Show THE scattering POLICY THE now new york herald philadelphia bulletin and many other prominent journals are rejoicing over the supposed fact that a large number of mormon 0 young men have forsaken the falth faith and 11 throwing overboard their religion are am leaving utah to start life anew in communities where they will be free to act independent of the command hii of the theocratic rulers these jubilations are caused by some remarks made by president george Q cannon at the late con derence in this city he spoke of the disposition of many of our young men to scatter into surrounding regions in order to secure large areas of land he thought this was not good policy the latter day sal saints ants had bad been called to gather no not to scatter and he did not think it wise wige for young people to go away from their homes to such distant places this did not imply in the least that tile youth of zion were forsaking their religion as our outside contemporaries imagine the editors who have taken this peculiar vie view have been drawing attention to the overflow of frior louism luto surrounding territories and sounding bounding the alarm to tha nation as portending the bal power in those territories in the hands of the mormons cormons Mor mons why should they now proclaim that this overflow means the departure from the faith of those who thus migrate there Js is no such wholesale apostasy as ae depleted depicted by these forgetful and inconsistent writers change of abode does not mean change of faith desire for a large farm does not imply ay iy renunciation of a mans religion young people or old people need not throw their belief overboard when ohen they start life anew in some newly settled region it is a question of policy not of fidelity to principle neither is it necessary to go outside of the boundaries of utah or any of its counties to be free to act inde pendent of theocratic rulers there Is no spot in the united states freer from such rulers than this territory the preachers for gifts and scribes for pelf who talk of theocratic rule in utah know that they are deceiving the public they play upon the prejudices of the ignorant and presume upon the indisposition of the masses to investigate every man and woman in utah is free in thought and act so far as any priestly domination is in view for it has no actual existence here there is a more reason to descant upon its prevalence in new york and in philadelphia than in salt lake city why do editors persist in writing such rubbish as they deal out gut dally on the mormon I question why will they not learn leam something about the facts in the case their ignorance to is palpable and their unwillingness to inquire is pitiable liberty is the vital vita breath of mormonism and thousands have embraced it to escape the despotism of old creeds and the tyranny of orthodox ecclesiasticism the mormon church has no manacles maracles man acles for the mind and no fetters for the free agency of man the advice of president cannon was timely and vibe mae if strangers to D our faith can come into these beautiful valleys find homes make a livelihood and become measurably independent ahk cannot our vigorous and acclimated young men do the same there are openings in business right at home for those who have eyes to see them and hands to work in them there are acresti acres to be tilled right around the homesteads where our young men nave have been reared if they are only willing to redeem and cultivate them but the difficulty is in the desire for large tracts of land A little farm well tilled is far more profitable than a big one half worked the chinese who make money off tiny plots of ground afford hints to the observing A great deal of land is wasted in utah by poor cultivation young men who strike off to some distant place and toll toil half alf to death in a comparatively new country with all its disadvantages would with much less labor cibor make a better living near the old homestead by intelligent and thorough tilling of the soil around them people hear of a place where a section or a quarter section of land is unoccupied and they imagine they will jump into riches by simply going there and taking ng it up by B the time they have conducted water upon it and paid for it and brought a part of it into cultivation they will f find they are no better off than they would have been with a small piece of land right at home with their relatives and friends with schoolhouses and church influences and the advantages of culture at hand the idea that wealth wealch may be measured by the acres possessed is a miserable fallacy our young people need to exercise their brains and get out of the ruts in which so many of them move there are ways and means of making an honorable living in a community like ours will suggest themselves to the thoughtful PS rents and children who are am sk ay pro preaching aching manhood should consult and plan together for future actions action with a due regard for the needs and wishes of all ti bere iere are many waste places near to home which by new methods and economical measures might be made profitable and beautiful but they have been deemed worthless so long that no thought is given to their possibilities if all that is within our reach was utilized there would be small need for so much swarming into SUT rounding founding regions we believe that it would be wiser policy all things considered for our leading men in the various settlements tle ments to plan for the grouping and employment of our youth around the homesteads of their parents and neighbors than in looking king up new locations far arway away and right in this city we ne need ed wise measures for the utilization of muscle and brawn waiting for rl idleness and to be b demotion dempt demp lon tion from worked into wealth for the good of af the community where aa are althe tb wise who will plan for this cryb crying need where are the moneyed men who will help in the good cause employment for all who are ready to work ought to be found in a community like burs if it Is not it is a reproach to our sy steig 0 and a reflection on our faith fairfi shall we invite outside tion and welcome foreign q capital and and let our own young men women scatter abroad for lack of means to make a livelihood Is ie the policy of prudence were not the remarks of president cannon pertinent and to the point wo we no n think so and while we see reason to fear that the youth of vo who hod migrate grate into other oHi iobe will forsake their religion or loa faith in their god because of their change of residence we believe most moat of them would do far better at home than away financially while they would be within the sacred influences of the imhaus means of grace the facilities of education and the society of kindred and at the same time be helping to strengthen zion and maintain the objects for which we have gathered into the tops of the mountains |