| Show PIONEER celebration SALT LAKE CITY feb 8 1897 1697 it is ia with regret that I 1 read of the of mr U B R savage irom the jubilee commission it to IB something strange to may the be least for a man maa who for so BO many years has ban taken such an earnest I 1 interest in the work of building up of utah and who has baa been a i closely identified with every oele bration that has baa been bean held bold here to take such a step it seems to me there must be some ome other cause for it than aim B inclination to avoid the labor connected the coming celebration for he be has haa been heard to 10 say lay abat he fully appreciates appreciate the vast amount of work it entails already he has hae given much thought to me tb details to be carried out and has outlined plans which would lead to the me ultimate abundant success of the undertaking what then li in the cause of tile the resignation tome to me it seems that there la in some dissatisfaction among the appointees ot of the governor it appears that the only person that can take the lead io in the eyes eye of some borne people in ia be abe one lately chosen and I 1 doubt it auy any in quirles have been made to see it if there to la any other one in this community who could manage the undertaking but there have been celebrations here la in yo yean re gone by before that gentleman SAW aw utah and tuey they were success ul too we have men here bore who are competent to take charge of the abe pyro lechnir displays this ibis term is IB used advisedly and manage the getting up of elaborate procession professions process ions and entertaining the old pioneers Pione ere in a proper manner but air ir I 1 do doubt whether we have many men in our community who have the perseverance sume people call it cheek to dictate to the leaders of the mormon church the amount of means they should donate to the celebration fund as the baurch le share of the expenses connected with the or even to give vent to the thought when and how bow the wall around the me sacred temple lot should be torn down and the he place be IOU unprotected that the celebration will cost lots of moons there to is no gainsaying gain saying but there is no need of making it a boom for railroads or land specula speculators tots allow me to suggest that with the influx of great numbers ol of people here aero taxes are ste steadily increased and many who owned the he homes they live in years ago are now ren tere others are struggling to keep up payments of interest lo terest on their heavy mortgages mortgagee to say nothing of paying the principal and what prospect is in there of their ever clearing them delvee bolves it seems to me that some seme steps should be taken to help people to keep their homes and not crowd them out so that the property of the masses manses may not fall into the hands bands of the few liet let the be word go out for or a genuine emi cale celebration bration to be held bold in n every settlement la in the state and never mind about spending so much in one city jubilees Jubil ees ool in ancient umes times were to free people from bondage not increase their burdens respectfully |
