Show TUIli TO 10 HALT II A 11 Under the above heading the her ter Mesa Mase Oal Hb some so weeks ago 00 had an au editorial that our notice but bul which has Ima been bean font nt In to u us UI by a n 1 friend That paper has generally ex R a fainters and candor and n nl the some same time lime an nn understanding of at the tire situation in Ur reference to Utah affairs lira renders HH Ile utterances of weight I and force toree This is l out of ot tho the line of ot eastern comments on such topics and Is b therefore na ne striking an ItI anIt asIl It Il IH Is commendable We Wo copy COIl the ar lt lido verbatim and regard It II ua us rational and timely That Thal Mormonism Is le a n very real rORI force In the stocky Hock Mountain states no ono one who has hns followed th the testimony given In III the course of at the inv investigation will have han the to 10 deny Tho rho extent of force however us LIB affect affectIng affectIng 1 Ing InK states suttee outside of ot Utah Ulab I Is u as 1111 yet scarcely comprehended The article by Hay Itay Maker Duker In the June issue of 01 the Century on en the vitality and work worl of 01 Mormonism m Is I therefore most timely Mr usher de describes describes scribes 8 the tho conditions prevailing In III Utah and ond neighboring state shoes Just as he found them Ills conclusions are that the Mormon church Is In n 1 most mo l potent Influence In the development of ot the mountain states slates und and territories and nUr that thil without the Church th the region would still be a n comparative wilderness He ne also aleo thinks think that with the rapid ld Increase of ot population and wealth ww I throughout the territory affected by Mormonism the Ih narrow creed confine confines will be broken over as nil they tutu arc al rut already ready to some extent among the younger members of ot tho the Church and aud that thal the lire evils which trove hwo brought so 80 much criticism on the tho Church will bedone be he bedone done away with by b sheer force toree of ma mn progress The tilling filling of at the land with people does doea away with the feces sHy for tor n a L mold Increase In population i hence he re polygamy Is Ie bound to lo die because unsuited to modern conditions of ot life The of ot economic law will wll oper operate operate operate ate In III the th Church as HI everywhere else elle elleIn In the world those Iho e Individuals Individual who are out of harmony with the tho con can conditions which surround modern life There Thero seems to have been beell a growing conviction of ot late lole both In III the i pres res and In comment from the platform platform that th lh lire Smoot moot Investigation having to 10 the tho nation nallon the tho actual state stale of affairs prevailing In lh the Mormon Church has gone far enough opinion not only O but Mormon will win do the rest r al A further pursuit of ot the th Investigation would appear to 10 have but bUl one result that of treating creating a use useless less lesI bitterness between n the Mormons and the teat of ot the nation The Tho people leollo of ot Utah Ulah would probably look upon lie JIG proceedings as u n a long Ion drawn lion flan and any Rny attempt of ot outs outside de au nu to lo the Institutions In of ot MormonIsm by b force torce would simply turn 11 Hu AH I i nom M ft t t A r nn tl w s end fl nn excite It the I lilt lit U Utho line yr tho tiro sympathy of the world worM This has always been and probably willbe will willbe be he the rule rulo where any ony question of at red reil r ll glon glop Is le Involved An attack train from with nut Is 18 successful only In advertising the cult leading Inevitably to n a strengthening lath both of at membership and of the persecuted The Mormon Church Is la alive to 10 Its II power and Influence Alread It Il Is making the greatest possible capital out of the Smoot hearings h and In oar ear tying on an active propaganda of the faith In lit every ever large larf city of ot the east eat and wet und 1101 even In lie Its people are are Industrious hardy tem lem temperate lemand temperate and faithful to the organization which by bV the tho way 8 Is la one of the strong oat O t and nd wealthiest st In the world The he Mormon Church brae little to fear and antI everything to gain by continued public Investigation Its shame shami hRS has been pub lI hed to 10 the world Further attempts to 10 drag out Information w inn fAil n only lend to making rushing the shame lees lea obvious by covering It Il under u II mn mass of ot unessential nta testimony and by b raising ral ln the cry of or persecution of ot the faithful |