| Show ED E editorials D I 1 TO RI A LS SUBJECTS FOR wn publish in this ahls issue isano a letter from index suggesting subjects for tho consideration of our territorial legislators all of them are worthy of attention but we think our correspondent is mistaken in his hia views concerning tho the water question and that he has not care f fully ally investigated the powers of municipalities in regard to intemperance talking 9 up the last subject first an examination examina Uon of the charters given to incorporated cities id this territory shows that they are most of them endowed with power to license regulate prohibit or restrain the the tho manufacturing selling or giving I 1 aay a ay of vinous vinon on s or arnen Armen fermented ted tea burely surely this Is enough to cover the groan ground d without further territorial legisla leg legislation taia iala the regulation of the tho liquor traffic is one of the most perplexing of municipal problems there are arc very few cities in christendom where entire prohibition can be made effective the sentiment nt of the people is general ly lymore moro more powerful than rules or enactments act net ments menta all ail kinds hinds of devices to evade the law are resorted io to in places where prohibition ia Is established and in localities where peo plo in any considerable li umbers numbers reside who are determined to have intoxicants regulation by license la Is deemed more practicable than prohibition and less productive of a spirit of lawles lawies lawlessness s in utah outside of three or four cities it is possible to prevent the public sale eale of intoxicating drinks logan is Js an example of this kind but in cities like salt bait liike lake any attempt of the kind would prove abortive in the first place the law would be eva ova evaded ded or denied defied and in the second place the federal courts would not austain sustain the municipal authorities in the enforcement thereof as our past history has proven people cannot be toe legislated into M morality bality ra lity temperance like other virtues must be instilled into the public mind and heart and by example as well as precept the rising generation aeration ne ration must be taught the ben we hits fits ts of abstemiousness they must be imbued with a horror of tit the effects of inebriety and trained to habits of self restraint and self denial the water question is one that will in all probability receive special attention from orom the legislative assembly index seems to take the ground that water food clothing and education should be provided by the state for all its citizens this ia Is as close as possible to undiluted communism perhaps ho he does not nol intend to convey this idea to i so great an extent but this ia Is aha what t we gather from his remarks the state should protect its citizens in their lawful rights but betit it is not considered dered the duty ot of th eState to ta provide for them all thalas that is necessary tor for their sustenance individual exertion la is the source of national wealth as well as AA of private property and the wants of people are the incentives to labor a A living secured millions would sink into indolence which ia Is wei the parent of vice and soon the handte bandle would have bothin nothing g to handie handle hang bang for the fhe support of its citizens or orto to restrain violence and punish the lawbreaker law breaker in this territory landed property y and water rights are in most instances correlative the laud land ia Is of little value without the water ir rigal rl galion lonis is essential to cultivation if the water which flows down down from the mountains in limited volume Is to be as free as light and air to the bastas last lash as well aa as to the forat settler bottler why should not the land be just as aadree free why have any pro property arty lights rights at all if the land and the water were ag as inexhaustible haus tible in quantity as 9 the light and the air perhaps the views of 1 index might ight prevail but the early settlers in thia this region chose their locations in the vicinity of streams and acquired their rights to the mo use of the water as they did to the possession of the land by labor they made the ditches for the water they built the fences for the land when the land came into market they paid the govern rovern 4 overn ment price for it and secured their titles now it appears to us some legislation is needed whereby thoy they c cn can n secure their titles to the water which should be valid legal anti and transferable like land titles but this Is a matter smatter that requires much reflection and careful arrangement because while land Is in fixed dimensions the water is variable in quantities and arule aruie a rule ruie which would apply toone to one would not hot bo applicable to the other we suppose index and many others who think like him upon the water question will ask what is id the new now comer to do for or irrigating fluid we ask what does he dt for land boesho doeg doea he take takes a piece of some old bettl settlers erd erX land as th the a irish immigrant did his neighbor potatoes on the ground thac that thib this is a free country if not I 1 why should he claim the old settlers water witter supply new comers are not obliged to congregate in neighborhoods where