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Show 8 THE INDUSTRIAL HOME. I R Aocdai ;t.rtrt of President Jtinott.e U. itrry. I UXU . SCOi.V OK l-ftATIf. Tbe I'fluil ApproprUtlon of r 0 Ailed lor. (ffncral Ita-vm uitntlAtlflni. Mn. J. II. -", Prr1 lent of th Woman' Induitrlnl ChfUMftU Homa AMoclAtlen, prrtoutU hr unounl re 1-ort to tha olllofi of Mia Iimtltutlon on TufrJy Yulng It wai unanliuoui ly adopt!. The old ttllctri wrie i lccUtl for theeniulng year, ri rrort Ja aa follow! To the MemWrt of the Woman'a In-tluatrlalG'litUUau In-tluatrlalG'litUUau Home Awocla tlouofUUh. Hlnee uur 1at annual mt ttlnffi Oclo tr 7th, width Uott aJJourne-l to oYemU-rOtti the Utah Com ml talon. It ) rweitt h anl of tmim lament anJ control, on 2 orMnl.tr lltlilurnnlovcr to our AMorlatlou thfa LutMlng. Th la waa In accordance with an act of Cougrrwa appro Ted the 1 Dili of Oct lr. lftsS, a I art of which laaa fulhwi: "Wt-utaldtnjlMlhj;hall Lava Ueu ronilrtett anl fitilihcj, It hall be I li wi in UiniiMtoiiy of the In luttrlal t'hrtetlau Honin AMocIallon of Huh 'lrrrltury, to be iiml and occui ltd by Ufortheiurpoteofatdlog In the pun- rvwlon of pl)fAmy nnd of furnlnhltif? an Industrial home an 1 1 rnvlillnff em (lofuicnt andniranaof pirutrt for the undeiil womm who renounce Jol tfaui y, and (ho children ot audi women of tender ago la tald Territory." Terri-tory." At that date three women and U children! nlb lomatev, wtrerpcehlux theUtteninotthellimiu. Duilni; the current jear, from tho rejwrt of II e matron, Mn A. 1 llyort, the lnmatea In the liotue lu lrcembr were rlaTcii, fouMrointti and '-en children. , Sanlr Uonifn. ChiMrcn. tabruary -II I f Aprils . tl U y Jan ft 9 IS July 7 11 elifwUr .X a ll AtjrrM-nt writing UiM are twrnty In the Hone, tlyht women and iHrlvu IohllJrin Inalilltlon to these there Me atpllcitlom fur live, one woman, her iifrctj and Onto children whocome under the law. 1 leven ihll Iren arc at tending tclio.il hole nuiiilwr vt a I Ik a tit during the month! atari named, finy Mjvm. In thehlatory or theniNoclatlonl Hud that 111 no in, worm ii and ihlldren, have received tha nld of the lii.tltutlun JliIde Ihtae there haaUen an Rk'KfKatoof 31 up llranta not ileemml admlMablc Upon met. nuimrout anlkanta m ataiU, C'oiiku waMkvl lu tnlirge the co of the law. Thla wh thoiiiihtfully anl carefully cunldred ly Coiif-rtMiaul reeulted In the follow lute ameudmenta to tho original mtt theio amendment taklneellert whin tho Utah Commliilon wa UealtftiaUd n lloanlof onlrot. Tlieyare Mft, (lrtor IiRal win-, Kecond, women and Rlrla with l-KauiouifturruundlnRaludauBer l-KauiouifturruundlnRaludauBer ef le-Intt le-Intt courciU Into jwlygamy. Third, Klrlaof oli Raniout iHrrntaKeauiloii to ettai froniHlyKamouaurrouiil liijt. I ourth, wcmrii and girl who have Utn jropelylfHl tlnewhere, an 1 removM Into theTe rrltory In henorante of the exigence there of c lyeniy 1 am cleAr In my conviction that the Utah Cotnrnlloii aa the board of management anl control, It dijoml, Ina final derlilon. to muku ai crnerotu acniitrmtlon of thla law aa IU I uroe wUIrmtU .Sow the burden of esainlnatlon for adtnla-lon nui't flret be through the inachtneryof thla atnoclatlon, and hat devolved nun your executive com tullU-e or it iutcmmltteoaioliited by them. Although there ha- been no excel tlon taken In anyta-e, to Ihoso ftdniiltrtl, )t the at tlou of till- com-mlltte com-mlltte U-loc jroperly euljvet to re-liIoii re-liIoii an J rever-Un, may they not be Inclined to aijlythe moat atrkt con atructlonof theUw? ould It not l well to clarify a) pit. rntlonaand present for oon-ulUlloii to the board of control? 