Show TOPICS FOR THE TIMES IN the circular recently issued by the first presidency to thet the different presidents of stakes bishops their counselors and other onn off officers leers and members of the church some excellent suggestions lave have been given for the consideration of the entire people ag As the first presidency remark there is an excellent field for fer the exercise of the highest administrative and executive talent among the people orthis of this territory in organizing different branches of industry and furnishing employment to those who are unemployed in our midst recent occurrences inthe in the east and west foght to impress us with the necessity for action t i he be taken by us in this direction there are too intall people unemployed in ih this territory for the prosperity of themselves or of tile the community we have been nott noted d as a people for bur activity aud and pi persevering industry instead of losing that character wo we should ake take pains to have it better established but this will not le the case are ase if f a portion of or our people pe ipie are compelled to be idle for a community mu n 1 V to be happy lappy and prosperous its members hould be const constantly attly artly employed idleness whether en juiced for the want of remunerative lal or nr or from choice of those who indulge in it is the parent of innumerable evils it is a an old and very true saying thai that clan lian an idle waris mans brain ia is the bevills dev ilys ills wo workshop rk and experience proves that idleness arid and vice go hand in hand the leading it men of every settlement should did wid uld take taue into serious con the tl tho o best beat method by which employment can be furnished every person within their limits who is capable of performing labor labo r there are many ninny people who are wil wll wilier to work who do not have the faculty of creating work for themi elves s other men possess that faculty ana aua if they had bad a hundred bundred bands hands instead of two they could find flud employment for them theme all thebe latter should exercise their talents in devising ways and means by which those who have not riot the aptitude for furnishing themselves work might bo be employed there are numberless branches of industry that might be established among us tie which are totally neglected every branch brancia of manu chuie however insignificant it may be that keep heep a dollar in the territory tory torf hat that would otherwise 0 go out of or it is ft a direct to the entire community and every ciery every eveny man who has any influence amone the people should use it to the fullest extent to increase our articles of manufacture and to lessen our importations sufficient care caro la is not taken among us to awaken and utilize the energies gies of the young suitable employments ploy ments are re not furnished as freely to young men as they ought tobe to he this i is snot not only an injury to the young joung men themselves but a I loss iss ss to tho the v entire entire community young men who are not properly employed and whose yearnings for a life of usefulness are kite not gratified are ate liable to fall into bad habits and to place comparatively little baue value upon themselves and their ef efforts lorts the energy which if properly directed would make mahe make mako them useful citizens and valuable members of the community runs to waste and is expended iu in directions that are gre injurious to themselves and unprofitable to the community if it a CL strict account were kept of all the time that ia fir wasted in this territory because be ealise calise of the jack of constant employment the aggregate amount would be amazing to a great many people who have bave not reflect reflected od u upon uron poll this subject sulf ret tet when wo we consider that time Is money we can understand how serious is the lossi iossi loss not only to the individual but to the territory terro J leading men business men men with the capacity to organize think of these thess things and in your various settlements get got together and devise plans to t remedy these evils instead of having the men of your settlements spend the winter in caring for a few stock and hauling and cutting 0 fuel the chief ehle em employ ment of many persons in n numbers u in j of our settlements during the winter season beason provide means for their employment and if they do not make large wages they can earn something arld and probably acquire skill and certainly be kept out of mischief |