The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-20

Iout OF material than winch non'
Iwere ever more rebellious or un
Iyielding. The brunt of the con
/ fict has been borne, the struggle
with unwilling elements is mainly
| in the past, and with the present 81
productive and the future so prem
Using, we contemplate the Utah OF
the future with confidence and
pride. e ZE
History is barren of incidents in
which greater strides have been
made by the same number of peo-
pie within a corresponding time
and with as stubborn conditions to
contend with. Once we were sup
posed to be destitute of geological
resources; now we occupy front
rank among the wealth producing
mineral regions. The mines of Utah
are now so extensive as to defy
enumeration in as brief an essay
as this, and their wealth is no
longer tale to captivate the ear OF
the drifting adventurer or the grasp
ing speculator, but a solid tangible
reality, and the best is not yet.
Within the gorges and crevices of
the everlasting hills in whose
shadows we live are perhaps greater
and more numerous abodes OF
wealththan have ever yet disgorged
their treasures unto the gaze Of man,
awaiting the incursiVe pick of the
miner backed by the substantial
aid of the capitalist, they repose
within the bosom of the earth, each
succeeding day drawing as nearer
and nearer to the time when they
will emerge into the sunlight and
add to the substantial wealth of our
Territory. The output of bullion, as
shown by actual statistics, increases
continually; new discoveries are a
daily occurrence; and the more the
caverns Of the earth are drawn upon
for their stores of mineral wealth,
the more productive and prolific
they seem to be. From a section
holding no place whatever among
the auriferOus and argentiferous
portions of the country, we have
stepped into the front rank, and our
march is still onward.
1t was originally thought that the
soil of Utah was incapable Of pro-
ducing either cereals or fruits in
such quantity and of such quality
as would afford support even to the
pioneers; but how far this idea fell
short of the actual situation, the
state of affairs the first and every
year after that time bears unim-
peachable witness to. From plains
supposed to be barren, bounteous
harvests are reaped at each recurr-
ing season, and the greater the yield
the more promising the source
whence it comes. In word, we
have sprung from the lowest depths
Of barrenneSs to the tOpmOSt height
of fruit fulneSs almost at bound !;
and the prospect once entertained
only as a vague and misty dream,
that our population might one day
be beautifully supplied without re-
course to our neighborS on the east
or west, has not only been realized
but surpassed; we have not only an
abundance of our own but some to
spare every season, and the rate of
increase of SuStenance exceeds that
of population, showing that instead
of agriculture being a mere hope
fer subsistence, it has become a
feature in our political economy
second TO none. 1t forms one Of
our principal sources Of traffic, the
Importance of which can no more
be measured than few years ago it
could certainly be predicted. IL has
not dawned upon us all at once, as
did the mining resources of our Ter
ritory, but has grown with steady
stalwart growth exceeding the de-
mands Of the times, and laying the
foundation of a substantial pros
perity whose Vastness we can never
Over-estimate. In fact, to build up
real and lasting prosperity in a COM
munity, the mineral and agricultu-
raj resources and developments
must go hand in hand; one should
not be so extensive as to cause the
people to lose sight of the other; for
while agriculture supplies tn
miner with such necessaries as are
indispensable to the well-being Of
the man and the successful prose
cuti0n of his work, we find by the
law Of reciprocity, that the miner
furnishes the agriculturist with the
means of facilitating business and
procuring other neceSsaries and
comforts in the shape of coin of the
realm. We thus find these great
branches of human industry, each
dependant on the other for actual
prosperity, cCequal in existing impor-
lance and promise for future re-
suits within the valleys and gorges
of our Territory and the grand re-
suits to which unitedly, they may
yet lead us, is a matter of cOnject-
ure; judging by experience how
ever, we may safely conclude that
the mystic future as it unfOldS it.
self year by year will disclose unto
US still greater and grander benefits
beunties and blessings than ever
the history Of the past warrants us
in looking forward to.
Utah is the Nations child of
destiny. Coming into the brother
hood an alien, with many things
against it and but little in its favor.
it has grown step by step, into pop
ular recognition, and is now in most
material respects, the favored child
Its once forbidding features have
been suhdued IFS innate good