of their grievances, rcaJ or imaginary, 1 into willing ears, and thus the story is spread that our religion will not bear the light of civilization. These ' strangers do us a world of injustice. 1 They come to Salt Lake City, step off ' the train, ride to a hotel, then go around the city in the afternoon, 1 question anybody who will answer '. them, ask questions simply to confirm ' their prejudices, and the next morning morn-ing step into the cirs and are off, '' thoroughly confident in their ability ' to judge X. tah and the Mormons, and thoroughly determined to scatter these judgments widespread. "The fact is," COnunueu iur. i oung, our rvngiuu was never dearer to the hearts of our people; never were the principles of the Latter-day Saints more strongly entrenched than they are to-day." SOT OS 4 PROSELYTING Titir. "I understand you are on your way to England with Mr. Kimball to proselyte," said the reporter. "Oh, no; I am a railroad man. Building railroads is my business. I am associated with Mr. Joseph Richardson, Rich-ardson, a capitalist of this city, in constructing con-structing theUuh Northern Railroad, which is to extend from Ogden northward north-ward to the Northern Pacific. We have eighty-six miles of this road completed. I am also engaged with Mr. Kimball in building the Utah Western Railway. I have adopted the English name for the road, ad to my mind more appropriate. I am in New York exclusively on railroad business." " With regard to that woman who has left Utah, and has been lecturing in the Ea-jt on Mormonism, what are the facts, Mr. Young ? i see she has just returned to Utah." , "Oh ! Ann Eliza? Well, I think she is a very weak, foolish woman. ; Why, any candid, fair thinking per-I per-I son, who knows anything about her 'history, who knows anything about J the household economy of our people, peo-ple, will say that her stories of bad treatment and neglect, and .all that, are mere idle tales. The truth is, there are a horde of busybodies always al-ways active in trying to work upon the weak and foolish of our people, especially if they think there is any money to be maelc." " Our civil offices are filled with just such persons. The way the government gov-ernment of Utah is conducted is a living bhame, a disgrace to the United States. Our people, all people living on the frontier, need gentle government. govern-ment. Just consider their position, the hardships they undergo, the privations pri-vations they experience, and then show me the justice in appointing tho men to govorn them whom the United t '.ivornin-ifr -ocnUs men connected with the Indian Ring, the very scum of Eastern politicians. 1 his is the way appointments, are made. After giving this office to one! tavorite, that to another, it is found that one or two old political hacks are left. ' What shall we do with them V ' Ob, send them to Utah ! ' And this is called justice 1 All that Utah wants is justice. "We are loyal. We are true to the Union. THE PATRIOTISM OF HEE SONS. " In time of war give Utah a chance and see her people shoulder their guns and rush to the front !" And the keen gray eyes lof the young railroad President flashed, and his cheek flushed. "We respect the Constitution," he continued, "and we honor the Government Gov-ernment and its officers when there is anything honorable about them. But we do not honor or respect th? carpet-baggers who are ruining our country. There are exceptions. There are men in office in Utah who are worthy of respect. Judge Baker is such a man. There are two or three others, but only two or three. But what could be expected when a Governor gets a salary of 3,000 only? One of two classes will naturally accept ac-cept such an office either a man who can't make as much as that at home, or a man who iB.looking for the perquisites. perquis-ites. Occasionally will an honest man be found who, needing a change of climate or something of that kind, will accept these oflices. "Yes, Utah is prospering. We are daily becoming more self-reliant. Our people are raising their own food and making their own clothing largely. We have excellent factories; already railroads are branching - in all directions, direc-tions, and our iron mines are being rapidly developed." . .j. "Do you consider your silver mines your greatest source of wealth?" "Oh, no; our silver mines are owned by outsidefcapitai. It is in our fields- of coal and iron that our future wealth lies. The history of s'lver mining countries is significant. Silver gewa out ot a country and leaves it poorer. Iron and coal bring silver into a country. They are the real noui ce of wealth.1-" Ctah's solid wnvi.Tu. "Wo have one blast furnace in I operation, and others will follow. 1 jam connected with a number oi East- ern gentlemen in forming an iron-: iron-: working company, and have just re-j re-j turned from an extended visit to the i iron and coal districts of J'ennsvl-ivania. J'ennsvl-ivania. Wc have in Southern Utah i enough coai and iron to supply the world. Why, withm a radius of seven miles there are vast deposits of red bemetitj, specular and magnetic ore's, one vein of anthrae-ite and four of bituminous coal, limestone, moulding mould-ing Band and fine clay. "Yes, the panic aflected us, of course. It kept money irom the Territory: Ter-ritory: but the mass of the people felt it little, after all." The reporter asked about President Young. "He is in Salt Lake City and well and vigorous, 1 am glad lo say." , "There is much inquiry about his probaLle successor. Am I wrong in ' : asking your opinion, Mr. Young'.'" 1 , "That, sir, is a question we do not discuss. My father 1 firmly believe was divinely appointed to do a great work, and I firmly believe the Almighty Al-mighty will rai-e up the man who is to carry on that work. My fathering undoubtedly done a great woik, done ' great god, but I pin my frith to no man's sleeve, even theaigh that man is my honored father, whom non re- . spect and love more than 1. One ; word more. There was a foolish article in the papers some time since to the etlect that I was going to leave the Terrilery and renounce my faith in tho Mormon religion. Will you be kind enough to say that I was never more strongly attached to my religion than now'.' 1 strive- to be a liberal, honest man. I cram my religion re-ligion down no man's throat. 1 ask the privilege to worship God as my conscience dictate, giving to all men the same privilege. I have no idea of leaving Utah; but, on the contrary, am working heart and soul to develop the beat resouices of the hind?" Mr. Young is a handsome young man of not more than thirty-fivo.with a strong, earnest face, dark gray-eyes, gray-eyes, waving brown hair, rather thin em the crown of the head, and weans a graceful light-brown moustache and light side whiskers. His dress, speech and manner are all those of a genial, vigorous business man. |