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Show suggestion. . Undoubtedly the purposes of charity can beat be subserved by promoting the self-respect of ihe" recipient. - Whether the farm plan is feasible is open' to debate, bat undoubtedly the honest man or woman, reduced to poverty by untoward circumstances, circum-stances, but physically able to perform labor, would take any honorable means of earning his or her own livelihood rather than accept the pittance which charity doles out. . tThe man of means who employs his capital in en-terprises'that en-terprises'that give employment to people does not do so from philanthropic motives, perhaps, but nevertheless nev-ertheless he does more than he who builds colleges or libraries, or distributes his money in. so-called benevolences. The manufacturer, the merchant, the mine-owner, those who keep the wheels of commerce moving, benefit not only themselves but the community. com-munity. The weekly or monthly payroll keeps money mon-ey in circulation and provides means by which the honest men'f toil may supply food and clothing to their families. It builds up the community. Practical charity may do much toward relieving immediate needs along the lines suggested by the writer, but the building of mills, smelters, foundries, packing-houses and other works of industry will do more it will give employment and make labor honorable. Practical PhasB of Charity. A contributor to The Telegram offers the following follow-ing suggestion on the subject of charity: 'Editor Telegram: If any of the charitably disposed dis-posed iradeis'of your paper would spend a few dollars dol-lars for 1 he purchase of a baby buggy, a wushinir. irnchine Hid furniture to furnish two rooms for liht housekf eping, they would make a poor widow who has thue small children to take car? of independent inde-pendent of charity and place her in a position to earn her own living. "JXn't you think this would be better than to be continually giving her the necessities of life a little nt a time? The different relief societies never seem to willing to spend any money toward making ji ny ene independent.- "In this connection I would like to say also that there are hundreds of men with families all over this county that would gladly go on farms if the opportunity oppor-tunity offered them on the same terms that the Salvation Sal-vation Army does in its colonies. I can't understand under-stand why such colonies are not established in every i State of the Union. It is far better to make people earn their own living than to be continually beslow-: beslow-: ing charity. Of course some people do uot want . the poor to be independent. They want them to be poor and plentiful so they can always hire servants. "I think there is enough idle capital in Utah to ' form a colony, on the Salvation Army plan, only on a financial bas'is instead of a religious one. At the same time I believe that it would please God more than to sing and pray a hundred years. Please agi- tate this subject for the benefit of humanity." There is much that is sound and sensible in these |