| Show I I JllLOYIENT FOR ccmnIC11 i i I i 1 4 A I 1 I The poor we hate always with us X A a no led And honored man among I 5 i ii the pioneers of Utah whose duties I 4 t i r brought him much In contact with unfortunate 0 V un-fortunate human beings once said 11 J I I Wo have the Lords poor and we I IP 4 11 have the devil i our and we han the i 11 I i I poor devils What to do with these I i m three classes ham been one ot the I 1 probkma of civilization In all sieve and I I it ki I A so countries I I I I It Is I particularly dlincult to manage I k I olq wth that portion of the poor that I I have served terms In prison and this I i I clement probably furnishes the mot 0 I I I i perplexing phases of the entire ques I I I lion ot dealing with the poor An ex I I convict Is nearly always nnd of noe Ill 0 I I 111 oily regarded with suspicion lie may I I I i Ill 1 i ie 4 nt any time rob or otherwise Injur Mi employer hence the reluctance or K It 14 1 the latter to employ him Vet If nol 11 I t given work he must become cither a I III I public charge aa a pauper or a public i 11 I I enemy as a criminal I r a t I 1 It the exconrlct U I refused the J I t1l T meting or earning all honet living he OR i Is 14 Ill I nan the best possible txcuse for re i 11 urnlng his criminal rareor4 and In the V VI I I lone run the general imhllc and the o i il 0 taxpayers especially are Injured In an i If I f I J creased degree Nonce good public i U policy rmulmi that discharged prisoners N V I pris-oners be given a fair how to live by 1 4 honest labor and this requirement Is I i I i I I I I t I 4 I I N reinforced by the behests of ethics and religion Persons who Are In n position to give nnrk to this clam or unfortunates will show the Renulr ness or their patriotism find or their faith In the teachings ot Christian It they profess any such falthby rurlllhlng ploymenl to the man who just emerged from prison finds himself a povertystricken outcast probably embittered against law and society and beset with the strongest templet tons to commit crime We may take a cynical view ot human hu-man nnlOro and make sarcastic unit pessimistic I remark about Its Ingratitude Ingrat-itude and general untrustworthiness but the great truth remains that In the t whole universe of God there exists no force that Is I more potent than love nnd a practical display of kindness towards the sinful and wicked members mem-bers of society no matter how desperate desper-ate they may be Is I more likely than any other available means to deter them from continuing on a downward course |
