| Show SWEDISH te thereto re are about twelve swedish newspapers published publish edin in the united states among these there ia is probably not one with greater influence and circulation U d than the tri in chicago A fews days ago this influential paper came out to its ten th thousand busand read Ars ere having havinga a fearful cae of gripes caused by reflections on on the mormon 1 I quest question ign it litera literally writhes in pain over the situation it b becomes so ob oblivious livius to surrounding surround ing bevz seven hu hundred adred emigrants who bately lately ia tely arrived acre grew to 1500 in its eyes while they passed th through 0 ugh the garden gardell city my it mourns because many of these thae were from L sweden and then expatiate i on the unsuccessful eff efforts orts of congress ess 1 to expunge forever the hydra headed monster Mormonism it lt go goes es on to cosay say how low the government has closed its portals against the chinese and prevented the irish pauper from landing on our shores but Inot nothing bing hinders the mormons cormons spreading like a pestilence over the country the editor of this sheet then turns his attention to the kingdom of oscar and demands to kno know 1 r chya why a 1 law can at not bo be made to prevent the mormons Mor Ner mons moni from gathering recruits in that thai land ind A law that would the eld elders ers and turn the them in back before their scourge had caught a single soul all possible ible protection is raised against smallpox small pox cholera and the yellow fever IV why hy not ot raise a protection against the spiritual scourge of the mormon elder this reans in otaie other r word to say why 1 not t bad the te id ideal aas of men their freedom and their rights if the immigration of cormon mormons I ormon i is s to be prevented why not also prevent other immigrants I 1 from sweden coining coming to our shores from that country countr y are to bo be classed clawed with the chinese and irish haupers then why not count among these thase also the thousands of swedes that 4 settle in the north every year we challenge the editor of to chow show wherein they are oae oli e whit belter better than the cormons mormons Mor mons yes we will even go further we me can point to as many swedes in ogden or in any settlement in this 1 territory that arc are staunch citizens honest upright virtuous industrious and an honor to the american nation as he lie can in any city or town of of me JF dimensions i lu in y any ny state or ter territory i he in may ay mention but he lie will not concede thattie th that atthe the ten thousand swedes among whom ills his paper circulates can under any tiny circumstances be classed clawed with pau pan pera pers or chinese they have built up lip tho northwest tho the flourishing towns of minnesota dakota wis cousin nebraska and iowa bear us up in this assertion co coming ining from a laud where poverty and d monarchical cli oppression have crus crushed bed them for ages de depriving them of their best opportunities they have here made citizens n i ho honor freedom because they know what oppression is who value comfort because they were reared in poverty who appreciate land because they have been the slave of unprincipled landlords ft A what can be said of the states mentioned can be even more truthfully said of those who c come 0 me to utah mah give them a fair chance and they till wil any ana of the citizens zeris of ou our i r coul country itry but now since the editor of our worthy contemporary has come here in his estimation it would be well for king oscar to close all the gates galtes of his kingdom 1 against freedom and hold bold his sul ejects to the poverty and oppression they have been ground under for years and atthe same time would elike to see our government aid him in this work tiie UNITED states postoffice Post office become an immense institution and it will continue to grow more BO so every year the great influx of people to the country from all parts of the world swells the population which make requisite ui more postal facilities and of course that will increase the already large army of workers in the service both in general local and railway post offices flem this department is also becoming more self sustaining than it if was in former years 1 It received an impetus under the brief through effective aion tion of postmaster general james it was thought that the reduction in ietter postage would affect the sale of stamps and stamped envelopes althou although gli the law does not go info effect until the lot of f october but this bunot has not been the case the sixth auditor for the poat office domce department has completed the settlement of accounts for the first quarter of 1883 and this shows that the gross receipts were 13 against 70 for the fourth quarter increase of 43 the increase in the sale of stamps during the same time amounted to 59 |
