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Show Supplementing Its article of last week, "What's tho matter with Utah?" which, by tho way, was highly complimented compli-mented by many prominent citizens, Truth proposes a plan of action for tho press of this city, including the esteemed Doseret News. It Is this: No matter what may bo tho results of the foaming and frothing at tho mouth on tho part of tho malcontents who are doing do-ing all they can to injure this state, let tho balance of us put our shoulder to the wheel and go to boosting. Just now the mineral resources of Utah are in excellent condition. Bingham is forging to tho front as never before in history. Park City and Eureka are coming out strong and mining generally gener-ally is looking up. Tho population Is increasing and the prospects are for a splendid market for tho produce of tho farmer, tho fruit grower and the stock raiser. Tho now railroads will certainly certain-ly onhanco tho price of real estate, and from indications It appears as if there would bo something doing all over the state In tho lino of home seeking by persons from other states. Immigration Immigra-tion agents of tho railroads say there will be soveral colonies hero soon, to sottlo in northern Utah. Under these circumstances why not ignoro nil this confounded knocking and got to boosting. Lot us pull together to-gether and build up Utah. Ho who declines de-clines to do this is an enemy to tho futuro of tho region circumscribed by tho established boundaries. Ho who puts his shoulder to tho wheel Is a friend. Let us stop this eternal nonsense. non-sense. By tho way newspapers nro not tho only ones doing tho knocking. There is tho outsido knocker with a long face and there Is tho ecclesiastical knockor with a round face tho result of good feeding. One prates and croons about "business being dull" as a result of tho "Mormons boing in power," while tho other follow whispers of parlous times nhead "for our peoplo," because tho wicked Gentiles "are interfering with the Lord's work." Thoro is no uso talking nbout ono side only being to blame; both need disciplining. Tho Lord helps thoso who help themselves, and If ever a community of peoplo neodod to get out and hustlo it Is us follows hero nt homo. Wo aro no moro favored than any other class at tho hands of tho Lord. His sunshine and his rain make tho seed grow in the other forty-four states and the territories. terri-tories. He has prospered the Presbyterian, Presby-terian, the Catholic, tho Baptist and the Methodist In other latitudes. Tho crops have grown and the wheels have whirled. Men and women have been born and have died confident of tho hope of a glorious resurrection and will continue to be born and dlo in the same manner of thinking. We haven't any license to say wo aro tho sole and only favorites of tho Almighty, because be-cause Ho Is giving us ocular demonstrations demon-strations every day and hour that there aro other pebbles on the scclal beach. In view of the light we havo at hand It seems that we will all bo doing the Lord's work If we get together and mutually mu-tually improve the opportunities Ho has placed within our reach. This perpetual per-petual knocking never will do U3 any good, but will, on the contrary, weigh against us In tho final judgment, as did tho action of the man who buried his talents and lot them He idle instead in-stead of using them. |