Show E editorials dit 0 R I 1 ALS ONE KIND OF or beform MUCH NEEDED tim TUB Coate yer year has been boon held forth aa as an excellent time in which to start needed reforms As the centennial year I 1 is the year present it certainly is a good time tima to inaugurate reforms of various descriptions it id 15 the very beat time for the reason th that at there la Is no time like the time present dinong A morg the various kinds of reform that are needed in this great rei rek republic there is one that is very much needed and that is a stricter adherence to the truth the practice of exa exaggerating 09 aerating has become so prevalent throughout this country that ilia difficult to ascertain A from froni ordinary report the exact truth about any aby things that h happen a insensibly this habit w when hen ben f freely ree dy indulged in leads to an n u utter disregard of the truth with it h the ready evasive answer when complained of gro owe we were only joking you dont understand a joke A man is not in his right senses when he habitually exaggerates circumstances and falsely represents them and then exclaims that he was only in sport it is the part of foolishness not wisdom to shelter its habitual acts note under the excuse cu ge of fun futi joke or sport this debasing habit has vitiated the whole bat mat ional life and made sober truth telling and fair representation great rarities it is no uncommon thing to hear bear disgusted men of soberer habits men not soaked in ia exaggeration exclaim against the americans As jas goa a nation of li arsA arba and thi ahia reputation has gre greatly itly grown if athas has hns not altogether sprang from this hurtful habit of exaggeration and misrepresentation resen tation perhaps nowhere in the union is this tills reprehensible habit more freely indulged in irk ihan than in utah by those who set themselves in bitter opposition to the practices organization peace prosper prosperity itys and very existence of the people known as Mor mona the organ of the ariti an ti 9 mormon clique is constantly so full of exaggerations misstatements misrepresentations falsehoods slanders and libels that no fair minded citizen will suffer it to come into his bouse house to corrupt liis ilis family and nobody will accept its statements as correct unless corroborated ro from some source known or believed to be trustworthy this habit of exaggerating misrepresenting and falsely reporting in particulars naturally induces highly colored generalizations which w aich are not bup Eup supported ported by the facts and these faulty generalizations creep into currency inguar in quarters whence truthful statements are especial especially lv expected as we have many times shown and quite recently in regard to enunciations enunciation from tho betich beri beti cb in which truth should hold supreme control i lot us see therefore a speedy reform in ti IOE which now is the accepted urna time curb the spirit of exaggeration and misrepresentation aen ren tation and then the truth will bo be more likely to become common currency and und false views of men an and 4 things will be far less common gommon than t they hey are A JUD JUDICIAL clial STATEMENT T turis thris 1 I A T I 1 S iq lT 0 OTTRUE T vt 17 E tim THE supreme court of this his territory recently took upon itself to declare that polygamy had been proclaimed and nod practised in this territory from its ita first settlement to the present time in defiance of the statute of bf tho the united states V against it I 1 7 r this is a statement that is not strictly true ngwe will proceed to show aa 1 this region was first settled july 4 1817 2 utah was waa constituted buted a territory by congress in the organic act being approved by t the tho lle president on 9 of that year 3 plural marriage was practiced practised in this region froim from ita its first settlement twenty nina nino years ago and anthe way here even previous to that time so that it is a practice established more than n gelie gerie generation ration rallon ago 4 to pio plo proclaim clairn means to mahe moke conspicuously known by public announcement to wide publicity to to promulgate 11 5 polygamy was not preached and proclaimed aa as an estable established practice until done so at a f special pedal confor confer enca of the eiden eldera of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints held in this city aug 28 and 29 1832 1852 the nii nit minutes of this conference were published soon after in the DESERET N ws and in an EXTRA to the ni NEWS A few months later they were aio alo also I 1 published bli bil a he d it iu the states slates cast and in europe iro ito p e 0 6 so that it is not a fact that polygamy lias has been preached and proclaimed from the firo fira settlement of the territory it IL was nol not preached prea hed and proclaimed either elther at the first settlement of thib this valloy or at the organization of the territory 7 neither id Is it a fact tact that it was preached proclaimed and tid then in de defiance flance of the statu statute te of the united slates plates against it for there was no united estates law against it until 1832 1833 at which time it had been practiced acal ed but not preached and proclaimed in these valleys not les lems than 11 years and it had been preached and proclaimed not less than titan ten years 8 it is not a fact that it is preached pro proclaimed claimed and practised practiced now as a rule in denance defiance 0 of f the statute of the united st states ates against it the principle is preached proclaimed and practiced practised not for the purpose of defying the law of the united but because of a deep seated irresistible conviction that it is a high religious duty the united states conried Con cou gies edit esit made the law against again it in