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Show COMMUNICATION Answers Chief Grant. Sa.lt Iake City, February 1. TIdltor Tribune The unemployed In falt Lake City, tacked up by a group of sympathetic sym-pathetic citizens, have procured a bouse at ?,Z f'outh West Tomplo strreL A irU;-phofie irU;-phofie Waaat-.ii ;;bfsD has been Inf-UlleO in oi3er that these mn may be cuMly accessible to th employer. The men do their oTvn cooking. Provisions Rpfl uten-iVh uten-iVh have be?n donatori to a limited de-;rec de-;rec bv p'nr.on-; -iti7,nM of th town i'hi-jf of Police K. F. Orant, In n In-fprvtrw In-fprvtrw 'ith Tho Trit.urx- publisher! Thui'ncinv niornlmr, termer the e.'fnrts of the citizen as 'niislir.:.-tM philan-thrnp;, philan-thrnp;, Chkf i Irani v. an f.rful i.-'-t. hy hoMinc; out th. w.'!c..ni bisu, Jic etatfl, t;,i; ,.ity nouM iic-"mo r ff-i-ra for thn liolio-,1 tlinMjtjliouf Uio pntlr.j state. If Hits is -o, fr,: n.ove. is ln-U-"J an urifor'Mn.'ito un, Ciuf (inini's npln-In npln-In tT;ehe matt ers 1 8 tine to K' f n t wf.;-ht: fr.U hf.r&uo he Ik In tom:h uitii t!i!.- f'in'.-!it : c.'.-oikIIv. !io(muk" lie 1" -ar-iU'H.ly Inri-nt upon ol '. Im; t iif proh.-m nrccn''l by nm-nii'h'Vini.'HU Chlf'f Grant fOinjlii'IeH that tho icrea t p'rtl.jn of ilu e t In y nri 1 h nii''iiipi'-' :th'j r;i tlier Mm n tic IJU'-mi'lov t-A ; thiil t"i; fowl'! r-'fu.s, wo'k uri-ivr Hny clr.:um:an.-fs. It is ir:-t" ir:-t" ro-stlniK nri-l lnstruri I v- t, a nn ); tli fafi-K upon vh!c!i, vrs thfnk. Air. (Irani I art; My i-nms to Mn conflusinhj.-. Tbr oroiil'.-tTi I.- ono of K'.i'.'i mliiic t !v f-;iir:p from thf Roam. Mr. (irnnt fi-.M thi't ho han urk'J out. !m r'-cai'l tn thi-;-- niTi. n toH whieli UI determine v.'Ijo arc tli flbr-'p nTi1 t ho art- th rn.ifp. The plan he a-iof.ls Is hh follows; V.'herT) men n-pplv for' fIiflti-r "r a!i iie iiUu's t ! : ni t i leep for a i lirht or t v 'Ml the re in e. li t tloor In the bii.liit ;il of tho -Hv Jail. This l.ari-iii.-tit is about ' in If a h!f-'h ne the ordlnarv rooni. It if piu-vtrtef piu-vtrtef fv-tth two little vln-loWH nn.I a floor, nil of whlrli nre kept elofv.-o1 ;i t nlifht. Th toIUt fae.IlltlcM ari nbonilna-be. nbonilna-be. After ti itiRht or two of 'lil'rr the "hlof lines up thrj,; tnen iin'l .rii- tlicm the rhoh-e. n Urn "tie hand, nf ivorki)i Ifi.Clty Creek ranyon. toutlier with th1 erltnlruils ronfined In tho el l y .1 nil. In return re-turn for three; me.-iN a 1ny Hurl n be.I in ii re! of t lie rity J:i!l : or on the other li.ni'l. of lnin(r tlii rity. The menljt rost about ) entH up ere. Tho men are In no v. iMe, pla-eii on a different Mfltus fro?n the criminal, exeent that they ro bookrc) n r r,rrA nnd allowed to fro wh(i tlirv rhnos-. Wo fee) that Chief Grant does not fpilt npprerlate the psvcholoy nn1 the philoKOpbv of theo men. Many who would not arrept sncli on offe.r nro men who would be willing to work for n f".