| Show MONEY VS MORALITY LAST frida Is a issue contained an account of a dastardly and brutal outrage 11 perpetrated at lake park last M monday upon the person of a young lady who resides in ogden this distressing incident is a loud aloud note of warning of the dangers to which young people are exposed who visit some of the popular pleasure resorts established in this section I 1 of late years in the vicinity ot of the great salt lake it it should wate create as much alarm as the cry of fire in the dead hour of the bight so far us as its effect in keeping people out of the way or olf injury lu is concerned those who are once tainted with the unholy touch of sexual pollution are wore more deeply scarred and scorched than those who have come in personal contact with material flames firmes the effects of de ti lement may not be susceptible ot of total eradication the deplorably incident of last monday is a potent justification of the strictures j i that have appeared inthis in this journal regarding the opportunities afforded by the resorts in question for the innocent becoming a prey to the wickedly disposed dispO bed it 11 causes canoes the advice tendered to our people to refrain from resorting to them to stand out with conspicuous cy and clearness were we to take any other position tion we would be derelict in the performance ot of a plain duty and would manifest an indifference to the preservation er of public morality that would border upon criminality and what concerns us in hat regard in the field of journalism I 1 is e equally squally binding biadin upon every good an and honorable citizen according to the influence posse possessed sed and capable of being wielded in a direction so ao salutary we see in this matter a conflict of interests te rests but we do not expect that any consideration will deter the NEWS from taking a larm and unyielding stand in relation to it it if the efforts of this journal are not as successful as they ought to be they will doubtless at beatt be productive of some good in behalf of purity and general good behavior iia vior the cause being a righteous one we have a right to expect the a yui pathy and buppert aup bup port purt to say of the operation cooperation co of our tellow citizens ot of every class and especially acho claim to be our co religionists and who are under obligations to combat coi nuat by example and precept every everything taing which ea endangers dangers the Lu morality of the community what wakes makes fi firmness aud activity on this subject all the more needful is the fact which we are reliably in formed that thai the railroad companies 1 immediately concerned intend during the present Lor or approaching season to concentrate a great deal ot of energy and means for the purpose of outstripping each other in rendering the lake resorts as attractive as possible the reason for this is that thai these places are considered prolific sources of wealth to the proprietors this idea is based upon n t the ie revenues derived from froin them I 1 in t the h e past p st and doubtless don I 1 aless upon uon the abnormal tendency heretofore here tolore exhibited by the people of this section in the direction of pleasure seeking but for this weakness we cannot otherwise designate it on the part of the community the railroad companies would not be so ready to expend their money in improving these resorts and rendering them easy of access the conflict is of this character in the he first place it is between competing companies for the purpose of keeping ahead of each other in the matter of patronage then it is between the companies and the moral influence of hose who occupy the position of vigilant watchmen en in the midst of the people seeking to 0 lead them by advice and persuasion and every proper and legitimate means to keep outside the pale ot of danger the argument that those who conduct those resorts purpose taking every precaution within reach to maintain their respectability is a weak one the futility of such reasoning received a striking exemplification in the outrage of monday last that the proprietors ot of lake park would countenance or encourage such a horrible crime is not to be thought of for a moment it was doubtless not only opposed to their moral sense but also in conflict with their financial in teres for such SP aji incident to occur but the prevention of the commission of the crime was evidently beyond their reach of course the companies interested are simply in pursuit of mone monetary profit the object of those who advise the people to refrain from going to such places because of the daggers involved is the preservation ot moral purity whatever contest ensues will therefore be simply one of money versus morality in the estimation of ah 41 right thinking people the lormer former sinks into insignificance in value when compared with the latter the rhe incident of last monday should have due we weight ht upon the people |
