Show ABOUT HOME INDUSTRY SOUTHERN UTAH march 22 1897 I 1 am pleased that sufficient interest inte reet Is 18 taken io in home industry talk to a draw raw out suggestions on OD other departments of thin important subject I 1 thank the 09 writer from the city floila or of homes homas for toe the kind reminder and additional information as ae set get forth in your issue of the one la Is as an imports important 13 a ae the otner other the spiritual or intellectual as a the temporal or financial As AB I 1 travel through our fair state and witness the increasing crowds crowd oi of unemployed consider the number ol of our boys who are forced to go to the mining camps the railroad and other away irom home bome places where oot dot much good is learned and em 0 im paring our oar boys under these nese conditions to the daughters of zion who are at home under the kind influence of mothers mot bera in sunday schools M 1 I association and other enjoyable organ organizational t zt ions and ana iby the way cultivating the mind by a perusal of god the she boys boye away from home are reading trashy nir matter if perchance peroba percha Boe ace they read at t all I 1 BJ contrast the girls under home influence to the boys situated as they are and I 1 am sure cure that you mill agree with me that we should have industries established at the mouth of every one of our cau canyo oe that thas our boys moy may be kept at work iu iii the various avocations ol of it 11 a again thanking my friend for his bis of home literature I 1 will adopt dop it in my home talks anu and e idea vor or to encourage both tile the publication and patronage of all good wholesome home works work while on this thin line of thought I 1 am to reminded minded of the tendon tendency of our poo peo pie to run after imported entertainments at the same flame time there in IB in almost every settlement an array ot of talent not outdone by those who carry away so 0 o many hundreds ot of ti dollars ollars which the poor people on ill afford to pare are we dependent on the world to 0 o bring to on L think thick not look at our car missionary system ay a tern the greatest grea teat gleaning factor ln in the world prom from a thousand to twelve Ai andred bright boys boy la in all the civil red isea world gathering information on all 11 II which it if encouraged could be drawn out in the lorm form of 01 literature and lecturer and thereby biting toe she world at our feet we dont halt bau appreciate our balenta ta lenta I 1 find on MADY occasions bright elders on re turning home are quietly laid on the he belt and their gleanings practically buried at the same ame time we will go wild over a circus a quack med medicine leine show how or a outdo anide theatrical troop because it comes rom from abroad 1 an idle brain la Is the deilla workshop we may aney anticipate a stultification in mental as a financial development in our great commonwealth if we do not dot aulza atillie out our material and resources I 1 think I 1 wn ana a close ocoee observer obi erver when traveling indeed observation la Is my school abool idleness Idlene ae seems Beem more amore apparent here than any place I 1 chance tu to go while conversing with an aged lowis jowa farmer sojo adjourning in one of our beautiful cities tor for the benefit oi of his health be conceded to us ua the best beat climate in the world but had no mord of praise tor our industry Indu atry push or r energy possibly it was waa because be like myself observed on the sunny side ide of 0 a prominent building in that city scores of men idling away their heir time we were informed that this wag waa not an oc currance of an occasional worm warm day just for a little recreation but bat a regular thing and in this particular town the number had increased at times to two hundred Is 18 all this idle I 1 hope not would rather believe some borne had bad no work to perform As ae this gentlemen and others might observe lences fences needed repairs corrals ans and barnyards barn need cleaning out and indeed a thousand things done by way of preparation for a busy harvesting season it those unemployed would but engage in literary research or some tiling by way of development it could be excused this condition of lule ness dees in not dot to me one city mentioned but is the appalling conui uon lion of at the majority of our settle monte the indisposition on the part of our people to encourage home industries is becoming more apparent appa every day and it looks as an though they were really apostatizing from that patriotism so praiseworthy raby among our people in former times our old ola timers well knew the wise course of president young wherein lie he taught and practiced toe the principle of employing people instead ol of fee mog them in reader this great man was always agitating some public improvement and even at the time when there was no capital on which to work rather than allow the people to be fou fed the broad bid ol of idleness idle neB we the old dirt wall a remnant of which is now visible on capitol hill was thrown up those good old time leaders would rather aate a man to dig a hole bole in the grouns and then fill it up again wan allow people to remain la in idleness for or they well know knew the uneasiness and disregard that would grow out of such a condition why uld not our people rush into california after goli lo in those balmy days of we were close at hand band because becart s brigham young backed of course by strong supporters said no let ua build on an tural foundation the gold diggers digger will coad to te us ua for eup sup and we will be better off kofl than they la Is this oot not true and has baa not the home borne policy always been the best beat between the cotton fields field of st george and the grain producing districts district of cache the indian lanais of uintah and tile ane desert wasa we of the great gait lake we have one of the be greats greatest countries on earth A climate unexcelled soil in which anything will grow of and precious stones and sparkling with the choicest metals and a good people yes yee I 1 believe that within these moun talus reside one of the best peoples io in the world but notwithstanding our god qualities in moot moat respects ote we are becoming so BO indifferent in others that am afraid that it we do not awaken to 10 a rOAH realization of the good opportunities with which we are people from other lanus in looking oo on from the distance and seeing our advantages will creep in and before we are aware of the he situation we will be paying tribute to them we think we are already crowded I 1 do not believe we have begun to people these valleys valley yet yel there will be towns where now the wild rabbit springs from brush to brush there will be cities where small email towns stand and small cities will become large and larger cities great who will accod allah this athla work 0 ye inhabitants of zion it to la your destiny dea tiny can we not grasp the situation and get together and become united on this great work of our oun reservoir the batem as they flow to waste down the moun talu sides reduce to cultivation the thou bande of acres of unused land cutill the facilities of our great ou 0 auntry fill our cities with smoke emoke stacks blacks the aig nals nale of home industries make employ ment for thousands of the now idle and unhappy people create a market for the product of the field produce that which we eat make that which we wear ana use let us not only utilize the great god givin given of this thia the promised eed land but encourage home literature home talents talent assist in cultivating the minds of sons and daughters training trai moth abe clr habitants babi tanta of zion in woss grand self belf sustaining principles so ao nobly taught us aeby by our faithful leaders adera le HOHE |