land jand and water are botn both searce bearce but bave nave thu the opportunity to do aa as their predecessors did go to a place where landis plenty and waler water abundant t there are many small smail settlements i caling out fon tor company and inviting tho the presence ot of the industrious if people choose to stay in the cities and towns where the land is taken i up and the water is insufficient they must put up with the con sequences if legislation could make land bound boundless lessa lesba and nd water inexhaustible laws might be passed pawed to secure eveny every new now comer a farm and every i farmer an irrigating stream but under present circumstances the rights of water owners should we think be made as secure as the rights of land proprietors for they have earned them in much the bame same manner but there is one ono thing to be co considered U in this connection the volume of water has greatly increased since these theae valleys were first inhabited by the saints we are indebted to divine providence for this great change for our benefit and seeing that we are dependent on his bounty for this supply no one should be greedy nor unmindful of the wants of others othera A liberal spirit should govern in this important matter and every old settler ought to be willing that thai the streams should be tie divided to their utmost capacity loi lot keu thu xe aes good of the greatest number self iguess la is as to be deprecated on the one hand as groundless claims on the other the newcomer new now comer should not demand as a right that which he can only obtain as a privilege and tho the old settler should not stand too stiffly on his lu individual divid ownership but be willing to divide with the needy as far as is consistent being governed by prudent charity rather than stubborn prerogative we hope that the wise heads of tile the community will think outsole out some bome measure that will be applicable to the requirements of the times in in irrigation matters and that a law will be passed during the approaching session which will protect the rights of companies and individuals settle the question of water claims and titles and at the same time be liberal and generous towards that class called new now settlers which wili will continually increase in numbers and necessities index index and others are welco welcome me to present their views on subjects requiring the attention of our lawmakers alid and if we do not always concur that should be no cause of offense offence on either side HISTORIC FAITH A A blam preacher named macrae has been expelled from the ministry of the united presbyterian church for lack of sympathy with some of the tenets of its f historic faith falth particularly with the orthodox doctrine of facture future punishment mr macaras respectfully asked the synod to give a definition of the present faith of the church on the subject of hell as compared with the teachings of the past but that body declined thinking no doubt that it might show as great a diffie difference rence nence aa as that for which the tha deposed minister was deprived of its support the following Is clipped from a sermon by ebenezer erskine one ode of the great scotch luminaries of that church and shows what used to be its ita historic fa faith falth ithon on this interesting question oh I 1 what a bed is thiel no feathers but fire no friends but furles farles no ease easo but fetters no Asyl daylight ight but darkness no clocks to pass away be time but endless eternity fire eternal always burning and never dying ohi ohl who can endure everlasting fl anies fc it shall not be quenched night borday nor i day the am smoke oke thereof shall go b up p forever and ever the Tho wicked shail shall be crowded together like bricks in a fiery furnace how many presbyterian preach ers era who are still permitted to retain their clerical positions dare announce today to day their adherence to such euch sentiments as aty these to doubt which a few years ago would have been counted fatally heterodox the creeds of men change with the march of intellect LOTTERY SWINDLES HONEST people throughout the country all endorse the course of the postmaster general for the suppression of the lottery swi bwl swindles adles which have swallowed up ao so much of tho the cash of the simple in relation to this matter our correspondent at washington D 0 writes there ia is a report in a morning paper to the effect that the united states district court will issue an injunction against the postmaster Pos master general generals recent embargo upon the malls of lottery and other swindles iut hut but your correspondent has just seen the postmaster general and bas baa learned that there is no truth in the report judge reys Keys just ajust war on these brazen swindles will be kept up and extended the amount of good that has been accomplished and will be accomplished can be realized only when it is known that thousands of shar pers in the cities are preying upon gullible people in t he the country to the exten extent t of 0 millions of dollars every year the gullible class are kept from honest industry by utopian hopes arnd the swindlers lers are kept from industry in the penitentiary by aliases and skill in evasion of law it atia is really astonishing that so many people can be found who will