de defiance flance of the sacred religious convictions of the members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and also as those members are well assured in defiance of the constitution of the united states and of the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty upon which the government of or the un united cited states was founded and which are the particular pride and spread eagle boast of the people of the united states 9 0 that piece of legislation was procured on the basis of fal faige faise false SO r representation senta sen tation tift and prejudice pope pepe people ople opie were to come here from the states s officials as well weil as non after the broat groat I 1 and abd little ou fashion they were possessed with the tho idiotic idea that they knew everything and the people ot of uns una merri Verri territory tory knew nothing many of these per persons ons were unprincipled adventurers I 1 k ang ng tricksters trick who for political and pecuniary purposes would write back ack east or go to congress with the basest lies and slanders on their tongues or in their thor pen fensand sand and do everything they could to procure cure esome some restrictive special le legislation g I 1 sla sia affecting utah men alen foul in conversation bud and habits full of adultery and all m gmuer inner of corruption tiong would do all they could think of to induce congress to legit legislate lAte against the plural marriage tided in utah and thus uproot a scriptural and long established re legious and social eastom custom A st similar in class of men run down to washington now every session hession and en endeavor denvor to procure iv legislation against utan in III fact it may mav be set down as a g genera nera rule diat that when a man is bitterly and unfairly opposed to mar ariage rna ria geas goas as taught in tho the scriptures lud practiced practised by the latter day saints he belon belou belongs belous s to an adulterous and wicked g generation ene ration and his deeds will not bear investigation in in n the light of truth and virtue BUYING BUSING MACHINERY WITH NOTES IN WRITES ITES from columbus platte county neb july julyia 15 to the omaha herald on a subject not unfamiliar to the tho farmers of utah tamah and in a strain that it would not hurt t hern them to consider as follows another harvest time has come forthe for the farmers of central nebraska and an exceedingly abundant one it promises to be the rye and bar barley ey have principally u cl pally al all ali I 1 been cu cut t and put in shock shook in good condition will be all secured in stack the coming week if it the weather is ia favorable vo rable and then the wheat will be ready for the numerous harvesters headers combined machines belt sell ake rake and self binder dropper etc which which it Is really to e eee see i eb have bave been sold within the past p list lyst two weeks ecks I 1 have no official data from tho the balers dt alera but am uro ure nuro that more than of the different styles of harvesting harvee harveo ting machines inachin ya have beeb been sold up to this thi time and the season keason for selling will last two weeks longer the average price of these articles of luxury to the farmer will be at least making a nice little pile of that has ha been given jut here in notes by the bone and and sinew of this county within this short time the first ol 01 the notes is called for this fall ranging from october lat to january lat and most of the purchasers will lo ike 10 able this season to meet their payments out of this crop as tho the prospect now for a large crop crep and of or fine flue quality ty 1 I 1 unprecedented in the history et of the country r y but the payments coming juu jue next 1 x t year and the year ear following must be made and if it a short crop intervenes the manufacturers must carry them over and when they do that must hav have e J judgments 9 with wilh good bond filed fi led for stay oali of execution when that time lime expires the machine is worn out and in all probability the purchaser must sell the last cow to meet the payment nent 11 how ia Is it with the farmers of utah in regard to pure purchasing hasi basi ng reaping and mowing machines maehl machi nes neg sewing machines and anil many other machines as well as RB various implements and things on the strength of their note notes Is not nol much of this sort of business done Is there not too much of it would it not be better for the farmers and country people generally if there was waa much less of it done dene the harvest is now commencing but how much of it in the various settlements is already pledged to pay for machines vehicles implements etc already obtained and aind perhaps many of them half worn out of the incoming harvest pledged for things already had and used it 13 ia 13 eili worse to have large largo portions of the harvests of years ahead pledged in a similar manner and for fon or value already received and made use of or leaving very little if any margin for this year and for several severally years ears to come with which to make desia abie able current purchases bur bun chabes chases of many little things badly needed as each month and year roll on it seem seema to ua us that it would be wel well it t this buying on pledge of crops to come were thought though to over seriously berou sly siy what if it crops shou should id fall tail what if grasshoppers orsome or bome some other destructive visitation should abma upon the crops these pledged crops as well as others other ruin would stare many people in the face what is the use of making oneself the slave of another when it 1 ii 14 4 possible todo to t do o without it it will do no harm to think of these things before beford iner increasing i easing this hind mud of business |