1 rt)ecttully call the attention of tbe a-hoclatlon to the Urd and 4lh amendnunti It whkh my rumarki dlrtotly aly aadaaklora dlituwlon thereon. It U hard toaee how Congrew could have done more fur the niwdy atjll cunts. uir mi relation hnj occasion Ue cemlwr Srd to wuilder apj llcallon from the Orham' Jloroo ireseiiti-d from the dlrtitora of that luwoclatloii. The following taw a were diiimd to I within the law and admlable: Margaret Hluijeon. aged t), on the aUtement of meUlcal attendant that the mothir'a death waa caused by In aanlly nsultlugfrom iwlygamy, Mrs Krlckvon aullur chlldnn by naimn of poverty anl temporary Inranlt) camel ly ol)gamy, Mr Caroline Miller and htr child, as coming un ler that (art of tho law nfcrrlng to the danger of Ulngcoercvd Into iKl)kamy; the chlllren of Airs. Wooduorth, u )olygmoua wjmjuIIi wlfu, were re itlved. the oil erranes jrisentcd were considered con-sidered doubtful fhe aiMicIatloii Is desirous of recetvlno; all chlldreu contemplated con-templated by tho law. lutheauof Congress fromwlilohl have quoted In this rtiort, this lulld-InUto lulld-InUto to ' uhhI and oiii led" ly this aaochtlon for the j urpoio of "fur-nlihlrg "fur-nlihlrg an Industrial homo andr-vUlng andr-vUlng rini loymunt and means of self sujitfirt." As esuntlal to this tho titat 11-hiuent of tho sevLral de artmenta as tookliitt, UriMiuaklng, tvo.vrltlig, tclegrah. lug, etc. have teen urgiiilty retom mended. Tu a limited extt at ha owe leu enabled to do this, rtachlnir. I lit little farther than Inqulrlc. court rnliitt them Hie only ludustrha of tho home have bten Iduiidryluir, dretw making, going out from tie homefjr eervliu anl for Mated unj loynit-ntt tbe remuneration for such services Is strictly kei 1 1 y the matron und given to the Individual earning the same for their owu IwtietH. Ha far as the nu m Lers and qualifications of tho Inmates would sane II on haw theve liilimtrlts leuu contlnuod To facilitate In Urt--maklngMrs M. A. lleik was engogetl In At rll as Instructor, at J-) iwr mouth To jroiuire therayfur thUutpattmtnt this lady gave her servlrts four montt s irevlous. aside from her hoard. This Is the only salary mU by the lustltu D tlon beside that of the matron and I cotk. The Importance of sultat ly wttabllih. I ha the departments cunuot bo too I nHy rr-ffuUd. I m8e (hat rry amouiit l n-ked for at nidation fu thla Mclfl(j-i ;- runUucl of the home m whl be iti Ihc rrU of tbe executive committee, am liven economical In every respect. Ilhnamoru than mtt the expectation of the Imrd. We ak that the u-ual ap raprlatlon offllXW, nece-sary for the nutenance and other legitimate expends of the home, be cratited for the itnlng yiar, and that this U j resented t y the Utah. Coliiml-hlun In their recommendations before Congress In my rrjwrt to the association a year atM I took occalon to sayt " are at tho threshold of changra Inevitable Inevit-able In this Territory couwiuent njKin tho i iifort ement or Unlte-1 Hlats laws, thti does not argue the rtpeal of -itch laws or tho abrogation of any tuition .error, rather the neoewdty of their continuance. Whether the lnmatea to few or mauy, tho fact remains tin anmr. Its exl.toncelipartof theUnluO Htales law for the nujrettlon of poly. a my, -t ,1 who shall ray what part Is most effective?" Changes have oi-(iirrcd oi-(iirrcd Toward the clo-lng t tho year there wan brought tefore the Mormon Mor-mon rx-ojlo the (n-MJV-to of Word Wvo-Jruir, their nsllent, advl-lng the "u-ttilon" of the jractlce of lolygamy. 