answer letters and send bend money to persons persona about whom they know nothing and allow themselves to be duped by glittering promises which a little investigation show to be hollow and transparent rhe the safest way is to avold avoid ci alig all nil games a m as of chance pay no attention to persons who oner to sell things at jess than cost and trade only with well established and respectable firms and dealers 0 O gac C COMMUNICATED 1 SUPPLY AND DEMAND and statesmen political economists economie ts and politicians haye hate each had much very much to say in regard to the above topic volume after volume essay aft after er essay and speech after speech have been written and made to show that the one ia Is for ever contingent upon the other the law is baid said to be universal and learned men tell us that trade and commerce depend entirely upon the operations of this unerring a and nd eternal law while in the great field of labor where earths toiling tolling millions gain their daily bread you will find man many V of those whose continued life gives the lie to the adopted the theory ory and so thoroughly indoctrinated with the conclusions of the schools are these that they submit to many an sin indignity and encroachment upon their rights a condition from which they would speedily deliver themselves did they really apprehend the truth it is very pleasant no doubt to the employer of labor to thus plausibly enslave his fellow it is very agreeable to the capitalist to ply the needy man mau who asks a loan with suggestions as to how much interest he is able to pay and thus to make makes by usury eyer ever increasing additions to his already plethoric store it is wonderful how promptly and how glibly religious men even a v 81 to say nothing of purely bu busi busl business siness ness nees men point to as a season reason for depreciation or advance aa as circumstances culia cum stances may appear to suggest the great secret of cupply anu anil demand time was when many of the necessities and conveniences of life merethe were the product offhand labor machinery while it created an im increased productive capacity also raised gradually but stead stend steadily ilythe the remuneration of the employed ao so that a nation ballon like great britain until recently sustained her thirty four millions of workers whereas before the era of machinery she barely numbered twenty millions of the same class but now we are ate told the markets of the world are glutted with all the products of human skill okill hence there is a suspension of labor in manufactories manu factories in coal pits in foundries and many other branches of industry men are idle we are told because the supply exceeds the he demand bo so measures are adopted to limit the creation of fabrics or of articles of use necessity convenience and luxury the output of coal is to be lessened the whirl of and flame of furnace are both to cease until a sc ertain certain consumption has haa taken ewhen these mammoth are adain again to give employment to those who wait for labor now this surplusage of production is either real or artificial ifft if it is real every persons person lis wants for the time being must be Bup supplied plied piled and the reason that there are no purchasers must be because none wan want t it must surely be apparent that even among the most wealthy anu and generally well to do nations if you consult the great public you will nind rind that there are myriads ot of wants which as yet are to which many would bay say true but those who want have not the means to purchase 71 just so bo and right here ails falls to pieces that wonderful fabric which ignorant and designing men have BO so unwisely and wickedly erected that a man mau who gives hla hia life to the fabrication of dress material should be barely clad that a man who raises bread and beef as a farmer should be half fed that a mechanic in his domestic life be unable to purchase that thai which his own skill creates that which is calculated to aid his social comfort and convenience Is among the problems and phenomena which no feller faller can find outi if the working bee in the great hive of a nation a man who is willing and able to work needs a latter or r u better h se s irrie irlie if fie tie needs oin oun more or better cloth cloin ng g 1 l be needs more furniture or crockery books or pictures if he have any legitimate and want unsupplied it should be the duty of rulers and statesmen it should command the attention of philosophers and social economists of divines and men man of thought in every direction directions to devise means by which those wants could be supplied more attention should be joe gi given ven to the distribution of the products human labor and skill and the striplings strip lings who work for human progress and advancement should go forthwith forth with the sling of logic and the pebbles of truth to slay the ogre and giant mi supply and demand we think in this community that labor is too abundant that it waits for opportunity that the supply is more mere than e quai equal to the demand yet here is a race which for rapidity of increase will astound the world anu ana and ana the exceptions prove the rule in regard to the necessities and wants of our general 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