Show One 0 ne Honest Man Who Wants Want to Know To re The Salt Lake Herald HeraldS As S one of a great number of humble cit citizens citIzens of or Salt Lake City who would like I take social conditions bettered t to to see the liberty lI of ot writing to commend you sentiments expressed In on the sincere your editorial In this mornings Herald Heraldon on the red light controversy There Is plenty and to spare of ot the theorizing goodness in this poor world w Df Of ours but from what I kave bave observed In the brief period of or my existence the theorizing theorizing goodness generally spells mina blind worship of surface appearances a a wor worship worship worship ship which says SoS before the eyes eres of or the trusting populace we will wilt do this that an the other but we know deep down downin in our hearts that that which we have undertaken Is aimless hopeless and ineffective Ineffective That Tat Is the whole secret of Mayor trouble not being possessed of or a nature which says one thing and means something else he does not un understand understand Understand that social purity In the minds of oC most of or us means surface appear appearance appearance appearance ance By B this I do not mean to Infer Inter that we are at heart hypocritical or base but that we wc fear to face tace facts Our In Intentions Intentions Intentions are good and we should like to see the social socIa evil ell and other evils stamped out but in the event that we cannot stamp them out we should like to have it appear or salve our consciences by making believe that It appears to have havo been stamped out even though this ap appearing appearing Is only anI apparent to the stupid Agreeing heartily with you and all aU of or them that evil is evil sin is sin wrong Is wrong and all the rest or of these platitudes of or outraged logic I should like to ask how can we expect to ameliorate and eventually eradicate these troubles by Ignoring them Are we helping on to that hat fair future day of or uni universal un universal 1 versal ersal light by b closing our eyes to con conditions conditions of today Are we getting our streets paved by Ignoring the tho fact adt ta t that mud exists No o doubt It would be ba a sadly amusing spectacle to expose the souls of or each of ot ofus otus ofUs us to all the rest r st of or us that we might know not what wo we like Uke to have others think we think but what we do think In the event that such an exposition could be bo made I should like to be bo throne theone one cx ex exception exempt from exposition Brothers all do the rest of you stand If I 1 had bad the courage of or a mule I would sign my name to this letter but you see s se e eUke like Uke most of us I I fall fail there At the same time I have lave tried to express frankly what one of or your our number feels Are oth others others ers willing to do as much muth CITIZEN OPEN TO CONVICTION Salt Lake Dec 15 5 |