1 now i ubllcly declare that my advice ad-vice tothoItitdr-dayUiluts U to refrain re-frain from rontraittug any marriage contrary to tho In w of the land " 1 he owning of theiriient J ear wlt-nied wlt-nied UtphnuJoient of the I'eo le'a larty, and a loo-rutfigLf Iho Ilea that boun la-: one tho adherents of the two great national i artlea Into tho LIU-ral jrty In opposition thereto. Whether such illvUlon on tarty Jin tie jremature Is not here to be ronaldered, but these are facts Indlrat-ltigcrvremaikstdechangis Indlrat-ltigcrvremaikstdechangis olthe hast of theae Is the first named, the ndvlceorthe Mormon preeldeut. Tho assembling of tho Mini annual conference confer-ence of the Mormon Church, now In session lu this city, may give lartlur evidence of rogreaslu Ihlsdlrtcllon In the chaugis we have notrd In thh Territory this Home has been an Important factor. This vkw Issis-U Issis-U I ned In the last rtport of the Utah corumlulon which haa I celt riad liforoyou. I quote t turn from the following: fol-lowing: ' Dltrereucoofoilnlon mayexUliui lowhat huiroduced this long desired teeult. It may not be too much to claim that (he rigid mtuuer lu which tho law against acxual offense has bren enforceil by the courts of thla Territory nul thefalthf il etformanre of this commission Ihrough the agin-cIm agin-cIm under Its control have Mn Urn irluiorauteforthhi change of front of this church on a question whhh, hitherto. It has declared una1trn.bl Itxetl In their faith and Irrevocable' Wheuweconilder that within the Ilfoof this organU-itloti, thiro lathe niordotau a-MniMage of reprcMUta tlve Mormon women at the Theatre to memorialize Congress In advocacy of (Kdygamy aid that their itltton Is still on Ate; that during the tamo irlod the im-ttlng of tho Imtersof the Mormon ( hurcli In conference at Imuran, where was relteraUd the doctrine that polygamy WMofDIvIno uvelatlou, newnllil lent I of their church, we mutt con elude that righteous Unlttd Htatc-a lawa an 1 the enfurct ment thereof have had an extended Jurisdiction. When sincere, devout women are led by teachings anl surrouullngs to acct j t this tenet. Its formal rt vocation lea le them a Irlft aa to authority, an I helpless, and (he mro need of sympathy sym-pathy lu their extremity, for they nre shorn ot the nllance that wotili sua tain tht in to the verye of mtrty rdom I Jo not refer to tho whv-e mis taken ride lea Is them to maintain this great wroup, however their trust nny be shaken, living lu homes where luxury acods nt despair, but to the larger number who are weary and kick at in ait. The restrictions that may have ke t needywqmcu aud children from the Home niiy le nominally removed, but the Intluemea anl evils which we would amelolratehave not vanished ly mere words of formal utti ranees. Tht y nru the growth of ) eir, and tht Ir removal mutt be by the ro-cessnf ro-cessnf years cf Ilka condemnation and revtralnj. To this have our e0uruleu dtrerled and for such it time Is the Homo i rovUedand twtabllahed. That we have ha 1 1 art lu It wo are f;lad,and this gtadnesa shoul 1 stlmu ate to greater tarnestness that more may receive the benefits provided. The jrogress that has btcu tns.lt, andlJiurf-iilU jet to come must not tw accredited alone to the e-tabll.h-mentof this home, to the enforcement of law, to the dignity of the re-s, or to faithful, "patient contlouauce lu well doing,11 for the real source cf sue cess back of alt law underlying all t xtre-slons of thought and Influence, urelu theiurlly of truth and lu the Inherent love and respect In tho hrarU of tho io le for tho American houu. lies pe( t fully submitted, JKANM-m 11. rrniu, Preside nt |