- 1 r return or even b--F. It n perhaps unfair to .Itlffere, nn-1 ron-'lud'i th.it nil theae, men !iu refuse fiiirh nn offer nr Imbue :md "(loatT?." Sonirt of the men heloti: to nnloiiH. The. iuiVM I n died ted In them vi-rv deeply the, Jortrlno of a reasonable ret'ini for tlvir labor If. then. I'ih tewt vhleli f'hlef Grnnt'd nh'Ti provides 1h a fair one for dtmerimt-nn dtmerimt-nn Hntr V'et. ween t hr tinetn plovnd ami t lie i'nierii)l oval ile, t he predict ions nnd oi'i-Innn oi'i-Innn srlvep In IiIh tnleivlew Wt)i Tho Tribune ;itf. rorr.et. If, on thn oilier hi nd, a number of 1 beo men won hi bo villlntr to Work If thev rernlved emme-fhlmr emme-fhlmr like a fnlr return for their labor, but refuHo wirk under the nptlon offered. Mien f'hlef Ginnl K rourluiilons nin not correct. Tlift writer took orrnMoi o vtwlt lite nmu'ferft of the n- en n I Sout h 'i"-t Temple Mrert. M;iuv of Miern are jpniiit jiihI wenk from n eonllnued .-irk of proper noiirh-litnent. 1'erlinpm a eert:iln iorti'n of Ihenn limn :ne "ne'er-do- u -el In." but n c-rln In port Ion hnvn held ptea.lv .lobH In tludr nun line of worli. A portion burn r"i:h:tered ut the viirloitft eioiilovnient bnvejiurt ui'd hit n nxlouH to "et work. I ml thev w 111 rr-ftiMe rr-ftiMe lo wrick under Ihe p'n propo'ieij ,' f'hlef Gntnt. II is hi ri:elv a inn tier of ii ppreel,-! Mij; I heir point of lew, a nd It in for Ihe r'i'ri'OMe nf pi een 1 1 ntf their flhle of (lie cnae that. MiIk lelfer Is wrll- tell. It In fpieMllrnuible wbelbrr Chief ' I r;i 1 1 1 ' N plrin provide f-r nil Ibc.ie men It' they i-lred to worlr under II. Tt seems to im Mm Krlieme pivicrci hi upon tin Wen that Ihe ma Writ v of l h"Ju m-'U would not iii-eept it. If they all nrr-ple, l, wo brHfve, flint Ibe hill would not be ;,-1eu:ilM (o Nhelt-r (hem. find i"!ih.f Cr-uil himself mlrht ) driven to'esMrllv he Dillb- eiedent UN f rr- the rlti.i-UM ! 'rii i. rent ei'l !n I lilm no uii'M i f . I 'hllndelphlii, New York, u l-'rn nrl-ieo i tioNlon. Se-,tie. Port land mil oIIimj- etleH In ve oiiNldet ' A t hlr pro! 1 m it m n mu. nh-lu'il one. W'e nndei-M.ind that tl o- onei-itMv pl'in worked out bv the me, t hem' ' Ivi'ii In C'Ttnlu HI , ;n doin.m . -trilled bv Ihe Ibdel de Clrtl' 111 , e W Voi It Cin- . nd Hie ; vunv 1 1 1 1 lat.ei--line!., p.olert In I'orlhiud. (he . huve 1 1 . n m (,i"''rjt rt ul it a on n rouid o,j I under the circumstances. We do not believf that in either of theso cased the result; that Chief Gru nt. anticipates occurred. It would certainly tieeni to bo to th advantage of the. citizens of this city i these men could bo congregated undei ono organization. They cuuld be Tcl more economically arul. within limits, helped to help tliemselves. It la mor( satisfactory than going from door to dooi or approaching the. citizens on the stren1 for he.lp. Then, too, there is always, li such a fraternal movement, a portion o orderly and influential fellowg who exercise exer-cise a deterrent influence, upon the mon bitter nmd rowdy element. This, too, ha.i Its value. In writing this letter we wish it to be understood that we are In no way antagonistic an-tagonistic to Chief Grant in his plans I-lis efforts' and r-nrnest neps . have our Bin-cere Bin-cere respect. We state what we do herein here-in simply for the purpose of presentlm what we know of the other aide. It if a ma tter of tiding over these men nnc keeping them from actual starvation until un-til some better way en n be devised ol determining the unemployed aa distinguished distin-guished from the unemployable. KhEANOK P. M ATjTCK. Chairman Welfare Committee, Civk Club. |