Show written wilu f for this paper NOVEMBER the melano melancholy holy days have bare come the saddest of ther the year I 1 this was waa said or sung odthe of the old or mother another country and bad it nit been apt and applicable it would never have been as aa freely quoted as aa it is ie this month was caled cabled by another the month of togs fogs and suicide and no doubt thin abia appellation was waa begotten of experience and accepted because it was pregnant with truth for disunite it as aa we may men are subject to surroundings roun dings and to climatic even the death cleath roll answers to and sunshine euna hine MB ma readily almost almodal so aa vegetation have WO we not all felt jubilant in early spring la 18 nut sell ach control near lost by some in the exuberance ube rance of their feelings it at that V season while many are depressed by I 1 tb the outlook ot of aa a somber omber cloudy day dav r national character has baa developed or does doea develop on clims climatic tle lines ike and it is not to believe 4 1 that abat the unostentatious englishman F 1 the mercurial anu the phlegmatic 9 matte german owe something to their own special atmosphere and sun and out of these is evolved wait institutions governmental and so eta in fact there la Is a mutual interdependence a acting and reacting upon each other herboth ot bobb it may maybe be said hot baug ug seed aeed and what man can be speculative irk in real estate when the ground is sodden bodden and abe ilir chilly when br brown 0 WD dees and prevail many MADY a lot jot many a piece of land has been beao sold round this city in the sun when hardly a bidder could have been reached in a drizzling rain or beneath a threatening sky the real estate man huge bugs the radiator theu then and b his customer has baa to thaw and relax in an artificially suggestive climate aided f perchance I 1 y a toddy at hia ble elbow how often have we enjoyed the military band the clanging ambers sound bound and too the pomp aud and re beof of regimental evl 5 displays display when flowers were oz blooming and nature seemed attuned to color and glit glitter terl but when t a e draggled dragg led in a storm even music partly lost its ita napoleon once said eaid that a good thunder storm was more effective in suppressing a revolution than a park of artillery men crouch ald L d shelter when tile the elements ele menta are inclement nerved for the salva tion of others othere when heroism okayo into self one so BO inspired this sensitive beeline is original i nai with some they easily look on the dark side aible they cunn cannot 0 t cope with op position tian they are the subjects ot of hypochondria they are all right when the mun DUO shine when the skies are blue but a cloud oo no bigger t an a uman mand d hand alarms them and the class most moat subject to infection spread thin feeling until strong men med become weak as others then men universal al fear and r distrust ensue the atmosphere g moral religious financial becomes kil failed with malaria or panic as aa it Is eventually called it if ever this abnormal growth of suspicion and d distrust diBi rust needed deeded a tog log illustration it can be found in late trade experience when men became afraid of their porn oya shadows aha dowa when only cash not arien bad credit and general demoralization forced into rigidity g city the plastic interests inte reata of man man kind in III these dark november jays days there was wag no heart for enterprise no one wanted to push or lead out the business twilight was not that of the the expectancy of day I 1 it t was assumed to be that of the event evening ng merging into deeper darkness as aa the he time flow flew by bv dealers hardly bad courage to ask a debtor for that which he owed had bad not courage to auy even the che essentials of a continuous trade everything was wag enveloped or it was thought so in mist a and nd fogs and this was as fatal to business men and houses as to is a london tog to those or of responsive temperament and gloomy yet the one who was brisk and astl stirring r who looked beyond the murky surroundings or above them as would sol an observer from the dome of st paul felt or knew that this thi condition could not be more than temporary that prolific bu humanity manity could not it it would suppress its myriad wants or furget forget the infinite resources of supply hence there comes a general reaction in finance and industry money is easier spindles revolve again the whistle of the engine and the abe roar of the furnace make glad the workers worker 98 heart Utah distant from the heart beart of a nations nation lei life eels beels her industrial pulse quickened 1 in sympathy more hopeful feelings are manifest although stringency yet lingers to u the air and labor is not as plentiful as fallen leaves I 1 indeed there is an element of character in the hearts of most of population including its traders to which men gonera generally lly are somewhat stronger strangers that is an abiding faith in divine sovereignty which looks through all mo me tary conditions deeming them as part of the discipline of life and bear ini the impress of wise wife intention if examined through the long lens of faith may we say that this population have been less leas despondent than others that the abe elasticity of hope has bag only yielded in part to the stratin strain of if circum sta ocer and that where this feeling has been absent or lust it was simply where those interested have only boke i to toman man and to men mend ld thoughts slid and theories ns s to almost universal business depres depression pion of course a business mans faith will not collect his hia abts nor pay his indebtedness it will not cancel an obligation or relieve him from responsibility but how bow wa ins y can testify to the spirit of forbearance be aranco and lenity which has baa been beat shown to them how many know that in unexpected ways they have been rescued from embarrassment that a friendly band has baa been exten extended deu an all uld old account been paid a credit con linued or in some way a ram has hag been caught in the thicket 12 when undesirable rable sacrifice seemed imminent aad almost inevitable I 1 CUD can a man say you carry this spirit into the whirl and turmoil of trade and traffic Is it possible for a business MUD man atto co endure as seeing meeting him who is invisible P 9 and to ask for or and add receive divine guidance in tae management of his bis temporal interest Witti without out being us it can assur assuredly eilly be asserted that in all the length leneth and breadth of utah every mormon merchant trader in ID the expectancy of his bis religion has worked in the fear of boag goo P and dealt honestly and honorably in the spirit of brotherhood with his patrons has baa weathered the storm or going down apparent ly has bus done so 0 o with the sympathy confidence and moral support of his 00 religionists as a rule even where struggle long continued continue a has b been required faith in the ultimate callec tion of his debts because of the under stood inte In arity or his brethren faith that he would pay his bis own if effort m and economy on his big part and Pat patience ionee ou oil the part of his supporters were riven equally assured in darkest moments that financial equilibrium would come again out or of thin unity of faith cornea comes the fact that failure rod and bankruptcy I 1 in n business have la in utah during this unusual str stringency stringent ingeno YS being quite uncommon business men mark have resolute resolutely y set themselves to kieft the situation curtailing beres here re expenditure there practicing economy a and na learning tue less jesa in n of i pelf elf sacrifice because honor duty profession fes sion faith religion required them to be manly and honorable where tile the purely man of the world in business tor rain and money might shall shail it be said would have prote protected cited himself 4 feathered his bis own nest aud allowed aj his hia creditors to whistle down the 11 wind pa I 1 to business men of culture i there is peace amid the hurly burly burly of J financial storm light licht in the darkest moment and iglio fie silver lining is seen deen behind every cloud clOut 1 they are calm and serene whatever the excite ment and their trustful thought in tile the omnipotent hand band knows no 0 wavering for the aps assurance urance is theirs that out of m all ll 11 evil he can bring brim forth good ja ti the a a darkest days of a business november fl ff d injected therein the great day of thanksgiving even eat n by men high in the nation and great in the territory who after all have but a glimmer of that sunshine which above the fog and ana beyond the clouds has been ever realized by the latter day saints 4 whether to in the historic past or in the trying transitory present as the smile of oi deity and the assurance of his favor in things temporal or eter eternal tal 8 1 with swelling hearts we all peer into the our set days p and looking forward to the roun reunions tons of J our holidays which however marked by contrast with some of those long past are yet welcome aud will be filled with cheer of liean hear as when groaning tables and unnumbered gifts were our inheritance or our pride I 1 |