Show written f for thu this paper STILL HARPING ON THE SITUATION the cry of hard bard times limes lingers yet on the lips lipcot of many persons persona you near it on the street in the store on tast last day at all gatherings in fact men whose occupation calls them from house to house tell stories of destitution which seem incredible vet we ask the question la Is this general in utah or to ial it of the same character in settlements remote or small email one dif difference terence has baa been reported to us which seems to tell a story of its own in this city and to la ogden where there la Is a large proportion of persons seeking employment and without better resources then than this dependence on others for labor the pressure Is no doubt severely verely ae felt fell because many of these are transient persons persona raving to better their position they heard of utah they listened to her boomers she was represented as ae a paradise and far ahead of most places elsewhere wanted to sell that class a building spot or mining stock or climate and leas tangible things they came by the thousands public works were pressed for their subsistence taxes were increased beyond all experience peri ence and so thoroughly was this speculative act overdone this gentral general invitation accepted that the local population were crowded oro wiled to the wall men of family men with homes here men who had made this country what it is aln alra jost ost could find no job could earn no money could not pay their taxes even or near nine thousand in this county as it is said would not have allowed themselves to be advertised as delinquents had bad common COMMOD justice and honesty prevailed it was once said that politics makes us acquainted with strange bedwel bed lei lows low men of our leading cities know this days of worry and sleepless nights sourness of temper and fretfulness ot of famil the story of our sad delusion even the surplus mormon emigration caught the infection and city life ap was to them the only thing desirable they have to rent homes home for which money must be paid to got get firing which calls lor for money to buy broad bread meat butter eggs if they can reach them but they all cost money self help is paralyzed under these conditions condia A an n idle day means loa loafing flog scarcity of work means depression of spirit disgust with the country cuss words are thought if not dot uttered and much to is placed in jeopardy which was created by years of toile toil sacrifice and perseverance but say you it is 18 no better in the lie coun country tryl have you overlooked the long list of delinquent taxes in the local papers not mot at all haveman have can cassed them and been surprised at the difference between there aud and here not in the percentage probably but valuation is at a minimum and if that little to Is not paid if itis it is difficult to the amounts in comparison seem small in deeo if the rural population were worried for rent for food it if noth ing could be had there only for money then imagine the dilemma thousands would be ini io many of this class have a subsistence within themselves the cow or more is theirs aney have a few chickens they do not pay cash for butter milk or eggs if a chance to work for others presents itself there Is ia so BO much to the good failing this a thrifty man can employ himself he can cari make some improvement on the little place he calls his hie own he can raise his bis vegetables his bread perchance he is ia in fact a or ore ator estor an independent one at that he plants a tree he rebuilds builds a sheo he does a little thing today tomorrow in a beeb slid and gradually from toil he evolves a homo home an abdoe of peace his bis very own the asylum of his bis family and a place of welcome for his bis friends said a capitalist one day to the writer we want to encourage immigration to bring in the people so we may rent the houses we have built I no air was the response the labors of the elders is not for this the sacrifices demanded in the missionary field are not for this these have gone into the nations proclaiming salvation temporal as well as spiritual and eternal no man has gone forth inviting his fellows to come and rent a house bouse he owned it has been come thou with us and we will do thee good for the lord bath spoken good concerning israel you have been subjected to long enough you have been trammelled and in bondage lung enough you shall have your own home you shall sit under your own vine and fig tree with none to molest you or make you afraid freemen shall yo ye be is the blessing for the mouth of the euord bath spoken it I 1 now money alone will not dot do this money is but a symbol it is not wealth homes farma orchards meeting houses school houses families and culture these are wealth and utah never in her history had so rapid an increase of true wealth as when her population hardly ever saw a dollar to be sure money is a convenience or as the wan man said a handy haddy thing to have in the house but peace is worth more freedom from strikes is worth more deliverance from accident and calamity is worth more and when this great and marvellous marcellous marv ellous community fulfil fulfill their destiny the treasures of the world will be theirs indeed yet they will not dot worship gold they will borsht worship god they will not nod raise a man to eminence eminence ar and nd power because he is a multimillionaire the poor and ana the humble among men will wil 1 I rejoice when the lord shall bring again zion it would pay many of the mormon population of our cities to migrate bave no home here they never vf will ill have by dint of toll toil and there are more than a few in utah who are land poor even in this sit bait lake county there are too many acres uncultivated hold held in large pac thes without a tree or houses house or any improvement this is not brotherly it is not praiseworthy nor eco mical not that the owners should give away kheiri possessions but transfer should be easy credit in whole or in part i should be extended to industry at least to those of the household of fat faith th 11 1 many of our settlements ments have not received an emigrant for years these close corporations corpora tiona should relax their and where persona person aare are moving out of any place lor for reasons satisfactory to themselves their inherit ances should be bought at a reasonable figure by the ward or by combination and new blood should be invited to come in and possess the land until they could redeem themselves and their inheritances it is in not good generalship to allow every piece of land coming into the market to be seized by a stranger and an alien union would buy wisdom would divide or bold until desirable ownership could be secured there are thousands of acres plotted some bought by our brethren in this neighborhood at rates equal to three thousand dollars an acre for foi which the plotter paid ROOM a tenth and a building lot to la beyond the of any man who works lor daily wages oven even it if there is not room enough upon it on which to whip a oat feet by one hundred la is called a building spot the price enough to have bought is township but a little while ago and enough to buy a small farm today in the country so this underhanded yet highwayman style of business has been to labor aud and laboring men but its own killed the goose which laid the golden egg ana lor for safety peace and prosperity an exodus of labor should fall upon the non owners of if I a home in these theme enslaved centers ere are their lost last state should become worse than the firall 11 even if industries dus tries ju in the shape of factories foundries copper plants or works of any kind should be established to morrow u unless labor was waa remunerative enough land reut reduced iced in value or organized effort for home build building log and owning established something akin to slavery pauperism or striker which means rebellion would be more certain in these mountains than in many other places place there are organizations for trade for manufacturing for culture in the alvine arthor the acquisition of knowledge let us have another organization a syndicate tor for the purchase of land with a grasp on this territory irom from idaho to arizona a mormon syndicate with interested persons in every city and settlement the latter in particular to look alter after reachable land ana all attachments capable of being utilized by gathering or moving men and families who have been tried let the cities be avoided by immigrants as places unfavorable to the independence of ador and as these come in from abroad or desire to escape from dependence and charity when here lot let wisdom dictate and the benefited give such security as hall be satisfactory to a committed or directors at large these ideas may be deemed impractical an interference with personal liberty as involving far too much trouble then Thes make the acting board missionaries it is just as honorable to spend two years at home in the work of practical salvation as it would be abroad just as much the part of willom to gather the poor and helpless from these city centers of enforced idleness and poverty as to mother gather them from the highways highway ano and byways of babylon and take of them to these mountain valleys shall we preach deliverance to t the captive now and the th opening of the be prison doors to co those that are bo u nul Y today |