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Show PEET KEEPS UP THE GOOD WORK. I 'I Tho Camden, Pa., Post-Telegram ot H April -1-1 lias tho following: H Tho lecturo given by V. S. Peot, of , H Salt Lako City, on "Utah and tho Mor- H moiis," in Post 5, G. A. R. Hall, last H evening was a direct contradiction to H tho stories generally hoard on that WH subject. Mr. Pcet said ho represented H Utah business men who aro trying to H put Utah right In tho oyes of tho peo- . H plo of tho eastern states. His cam-pnlgn cam-pnlgn Is novel from tho fact that ho offers guaranteed rownrds to tho H amount of $13,000 to tho peoplo who H ho clnlms aro slandering Utah If they can in uk o good their statements. H Mr. Peet offered ?1,000 for proof of H each and every plural marriage by tho Mormons since September 30, 1800. - H Also ?1,000 for proof of each and ovory H caso of Mormon church interference H or demonstration In politics. H Mr. Peot offered identically tho samo H rowards to Senator Dubois, of Idaho, H whom Mr. Pcet halted In a speech at H the Mothers' Congress in Philadelphia H thrco weeks ago. In comparing tho H now irrigated farms In Utah with tho H farms In tho eastern states Mr. Peet H said: "Tho owls hoots In many Now Eng- H land farm houses and tho spider has H spun its web across tho corn-houso H door. Tho once prosperous farms aro H being deserted and their owners aro H going westward whoro thoy will re- H eclvo for their labors many times tho -H reward thoy would on tholr old worn- .fl out farms. They aro tired of working S all day and doing chores all night to S oko out an existence, and aro moving V Ill westward to better things. Utah has u practically solved the labor problem In fl Now Jersey and Pennsylvania, ' "The great question that confronts j the people Is the labor problem. The f,. laboring people want moro wagos and t fowcr hours of labor. Tho labor problem j will never bo solved as long as lntolll- n gen men and women have to depend n on a boss for their bread and butter I' and a landlord for a house- to llvo In. I! In Utah ninety per cent of tho farmers M own tho farms thoy llvo on and eighty- I'l nlno per cent are free from dobt. In I such a community thoy care but little I' whether wages or rents go up or down. Thoy havo plenty of work and plenty Ij of lelsuro, havo plenty to cat, drink I nnd wear, and are not forming labor n unions or employing walking dele- I gates. "Wo havo plenty of room out west; j moro room than anything olso. Broad plains and high mountains havo a ten-j ten-j dency to muko broad and liberal peo- ' pie. To bo cooped up In a llttlo nar row flat with a family where God's ' sunlight can only peak In two narrow windows has a tendency to make the , peoplo narrow, cross and peevish. The narrow flat in tho cities too much resemble re-semble tho 3xC spot In tho cemetery. "Polygnmy has been doad sixteen I years and at Its most prosperous pe- I rlod there were loss than four per cent i of tho population In polygamy and to- I day thoro Is not ono polygamist to 1,000 of the population In Utah. Polygamy Poly-gamy was never a cardinal law In the Mormon church nnd was nover a part of their articles of faith." Mr. Poet closed his address by asking ask-ing tho anti-Mormon societies win thoy were distributing so many untruthful un-truthful tracts to incite ono section ! of tho country against another without cause. |
